Man arrested for threating to attack a non-existent train platform
A man has been arrested for posting a thread on 2-channel announcing his intent to murder people at a location that does not actually exist:
“I didn’t think threatening to attack a railway station that doesn’t exist would constitute a crime,” he was quoted as telling investigators.
Sakiyama posted a message on an online bulletin board on June 28, threatening to launch an indiscriminate attack at “Ueno Station on the Saikyo Line,” local police said.
“I’ll show you how to avoid being arrested after threatening to launch an attack,” the message read. “At 9 p.m. today, I’ll murder many people at Ueno Station on the Saikyo Line.”
Ueno Station is real and so is the Saikyo line, but the Saikyo line does not actually pass through Ueno Station. Authorities had responded to the threat by having officers put on alert in areas of Ueno Station that actually exist.
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Hey, think of it this way.
The people who have little to lose are performing a public service for the rest of by testing the limits of acceptable lawful behavior, and teaching us what we can and can’t do by specific examples, and are weeding themselves out of the population at the same time. Go Darwinism!
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The next person needs to threaten to attack areas that are independently non-existent.
Something like,
“I’m going to launch an indiscriminate attack at the flying elephant bazaar in the Chiyokadoro ward in kitahouchan. Beware the next time you’re out shopping for aerial beasts at factory-price rates!”
If I don’t comment from here on, it’s because the authorities have got me!
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I’ll make sure the kumicho has someone to meet you outside of Abashiri when you get out. Ganbare aniki!
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I’d arrest him. Both the Saikyo line and Ueno stations exist, so maybe he just got confused. It’s just another douchey person trying to expose some hole in the system.
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I agree
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Sounds reasonable to me. I’d assume that someone dumb enough to announce such a plan online is also dumb enough to not remember which line Ueno Station is on.
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Haha. *shakes his head* Oh, wow. Obviously people shouldn’t be making such foolish jokes, but I have to admit I like the satire of making such a claim knowing that the place doesn’t exist. Stupid? Yes. Serious threat? No. Tickles my cynical funny bone? Yes.
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This man who were arrested for making threats can go to a mentally ill prison .
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It sounds like that prison needs a good psychiatrist…
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C’mon this is funny… seriously
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No it is not.
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Spot the Japanese poster. Win a prize.
You must understand: There is nothing funny about Japan’s unique and special Four Safety Seasons.
All the best chap.
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