Comments on: Japanese-born kid (“whale muncher”) nearly beaten to death by bullies in New Zealand

By: CryBaby

CryBaby — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:20:00 +0000

was samoans/tongans involved?
in australia they are an evil people, in the 90s thew ere bashing people who refused to give them a cigarette or a dollar

By: fun the mental

fun the mental — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:30:50 +0000

Those New Zealanders have nerve calling him whale muncher, don’t those white boys how their ancestors invaded New Zealand and commited genocide rape and looting of the Maori people ? maybe the whites need to go back to Britain go munch on their ancestors grave stones

By: abbie

abbie — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:34:58 +0000

really? I’ve been around too and I had the best experience in NZ. Guess you were very unlucky. Because I wouldn’t judge a country based on you getting a bottle of water thrown at. That would be like judging a boy because the country of his birth hunt/eats whales. NZ is VERY sensitive when it comes to animal rights I’m afraid.

By: Z

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:20:19 +0000

This is when you know when animal rights activism is getting out of control. Poor kid.

By: kei

kei — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:07:22 +0000

Wonder why the Anti-Asian sentiment is so filled-up in NZ. Couldn’t be just Whale thing.
I went to schools in US, UK and NZ, and NZ is the only country where I was thrown a bottle of water just walking the street. And, beleive me, that was the loveliest of all I heard and saw other Asian students, particulary Chinese experienced in NZ life. Is it NZ’S education or are they just genetically sadistic?

By: Izzy

Izzy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:46:42 +0000

I can’t believe this, this is outrageous. I feel ashamed to be in the same country as those idiots, I really want to see a followup on this to see how badly these hooligans get punished.

Anyone, Japanese or not, who is bullied should be able to rest easy knowing that the law will not tolerate this kind of behaviour.

By: sabakan

sabakan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:48:31 +0000

“It complains to the action of the country, and money is
gotten from the assentor.”

After the Anglo-Saxon began to have thought about such
business to joke, all over the world began to mimic it.

There might have been such business more if the Internet
was not widespread yet.

By: James

James — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:37:39 +0000

No, it says it right there in the quotation. He was born in Japan.

By: Sen

Sen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:36:56 +0000

don’t you mean New Zealand-born Japanese, James?

By: Kyle M.

Kyle M. — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:26:17 +0000

I agree with helical and Eddie. This was racially motivated, and “whale muncher” was just another insult to throw at the poor kid.

That having been said, I don’t hold Paul Watson and his anti-whaling people responsible. I personally don’t like them, but I don’t think they’re racist at all. They’re targeting the Japanese because the Japanese are whaling. Call me when you hear “Jap” and “Nip” on their show. You won’t. Short of that, there isn’t even any subtle anti-Japanese racism on the show.

What really staggers me is that the students have been suspended but nobody has been arrested.

By: sdasdasda

sdasdasda — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:09:40 +0000

The anti-whaling people should take some responsibility.

By: tokyojesusfist

tokyojesusfist — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:51:05 +0000

What is going on in that picture? I can’t make any sense of it.

By: madne0

madne0 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:39:39 +0000

My God, look at that scar. Poor kid.

I hope the bastards that did this rot in jail.

By: helical

helical — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:13:08 +0000

… or else you’ll come over and beat the people who don’t heed the warning?

You sound as though you think this beating is justified.

By: St John

St John — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:02:38 +0000

Actually whale meat’s not so bad. Those racist bastards should be locked up for ever.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:50:51 +0000

That’s not what I meant at all.

My comments were aimed at people who scream “discrmination!!” over minor things such as police asking to take a look at their Alien Card. These people devalue the true meaning of discrimination.

By: Orchid64

Orchid64 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:28:28 +0000

Yes, the only discrimination that counts is being beaten half to death. :-p

There is all kinds of discrimination. This was a horrible thing, no doubt, but that doesn’t mean all other sorts of discrimination are okay because no one almost dies.

By your logic, we should put up with anything that is done to us, so long as we aren’t nearly killed.

By: Mary Witzl

Mary Witzl — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:43:54 +0000

Poor kid. And I agree wholeheartedly that whoever did this didn’t do it because they’re whale lovers. Just any reason will do when you’re bullies looking for a reason to attack someone. Racists don’t need good reasons.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:55:46 +0000

Poor guy.

This is a good example of real discrimination. I hope this means all the idiots that post on here about the “discrimination” they face in Japan will have second thoughts.

I don’t think they abused him because Japanese people eat whale, it was more likely that they are just racist and the “whale muncher” slur was one of many slurs that they used.

By: inuZ

inuZ — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:43:07 +0000

i hope the poor guy didnt sustain any permanent damage besides the scar.

and yea, lock those fuckin kids up or better, beat the crap out of them and lock them then up. i´m one of those people who support the literal meaning “an eye for an eye” is such cases

By: ren

ren — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:42:58 +0000

Four students have been suspended and police are investigating
Why are they not in custody, This is attempted murder / manslaughter at the very least.
This is a hate crime. How is this poor kid ever going to feel safe again? So sad.

By: helical

helical — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:37:27 +0000

Was the kid being picked on mainly because of the anti-whaling hysteria, or was that just one of the slurs that were thrown at him in being picked on?

Bullying ‘second highest in world’
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/761211

Seeing this article, I tend to think it was the latter, though the former case would be more easier to blame it on the eco-terrorists.

By: taksan

taksan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:30:09 +0000

wow just wow. i pity the kid

By: Ido

Ido — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:24:13 +0000

This is so low! Just because he’s Japanese doesn’t mean he supports the whaling, most Japanese don’t even support it :/

By: Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:20:50 +0000

I agree 100%.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:55:31 +0000

This is what happens when Paul Watson and company tie their anti-whaling ideology to anti-Japanese racism. It’s quite obvious that this is related. Who ever heard of people hurting other people for supposedly eating whale? I know they are high school kids, but this is insane.

Lock those kids up. That’s attempted murder.

By: jingjong

jingjong — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:44:59 +0000

whale muncher?

By: no

no — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:01:01 +0000

Poor boy, something is wrong when you value more the life of some whales over the life a human being. Surely it is due to a climate against Japanese in NZ, due to the whales slaughter, but it can’t explains such acts, they would have bullied anybody different than them with any excuse, they are fundamentally poor human being.