Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    westurn

    "Why wouldn't people have anti American sentiments?"

    Because most people do not directly associate themselves with their "own" governments actions let alone those from other nations. I hardly doubt there is a Japanese alive that would openly state that Fukuda does exactly as they wish. Or how about the French ? Are they judged by the actions of Sarkozy ? The Brits under Gordon Brown ? I think not... so why are Americans held to the double standard ? Actually they are not ! Only under the disgruntled eyes of rjdjr and his ilk. Because the fact remains American goods, services, culture, technology, ideology, etc... continues to be the envy of anyone able to "freely demonstrate !" People choose to live in America over Canada every day of the year ! People buy American products, step into McDonalds, down a coke, slap on their levis, watch baseball, turn up Puff Daddy, and can't wait for the new Indy jones movie on every corner of the world ! American technology is in such high demand that thousands travel to America for transplants and operations as it is the norm and not the exception. Sorry Jr. I could go on all day. Those that rail against America do so at it's politicians and not the American people... This article clearly states...

    "It says the problem arises not from a rejection of U.S. culture, values and power but primarily from its policies"

    yeh, well how many other nations can live up to the scrutiny of their policies like the US must do ? Hell everytime Japan gets called to the table over it's child porn, whaling, relations with North Korea etc... they call off the dogs ! Nobody does that with the US. Such is the price for being number one and the envy of the world !

    Posted in: Anti-Americanism at record levels worldwide, report shows

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    westurn

    Ummm Jr...

    "that's a pretty laughable list to "prove"

    Hardly... the facts are out there as... people vote with their feet !

    "Face it, I could also come up with a list to disprove people's notions here that Japan is a horrible place to live and work and earn a living,"

    That's too easy to counter Jr... just look at Japan falling population base. The Japanese don't want to reproduce and foreigners don't want to live here ! End of discussion ! Can you say the same about America ??? Increased population by more than 60 million in the past 10-15 years ! If the world hates America so much... why are they bustin' down the door to get in ? And Japan ??? No thank you !

    Posted in: Anti-Americanism at record levels worldwide, report shows

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    westurn

    Again, I've worked with these creeps at the police department, this is common ! Many of the lot I worked with would make maps for each other of the best places to go. Yes indeed, some of Japan's finest spending your tax money on worthwhile endeavors... am I right Cleo ?

    Posted in: Kitakyushu cops’ indiscretions come under scrutiny

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    westurn

    "Anti-Americanism at record levels worldwide"

    And just how do "they" show their ire ?

    -Buy taking trips to America ! So much so that records for international tourists set records this and last year.

    -By spending millions on American pop culture like hip/hop, rap, movies, etc.

    -By continuing to do business with the USA, solidifying their position at #1 as the worlds most competitive nation !

    -By inviting American professional sports teams to various venues around the planet including China, London, Mexico, Toronto, etc !

    -By sitting by on their collective thumbs in quiet approval as the US takes care of the worlds terrorists !

    Yep... they all sound pretty pissed off at America to me !

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    westurn

    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 300,000 a month. Doing the math would indicate a person working, or being at work, the typical Japanese 12-14 hour day. Throw in transport back and forth to work and there ya go... a slave to corporate Japan. Being a part-timer made the noose tighter, no benefits, no rights, no voice, just a common worker ant with no way out !

    Kato also talked about his education. How he worked and worked, followed the rules slaved away... only to be rejected.

    He talked of uglyness. One of Japans worst societal ills... its obsessive attitudes towards appearance. Of course not much Kato could do about that, but the straight-jacket was tightening and tightening.

    "Parents are less likely to disipline their children (vocally or otherwise) than they were 20 years ago."

    Boy you woulda thought different had you been with me today. I watched one parent after another nagging away at their 4-6 year old children at the fitness club I go to. These kyoiku mamas were all over the poor darlings for doing "dara-dara" and not gambatting enough. Made me absolutely sick to have to listen to... good god their little kids ! Buncha bitchy witches... I better leave it at that, but it really got my blood boiling ! Nothing but 100% mental abuse ! And that Kinniku is not discipline !

