Comments on: Two Chinese women arrested for stealing vegetables

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:34:50 +0000

Well, yet another shocking piece of top-notch, crack J-Journalism!! As for why it was such a hot press item put ahead of all other “mediocre” international news, they clearly must have left out some details like “their pilferring of 32 heads of lettuce directly caused the national vegetable shortage”. I suppose now upon entering the country we foriegn devils will have to have pictures taken, scan our fingerprints, and acknowledge whether or not we eat vegetables (answering Yes will likely land you on a Organic-Terrorist Watch List).

By: Asian Working Girl

Asian Working Girl — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:28:51 +0000

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By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:53:28 +0000

Poverty is the reason for most crime all over the world.
A sad story indeed, but never a worthy excuse for crime.

By: Togu

Togu — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:49:02 +0000

Level 3. Indeed right!!! no right to make fusszz out of this. Eventhough I don’t like chinese people but I feel sad for ‘em and hope they won’t get deported just because of stealing vegs.

By: Level3

Level3 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:33:39 +0000

Screw it. I think I’ll call the TV news next time I see a gaijin jaywalking. See if they bring the cameras down to the scene and do a hard hitting story.

Everyone join in!

By: Level3

Level3 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:32:17 +0000

I remember seeing this VERY IMPORTANT GAIJIN HANZAI story on the national news well ahead of, like REAL news of international importance. My god they frikkin stole 30 heads of lettuce, possibly MORE! And the annoucners made it very clear that these womens’ story about needing food was a joke [maybe they were feeding their co-workers, too?]

[Not criticizing this site]

If it weren’t Chinese people, it wouldn’t even be on page 20 of a local shimbun, and we all know it.

Alarmist anti-gaijin jourmalism hits another new low double-standard.

Wonder if these ladies are in the special slave-”trainee” visa program?

What’s the next story? An Iranian paying his phone bill 1 week late? A Brazilian parking illegally?

How about the government takes the 5100 yen out of their 12,000 yen each economic stimulus BS cash gift.
Oh wait, foreigners don’t get any of that, even though we tend to be poorer, still pay taxes, get no welfare benefits from the government if we are poor, and could actually use it.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:06:33 +0000

If they really are stealing food to survive – and being Chinese immigrants in a low-paying menial job, I’m sure that it’s likely – then I hope that they are treated leniently, and that anti-foreigner/Chinese prejudice doesn’t affect the outcome of their trial (assuming that they are charged of course).

It’s pretty sad that in one of the most affluent and advanced societies in the world, these women apparently felt that they didn’t have any other options. I’m not going to be popular for saying this, but I wonder whether the fact that Japan has relatively few NGOs/NPOs in comparison to other first world nations has anything to do with this.

By: Mister M

Mister M — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:01:35 +0000

pretty sad that

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