Here we go again...

[matsuki]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

My Halloween costume this year....I called myself W, which is pronounced "fuckwit."

[GomiGirl]

[wangta]

I am so sick of people trying to shift the blame of their own stupidity on visa issues into a claim of persecution of their "work". CJ tried to suggest as much as well. The dolphin slaughter is a travesty but lets not get caught up in that as it is totally a different matter.

If you are on a temporary visitors visa then you are required to carry around your passport at all times. This is true for EVERY COUNTRY not just Japan.

GomiGirl - I agree with your post. Mr Todd is an example of stupid is as stupid does especially when he knew that the Japanese get heavy and drop the nice facade when foreigners criticise Japanese society or Japanese sick actions worthy only of psycopaths or those with very low IQs such as the dolphin slaughter.

However, I am not sure about your temporary visitors having to carry passports around at all times comment. As a fellow Aussie I have not heard of this in Australia as we operate under British law from some time ago (not what the UK is doing now - if they are doing it) whereby you have the right not to carry ID. You are not forced by law to have ID upon you in Australia, citizen or not - the police can ask for ID but not having any in your possession is not an offence.

Unlike Asian countries such as Japan and Korea or European countries which use ID laws for more than identification - ID laws are used for subordination and harassment at times. Note these are also countries where you do not have the right to remain silent and you are presumed guilty unless you can be found innocent.

Australia has not adopted any of these practices - yet although those boat people who destroyed their ID deliberately to beef up their 'asylum seeking' stories have gone some way to helping us lose civil liberties down the track in Australia. Note I didn't say all boat people - just those who have defrauded us and set back the cause of genuine refugees there.

[wangta]

Oh dear, now it appears he's trying to drag Loco into this whole thing.

For those not familiar with the intricacies of the J-Web2.0osphere's finer points, that's Loco in Yokohama, who I'm pretty sure isn't McTojo.

Of course Loco isn't that annoying poster who used to post on gaijinpot too if I remember correctly from my lurking days.

Loco"s blog is fairly interesting although I did and do find bloggers who ask for donations because of the 'wisdom' they are supposedly dispensing to be spongers in one way or another. A blog is a blog that anybody can do, some do it badly but there are enough decent blogs out there on the net and the average cost to run a blog is minimal.

I haven't read his book, from what I've heard it's okay. I first heard about Loco when I was in Korea and reading a blog from another African American bloke who linked to his blog. Now, Black Boy In Kimchiland - that was a classic. It's so over the top about Koreans and their ways from scumbag to just annoying but it does have truth in it, everybody who has worked in Korea as a foreigner can understand where he is coming from in one way or another, and the blogger writes in a way that needs to be turned into a book.

Somebody on this thread found it hard to believe there are such losers as Mr Johnson and other people. Why? I work with losers who are absolute bitcharses when they're feeling aggrieved about their long term lives in Japan. These gaijin are way past their individual 10 yr marks in Japan, unlike the nomadic gaijins who do eikaiwa jobs because they don't have the security of spouse visas or Japanese contacts or for whatever reason have worked in Japan, then left, then come back.

Yet they are still working in unprofessional environments for the base pay (remember these are married gaijins), sitting on the floor with kiddies and doing the white monkey act while subject to the whims of weird J staff. I'm going through this too minus the monkey act because I always have standards I keep to when teaching Engrish in Asia but being a decent human being who is courteous and professional, it's east to see how much the bitchery going on around me is because these losers are resentful at not getting off their own arses years ago in Japan and making use of the opportunities their visa status offers them.

[Coligny]

Unlike Asian countries such as Japan and Korea or European countries which use ID laws for more than identification - ID laws are used for subordination and harassment at times. Note these are also countries where you do not have the right to remain silent and you are presumed guilty unless you can be found innocent.

And they eat babies... Never forget to tell aboot the babies...

[GomiGirl]

Michael Q Todd on Facebook. Finally admits HE was the one volunteering (not the girlfriend/wife) and admits to being on a tourist visa.
I am pleased that he is not trying to spin his own responsibility in the whole incident any longer.

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[matsuki]

Michael Q Todd on Facebook. Finally admits HE was the one volunteering (not the girlfriend/wife) and admits to being on a tourist visa.
I am pleased that he is not trying to spin his own responsibility in the whole incident any longer.

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LOL, I can't believe he took it that far to begin with...90day landing permission as a tourist does not a volunteer visa make.

