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Japanese Mayor (of Nagasaki) Killed by Mobster
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| 4/18/07
| Hiroko Tabuchi
Posted on 04/17/2007 7:33:44 PM PDT by Clemenza
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Two rules of thumb of surviving Japanese politics:
1. Don't forget to bow.
2. Keep your hands off of the Yakuza.
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:33:48 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
To: Clemenza
Follow the “rule of thumb” or you just might end up losing a finger.
To: Clemenza
†
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:36:33 PM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
To: Clemenza
In 1960, Socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma was killed in an attack by a sword-wielding 17-year-old that riveted the nation.
Just damn!
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:37:05 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Clemenza
Well like say in Casino it better without leaving no witnesses LOL!
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:38:24 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: Clemenza
Wonder if the Europeans will now retrain their ‘your culture is so violent’ rhetoric from the US to Japan?
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:38:41 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: Army Air Corps; Coleus
I guess you've never heard of Japan's answer to Ernst Roehm (in terms of politics and sexuality) Yukio Mishima:
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:39:28 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(NO to Rudy in 2008! New York's Values are NOT America's Values! RUN FRED RUN!)
To: Clemenza
Maybe they need tighter gun control...
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:40:14 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
To: Clemenza
I was just commenting on someone killing a public figure with a sword. That is seriously an “Old School” assassination.
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:41:42 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
You gotta love a kid who hates a socialist.
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:42:25 PM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(Extending logic since 1961.)
To: Tzimisce
Only two folks with firearms in Japan: Civil Defense, and the Yakuza. You can buy a firearm from the latter on the black market, but it will cost you a few thousand for a used .38.
I understand that the Pakis have tried to break into the Japanese illegal gun/drug market, but whether or not this will stand the historical "understanding" between the Yakuza and the state that has existed for 200 years.
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:43:11 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(NO to Rudy in 2008! New York's Values are NOT America's Values! RUN FRED RUN!)
To: Clemenza
The name sounds vaguely familiar. Was he whacked by a sword-wielding assassin?
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:45:10 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Clemenza
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for a "rigorous investigation."
What the hell are you going to investigate? He was caught red-handed and then admitted to killing him. Jeez Louise, Japan's politicians are just as big of blowhards as ours are.
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:45:38 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(Were those magic grits?)
To: Clemenza
This is obviously not a true story.
After all, guns are banned throughout Japan.
Ergo, no death by a gun could possibly occur!
Sword - yes; dagger - yes; strangulation - sure; asphyxiation - yeah; run over by a car - ok; killed by a blunt object - I guess; poison - probably; throat slit by broken glass - uh huh; hung while tied up - yeah; buried alive - it’s been done before.
But, we all know, that banning guns prevents deaths, right?
s/off
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:45:56 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
To: Army Air Corps; Borges
Committed Sepaku after the Civil Defense Forces refused to support his coup to overthrow the constitutional monarchy, in 1970.
A fine authour, but a rather depraved and deranged individual nonetheless.
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posted on
04/17/2007 7:51:12 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(NO to Rudy in 2008! New York's Values are NOT America's Values! RUN FRED RUN!)
To: Clemenza
Mishima was gay but into very radical politics for his country. He wanted to restore complete Imperial rule, as it was pre-1945, in Japan (not the constitutional monarchy).
He famously committed suicide by seppuku (self-disembowelment).
He was a weirdo of the first order.
Details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Mishima
To: Army Air Corps; Clemenza
My post above was meant for Army Air Corps.
Sorry!
To: Veggie Todd
Tetsuya Shiroo, a senior member of Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest organized crime syndicate, was wrestled to the ground by officers after the attack and arrested for attempted murder, police said.They will also need to investigate why these officers acted so brazenly rather than waiting for the specialists. Somebody could have been hurt!< / sarcasm >
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posted on
04/17/2007 8:11:32 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: Clemenza
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posted on
04/17/2007 8:19:19 PM PDT
by
sushiman
To: Constitution Day
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posted on
04/17/2007 8:34:35 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
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