When the theft of peaches is the big crime story, you know you’re dealing with a very low crime country.
Compare and contrast that with the big crime stories in America. Gang bangers mowing down however many people on any given weekend, packs of feral “youths” attacking tourists and stores in the high end areas, this or that union and politician being caught up in a massive bribery scheme.....and you could find all of this on any random weekend in Chicago alone.
“When the theft of peaches is the big crime story, you know you’re dealing with a very low crime country.”
When we moved to a small town in NY’s southern tier we read the police blotter. It was reported that some boys had been moving around rocks and garden gnomes in an elderly lady’s garden. Their punishment? They were told to “behave themselves”.
“When the theft of peaches is the big crime story, you know you’re dealing with a very low crime country.”
Well... considering in Japan a well-conformed cantaloupe will run a thousand dollars...
If these peaches were special they were beautiful and perfect in every respect. Thus, very valuable.
There’s a story, maybe apocryphal, about a businessman in downtown Tokyo who set down his briefcase while waiting for the light to change at a busy crosswalk. He left it there by mistake. It was waiting there for him, right where he left it, the next day.
My dad told me about the one time he got busted. A bunch of his friends decided it would be fun on Halloween to dig up this rock in a guy’s front yard and move it. Turns out, only a small portion was visible above ground. They kept digging and digging, and eventually Officer Friendly and a paddy wagon arrived and hauled them all to the hoosegow. Hardened criminals, you see.
How could this happen in Japan? They have very few Amish.