[GomiGirl]

Not sure if he now understands the difference between a valid ARC and a valid visa but at least it is a step in the right direction.

Wonder if he knows how to get a job and support himself though?

[wagyl]

Not sure if he now understands the difference between a valid ARC and a valid visa

Something tells me he is not the only one confused about that.

[havill]

Not sure if he now understands the difference between a valid ARC and a valid visa but at least it is a step in the right direction.

Wonder if he knows how to get a job and support himself though?

He has a Residence Card (在留カード) with a 在留資格 of 日本人等の配偶者 for one year.

I know this because I personally inspected his card at a cocktail party.

Anyway, the card expiration date and SoR expiration date are synced on the new cards/system, so no excuse next time.

[havill]

Okay, I just looked at the screenshot.

He's still lying; he was detained for overstaying, not volunteer work on a tourist visa. (although working/volunteering on no status whatsoever is also problematic)

He "lost" his passport and claimed he had applied for an extension of his tourist visa (generally not possible with the exception of a few countries like UK... but not NZ)

When it became clear immi wasn't buying the dog ate my passport and you lost my application story, his "I'm forty and single and need somebody to make a baby!" now wife pleaded for mercy on him for her behalf (yes, there's a way to do that in the deportation process flowchart).

[yanpa]

He has a Residence Card (在留カード) with a 在留資格 of 日本人等の配偶者 for one year.

1 year? That's very probationary of them. I wonder if he'll remember to renew on time...

[Coligny]

Not sure if he now understands the difference between a valid ARC and a valid visa but at least it is a step in the right direction.

Wonder if he knows how to get a job and support himself though?

What's an ARC card ?

[Coligny]

Also, fuck you Waldorf...

(Feeling kinky tonight... Your place or my place ? If it's the bunker the cats will want to watch...)

[pjifwepijfsd]

When it became clear immi wasn't buying the dog ate my passport and you lost my application story, his "I'm forty and single and need somebody to make a baby!" now wife pleaded for mercy on him for her behalf (yes, there's a way to do that in the deportation process flowchart).

I knew that was on the flowchart (on grounds that the Japanese citizen spouse has a right to live with their foreign spouse even if a delinquent) but thought it only applied once you got married. Did she really pull that off while not married? Interested as a person generally interested in immigration matters.

[BigInJapan]

Not sure if he now understands the difference between a valid ARC and a valid visa but at least it is a step in the right direction.

What's an ARC card ?

That would be the abbreviation of Alien Registration Card (外国人登録証), now called the Resident Card (在留カード).

[Coligny]

Just improving the confusion...

[iiyama]

Yup, M気T is still lying, he's only learned to make a better sounding lie. He was arrested for overstaying and presenting an invalid ARC (which should have been turned in when he left the country for the "last" time with a valid visa). The authorities were apparently very kind and did not fine him 200,000 yen and send him to jail for 1 year. They probably could have done much more than that for knowingly lying (seems he was trying to claim to be a legal resident with an expired ARC) to a government official during his/her official duties.

The biggest lesson I learned from this whole saga was that there was some sort of march in Tokyo by gaijin spouses and such who had been detained on expired visas etc demanding rights as they are hard-working, supporting their families, and they are only guilty of visa violations (seems like a reasonable cause). Yet the only reason they could actually stage the march was because they had been released from detention, likely due to their Japanese spouses acting as guarantors.

Yet according to debito, it is impossible for any gaijin to ever, ever get any sort of bail or release from custody.

Another debito myth busted.

Thanks M気T.

And at least you know how to avoid the Barbara Streisand effect, or perhaps we could call it the Mr Johnson effect, by just blowing off criticism with a smile and vague bullshit instead of attacking attacking attacking with 20,000 word paranoid blog rants every week and destroying your career. Though if you don't actually have a career anyway...

If I met M気T I would buy him a drink just for the amusement of hearing his story. If I met a certain awesome pro-journo in a bar, the only drinks I would buy him are multiple Absinthes and hope it yielded its legendary results worthy of a camera phone video for Youtube.

[yanpa]

I kind of move in intersecting Venn diagram circles with some of the bands "This Journalist" claims to associate with, I'm sure I'll bump into him again at some point. (But not over drinks at home on a Monday morning).

[kurogane]

He's still lying; he was detained for overstaying, not volunteer work on a tourist visa. (although working/volunteering on no status whatsoever is also problematic).