    "As far as Japanese people being told to 'work harder' or to 'persevere'. I don't believe there is this universal societal voice telling them this."

    This was analogy taken from the time right after the bubble burst. For many older... 30+ers this was and still is the norm. As for your observations on the young ... I totally agree, buncha lazy oafs with no work ethic ! Just the three K's "ketais-Komics-karaoke" ! This lost generation, as described by Time and Newsweek, is at the heart of Japan's pessimistic future. These individuals have ushered in a variety of new vocabulary, none of which to be proud of... parasite singles, neets, freetas, hikikomori etc.

    Cleo...

    "And that makes them infallible?"

    No just damn lazy if the do, as you stated, continue to mistake "a simple and extremely common mistranslation." !!! Which is it Cleo, get yer story straight now, I'm getting bored !

    Posted in: Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before

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    westurn

    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

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    westurn

    "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 feel for the innocent victims. But I place blame on the "straight-jacket" society Japan has created and refuses to change... even though the world around them demands more. The Japanese are no longer an isolated nation. They see how others live. Many wish to emulate this but simply cant... they are thus stuck in a society so rigid that it eventually smothers them. Again, Tomohiro Kato is only one of thousands of powderkegs out there. All products of a Japanese society that not only refuses to bend but has become more stringent over the years. When the economy collapsed they were told to "work harder" ! When change didn't occur they were told to "gamman" ! Now that the future is awash with pension, old age, unemployment, and further economic hardships, well... this is the results. The mayhem you saw in Akihabara is not over. I'm sure right now plotters and evil doers are busy schemeing away. Whats it gonna be ? Gas on the train line ? Arson ? Bombs ? With Japans high population density the possibilities for devastation are staggering. And for what ? A lack of love ! I think Japan can do better !

    Posted in: Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before

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    westurn

    "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

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    westurn

    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

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    westurn

    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 bold statement, aren't you afraid of biting the hand that feeds you ?

    Kinniku...

    "I do feel for his family and the emotional and social burden they have to face."

    Do you not feel for Tomohiro Kato as well ? He has said again and again that his parents treated him as "nobody", as if he werent even there. Now really, what kind of "parents" would act so horribly towards their own child. Sadly to say, my experience here indicates that this is the norm. A part of Japanese culture that is in dire need of extermination. Japanese parents show no love towards their children. They are only there to take tests and go to work for some big J Inc. company. There is no emotional support, no hugs, no kisses, only condemnation and focus on failure. It is so sad and the consequences... well 7 dead, 10 injured !

    Posted in: Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before

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    westurn

    "I've been reading JT for 2 years. This comment finally made me sign up to call out some of the racist, stupidity on this forum. I believe the ratio between foreigners and Japanese is from 1-60 to 1-100. I live in Kawasaki, right next to Tokyo, and every time I step on a train, there is almost always a non-Asian person in the same car."

    There ya have it folks... commend the local gaijin for doing well and the nitiwts in the peanut gallery call ya a racist !

    What exactly is "racist" about this truth ?

    "What is it about this one gaijin (?) that made him beat all those other nihonjin looky loos to the front of the "I'm here to help" line ???"

    I ride the trains into Tokyo every morn... I'm pretty much "it" in terms of fellow foreigners in my car all the way to Tokyo, a good hour ride. So its safe to say your 1-100 is about right. So again, with all the Japanese there in Akihabara... what made this guy rush to the scene of what I now understand to be the fallen police officer...thats whose white hat we see. In any case like I said before... ship these photos off to Tokyo Gov. Ishihara and let him rethink his comments on what foreigners wil do to Japanese in cases of crisis ! And moonbeam... put yer race card back in yer pocket... yer overplayin a weak hand !

    Posted in: Victim of Akihabara stabbing spree infected with hepatitis B

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    westurn

    "The suspect put down his weapon solely because of the police officer's actions"

    Which was ??? The Gun ! Until that time Kato stood there panting and wheezing like a scumbag who had just offed 7 and injured 10 ! Get it right folks !

    And Cleo... why didn't the papers say "showed up quickly/hurriedly/immediately ??? Because "late" seemed more appropriate. Again, not my word... the medias !

