serindipity said...

serindipity at 09:49 PM JST - 9th June

why aren't we talking about banning knives?

Yeah right! Death by sharpened chopstick!

How the hallabit can you even think it is even remotely possible to ban knives? I guess you eat pumpkins like apples. This kind of crap is gonna continue and it is gonna get worse. I remember…

Posted in Man slashes schoolgirl with knife in Nagoya at 09:49 PM JST - 9th June
serindipity at 08:44 PM JST - 9th June

But how often do you see a life sentence in Japan?

Well, I've been here nine years so far :o

The death penalty does nothing to deter these events. The only thing it does is, give the families of the victims some satisfaction, which is a false mindset anyway. If…

Posted in Akihabara at 08:44 PM JST - 9th June
serindipity at 06:51 PM JST - 9th June

A question for Mr.Fukuda - Before you go jumping to conclusions about access to knives being the problem can you describe a 'family unit' please?

Posted in Fukuda orders investigation into social background of man held in Akihabara killings at 06:51 PM JST - 9th June
serindipity at 06:49 PM JST - 9th June

2 questions for Mr. Fukuda - Please describe the meaning of 'The family unit' in Japan. And, where is the love, man???

Posted in Fukuda orders investigation into social background of man held in Akihabara killings at 06:49 PM JST - 9th June
serindipity at 07:28 PM JST - 8th June

Yep, education and reform will be the only way to stop this epidemic of senseless murders and suicides, which in this case are related. It's going to take some drastic changes in the culture of Japan to slow these kinds of events, however, it will never happen, so we can…

Posted in Temp worker stabs 7 to death, injures 10 in Akihabara at 07:28 PM JST - 8th June
serindipity at 06:37 PM JST - 8th June

Pathat wrote - This is a good example of why Japan should tell foreign countries to mind their own business when it comes to the death penalty.

Clearly the death penalty is not a deterrent. It is exactly the opposite! It is an attractant to these sickos who don't have…

Posted in Temp worker stabs 7 to death, injures 10 in Akihabara at 06:37 PM JST - 8th June
serindipity at 05:32 PM JST - 8th June

Recently, it seems something like this happens every couple of weeks in Japan

Posted in Temp worker stabs 7 to death, injures 10 in Akihabara at 05:32 PM JST - 8th June
serindipity at 04:42 PM JST - 8th June

pointed what appeared to be a gun

Ummm... was the policeman not wearing his glasses? Could it have been a black banana? So, now they have turned themselves in. I see no mention of the "what appeared to be a gun" in the actual arrest.

Posted in Police arrest 4 men over theft of ID from policeman at 04:42 PM JST - 8th June
serindipity at 04:35 PM JST - 8th June

I'm getting to the point of not being surprised by this kind of news in Japan. In my country there is a fear of an attack from a seriously violent criminal. However, in Japan it can come from any loon that got out of the wrong side of the bed.…

Posted in Temp worker stabs 7 to death, injures 10 in Akihabara at 04:35 PM JST - 8th June