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westurn said...

  • westurn at 05:08 PM JST - 11th June

    kinniku... if I may:

    "You mention the 'straight-jacket' society. However, I wonder how you have come to the conclusion that this suspect was driven to this because of Japanese society."

    Kato was a slave to his job. He made 1,300 yen an hour but managed to bring home a reported…

    Posted in Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before at 05:08 PM JST - 11th June

  • westurn at 01:26 PM JST - 11th June

    Thundercat...

    Give this a read, just google it up, the address is a bit long and I have no time... "Crime in Japan: Paradise Lost" by Dag Leonardsen

    Enjoy !

    Posted in Akihabara rampage suspect unhappy with work conditions at 01:26 PM JST - 11th June

  • westurn at 01:12 PM JST - 11th June

    Cleo: "Maybe you need to change your newspaper."

    Or maybe you need to drop the simplistic "mistranslation" angle, these are paid professionals are they not ?

    Posted in Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before at 01:12 PM JST - 11th June

  • westurn at 01:05 PM JST - 11th June

    thundercat...

    "You are making a rather large assumption that an increase in knife violations is a direct result of a society in turmoil."

    No assumption... the evidence is out there. For example, as I posted yesterday, in the past 10 years there have been about 70- of what the media…

    Posted in Akihabara rampage suspect unhappy with work conditions at 01:05 PM JST - 11th June

  • westurn at 12:36 PM JST - 11th June

    "However, there are people all over Japan and all over this world who have it hard and manage to find some way to overcome."

    Many in Japan though are resulting to violence like murder, assault, and suicide. These are actions against a society they feel has wronged them.

    I too…

    Posted in Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before at 12:36 PM JST - 11th June

  • westurn at 12:21 PM JST - 11th June

    "JT doesn't do any reporting, they just recycle stuff"

    Which abolishes them of all content responsibility ? I think not ! "Gee officer I just sell the stuff, I didn't know it was poison" ! Sheesh !

    Posted in Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before at 12:21 PM JST - 11th June

  • westurn at 12:19 PM JST - 11th June

    From todays print media...

    "There were 4,677 illegal knife violations in 2007, an increase of 1,336 from 2002" !

    Begs the question... why the dramatic increases ? I could understand a few dozen but 1,336 ! These are symptoms of a society in turmoil ! Get used to it, you'll…

    Posted in Akihabara rampage suspect unhappy with work conditions at 12:19 PM JST - 11th June

  • westurn at 12:09 PM JST - 11th June

    Any but me notice that there are more police on this "suspect" than cornered Tomohiro Kato after he knifed 17 peopple in Akihabara ?

    Posted in Police search at 12:09 PM JST - 11th June

  • westurn at 12:07 PM JST - 11th June

    "Society didn't do this."

    That loud "thud" you just heard... millions of social psyche professors around the world just fell out of their chairs !

    Posted in Akihabara rampage suspect unhappy with work conditions at 12:07 PM JST - 11th June

  • westurn at 12:04 PM JST - 11th June

    Yer reaching Cleo... "a simple and extremely common mistranslation."

    If its "so common" why does it continue ? And if it's "so common" why should any of us believe anything posted here at Japantoday ? Are you suggesting that JT needs to "up" the quality of their reporting ? Rather…

    Posted in Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before at 12:04 PM JST - 11th June

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