    Posted in: Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before

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    westurn

    "The sergeant restrained him on the street with the assistance of a 22-year-old officer from the police box who arrived at the scene late..."

    Sqwabbling aside Cleo, what's yer take on this:

    "a 22-year-old officer from the police box who arrived at the scene late"

    Why the emphasis on "late" ? Not my words mind you, but there seems to be some editorializing here.

    Posted in: Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before

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    westurn

    Ah, Cleo's in the house...

    "Will only a fists-flying, knock-him-unconscious-to-the-ground arrest satisfy you?"

    No, but the photo adds support to my argument that Kato simply ran out of gas and gave up. Personally though, I tend to agree with the on site bystanders who were yelling at the officer to put a bullet in his knee !

    "He drew his pistol and ordered the man to drop his weapon, at which point the fight seemed to go out of the suspect. He dropped his knife."

    Hmmm, isn't that what I said ? Seems hedamadness wants us to believe the officer "struck" the weapon from Katos hand... rubbish ! Upon looking down the barrel of a revolver Kato dropped his weapon. Any comment on the use of a gun to save lives Cleo ?

    "And what about the plain-clothes officer? Do you want him to rush back to the koban and change into uniform before he performs his duty?"

    No probs with the plainsclothes officer... but where were the "uniformed" officers ??? The word I've heard is that this off duty cop was just in the area !

    "What's your beef, westurn?"

    Japan ! Too damn dangerous ! Now, how about that gun Cleo ?

    Posted in: Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before

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    westurn

    "Police arrive. Man arrested. No more dead. But that all happened because he was tired."

    So it appears ! Care to to speculate on anything else ? Like the possibility that some unarmed citizen may have overpowered him ? Gee I've heard of it happening. Or gee maybe he woulda knifed himself ! Thats a possibility too. But to try and lay his capture on the brave deeds of the police ? Well, the facts don't bear that out do they. He simply stopped ! A single armed police officer moved in and it was over. Again, thank god for the gun !

    Posted in: Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before

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    westurn

    Gee, heda, I'm thinking killing seven people and injuring another ten might take the wind outta anybodys sails ! Whatever the case, Japanprobe clearly states that Kato "dropped" the knife when the officer pulled his gun. So no, it was not whacked from his hand by a baton. Thank god that officer had his gun ! It was the only thing that made Kato drop his weapon ! Ya gotta ask yerself, how many lives did that gun save ???

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    westurn

    Whats to comment on ? The errors appear to be yours not mine. The initial police reports indicated that Kato was weakly struck by an officer on the arm, ran away, and was then confronted in the street again where he obviously ran out of gas, dropped his knife and gave up. All photos clearly show that the knife is on the ground when the police officer pulled his gun, page 3 of the yomiuri has a photo of the lone officer approaching, baton and gun in hand. Kato's hands are partially raised with no dagger in sight. So what are you on about hedamadness ? Whats yer beef ? Do you want us to believe that the police struck the knife from Katos hands ? Take a look at "Japan Probe", look at all the photos. I especially like the one of the officer putting his gun back in its holster while the obviously fatigued Kato just whimpishly stands there ! Also, take a look at the plain clothesed officer actually doing most of the holding of Kato... Oh and don't forget to notice some of Japans finest youths as they yuk it up for the live television feeds from the killing zone.

    Posted in: Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before

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    westurn

    Great post heda madness... truly a well thought out post. Bwahaha !

    Posted in: Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before

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    westurn

    Actually pizza"boy"... it should read..."hey look, a foreigner offering help and assistance, while I take pictures !"

    Posted in: Victim of Akihabara stabbing spree infected with hepatitis B

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    westurn

    WR, lets not speculate too much on war atrocities... I don't think we have that situation here. Lets just say that rubber neckers and looky loos bustin' out the digitals to photo victims bleeding to death in the streets... instead of maybe helping... is sick and wrong ! Lets hope you are not such an individual... you never know when you might find yourself on the other end of the lens with some guy saying... "hey I'm making a document" !

    Posted in: Akihabara

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