The lies aside, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine the authorities frowning as heavily as they could on volunteer activities on a Tourist Waiver that are explicitly political in nature. I used to have to submit signed undertakings pledging that I would not engage in political activities 'of any variety' whilst on the Gov't research dole. Moot in this case, but I cannot believe that explicitly political activity whilst on a tourist thingy doesn't invalidate the waiver.

BTW, Havill, since this is one of your gigs, I (Cdn) got myself a 90 day tourist extension 2 years ago, on my previous 90 day tourist waiver, so it does seem that the ole Case by Case ethos lives strong. A couple of mitigating factors could be that it was in Ishigaki, so pretty 'regional', and I am the type of furriner thay actually like. Glenski was still having Knippshitts over that when GP closed down, but it does show that the rules are only the rules when they don't like you.

[wangta]

He's still lying; he was detained for overstaying, not volunteer work on a tourist visa. (although working/volunteering on no status whatsoever is also problematic).

The lies aside, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine the authorities frowning as heavily as they could on volunteer activities on a Tourist Waiver that are explicitly political in nature. I used to have to submit signed undertakings pledging that I would not engage in political activities 'of any variety' whilst on the Gov't research dole. Moot in this case, but I cannot believe that explicitly political activity whilst on a tourist thingy doesn't invalidate the waiver.

BTW, Havill, since this is one of your gigs, I (Cdn) got myself a 90 day tourist extension 2 years ago, on my previous 90 day tourist waiver, so it does seem that the ole Case by Case ethos lives strong. A couple of mitigating factors could be that it was in Ishigaki, so pretty 'regional', and I am the type of furriner thay actually like. Glenski was still having Knippshitts over that when GP closed down, but it does show that the rules are only the rules when they don't like you.

Todd took a huge risk doing all this on any kind of visa. He's in that kind of gaijin bubble like the Global Lite shithead which clouds gaijins' misunderstanding of the term 'liberal democracy' as applied to Asian countries. Much as I hate the way our countries are getting more into curtailing civil liberties, Japan is an unashamedly authoritarian country in some ways.

Does anybody really think if he had been on a tourist visa or working visa legally then somehow he would have been fine drawing attention to Japan's dirty laundry? Come off it. Japan deserves the bad publicity over vile actions in keeping with ignorant people living in deprivation hundreds of years ago rather than 21st century people living on the coast where they can indugle in this despicable animal cruelty under the iiwake that 'our ancestors did it'.

It's like the excuse about going off into waters far away from Japan claiming that it is 'Japanese culture' to kill whales for no real reason and then make their animal abuse and stupidity worse by serving pets with this amazing species' body parts. A fundamental problem with that bullshit is that their ancestors did their whaling close to home instead of arrogantly pursuing whales in others countries' and international waters.

If Todd wasn't such a moron I would support him on principal but he should not have been surprised by the ruckus especially as he overstayed his visa. As for Glumski as you used to amusingly call him on gaijinpot, I could never get over his patronising ways towards people he had never met and knew nothing about. I imagine him wearing a bowtie and trying to look like some American professor from the 1950s.

[kurogane]

Todd took a huge risk doing all this on any kind of visa. He's in that kind of gaijin bubble like the Global Lite shithead which clouds gaijins' misunderstanding of the term 'liberal democracy' as applied to Asian countries. Much as I hate the way our countries are getting more into curtailing civil liberties, Japan is an unashamedly authoritarian country in some ways. .

Since we so obviously agree in spirit and in letter, I shall switch shirts and play for the other team for a bit, just for shits and giggles.

More than any authoritarian tendency, though there is that, I think what really sets off the fireworks in cases like this is what you called The Dirty Laundry effect. It isn't Proper, or Polite for non-Japanese to piss on their legs whilst "visiting", and certainly for the Olde School Japanese that Miyagi-ed my ass into shape, that is enough. The authoritarian response is actually an effect, if you will, and because Rules Are Rules, it looks pretty heavy handed, and probably would have even if he had been on a tourist or working visa. A bit chicken and egg, to be sure.

So, How To Mount a Successful Protest in Japan, Rule #1: if you pee on their tatami, they will shit on your head.

Japan deserves the bad publicity over vile actions in keeping with ignorant people living in deprivation hundreds of years ago rather than 21st century people living on the coast where they can indugle in this despicable animal cruelty under the iiwake that 'our ancestors did it'.

Agreed. I would argue, however, that the best way to get the Japanese to stop all that barbaric BS is to stop the protests, though not the publicity. Just stop them. Once the reason and rationale for flipping the bird to a world they are happy to profit from but don't much like living in disappear, the whale hunting and Flipper slashing will die the death you so rightly argue they deserve. That's actually a professional anthropological opinion, btw, and not just mine. What I find the most maddening is how the Western middle class addiction to vapid overopinionation stokes the fires of this horrible clusterfuck so beautifully. It's like a spontaneous harmony of noise and blood. And Flipper and Willy continue to bleed because of it. BTW, I am rather sure that Japanese whaling is a largely modern practice (which could go back to about 1840 or so). That doesn't make it not a tradition, so defined, but it does remove the Ancient Rite justification. It was seen as a readily available source of meat protein, which They That Decide decided was why Japan had fallen so far behind. The childish logic is rather sweet, in a really forehead smacking way.

So, just for fun, How To Mount a Successful Protest in Japan, Rule #2: Western sanctimonious intransigence prolongs the Japanese cetacean hunts.

If Todd wasn't such a moron I would support him on principal but he should not have been surprised by the ruckus especially as he overstayed his visa.

As much as the killing of such lovely beings dismays me, I can't even support him there. He's just another 20 or 30dumbthing that needs to STFU and pay attention to his own backyard. And by backyard, I don't mean his country of origin, I mean his visa status, his lack of language skills, and his masturbatory fantasies of above average abilities. If he spoke proper Japanese, he probably wouldn't have even had his card checked, plus he would have known not to do it in the first place.

Sad as it is to say, the PETA-philes' problem is that they're overwhelmingly undereducated, overopinionated ethnocentric boobs writhing in the addictive ecstasy of gross overentitlement and patronising infantilisation. At least the Japanese arguing for the slaughter come by their ignorance the old fashioned way.


As for Glenski, well, when he was going it really was quite a show. I didn't invent the term Glumski, btw. I think it was probably Tomoko. Probably the most fitting of all the GP insulting nicknames.

[Wage Slave]

Interesting. Is it worth noting that although Todd and Gaijin Gulag Guy were pinged, they were both effectively let off and allowed to continue?

The UK is ruled by an iron fist in a velvet glove whereas the style here is perhaps a softer fist in an iron glove? Is the latter perhaps less disingenuous? Fake chumminess, respect and liberalism piss me off more than openly strutting authority sometimes.

[kurogane]

*-/*Yes, good points. Just the other day the Cdn gov't offered to re-admit an improperly extradited Middle Eastern if he repaid the costs of said extradition. Then the media shiite exploded, and they offered to re-admit an improperly extradited Middle Eastern without demanding that he repay the costs of said extradition, though I think they waived them rather patronisingly rather than apologising for the whole mess. We have a Tory gov't these days, too. Well, redneck flatlander Tories, anyways.

I suppose what Canada and the UK have going is the press, and the fact that there are people that give a whatsit about such matters. Then again, the Japanese authorities themselves let them go when they were guilty, so................???

[gaijinpunch]

Yet the only reason they could actually stage the march was because they had been released from detention, likely due to their Japanese spouses acting as guarantors.

Anyone released from jail has to have a guarantor. Detention, I'm not so sure about, but as with everything in Japan, having someone hold your cock for you always looks better to the powers that be.

Yet according to debito, it is impossible for any gaijin to ever, ever get any sort of bail or release from custody. Another debito myth busted.

Yeah, total bull shit. I know many that have.

[Samurai_Jerk]

The UK is ruled by an iron fist in a velvet glove whereas the style here is perhaps a softer fist in an iron glove? Is the latter perhaps less disingenuous? Fake chumminess, respect and liberalism piss me off more than openly strutting authority sometimes.

That's a great way of putting it. I'd green you if I could.

[wangta]

Good points everyone - except the one above. I think one of the basic problems with foreign protesters and action groups re the vile and completely pointless slaughter of dolphins in Taji is that the impetus has to really come from Japanese people rather than western style activism serving to embarrass Japan as a society by media coverage.

That does have a place but tactics have to differ according to what kind of society is abusing and wantonly slaughtering animals or whatever. Animal cruelty goes on daily in slaughterhouses in all countries though there are laws in place that are not enforced or enforced enough. There was a video showing pure evil committed against pigs in some place in the USA - people who enjoy torturing and killing animals often show little distinction between them and human beings at least on an emotional level.

I respect what activists are trying to do here but they need to involve ordinary Japanese people or politicians who have some ability to put aside 'but this is Japanese culture'. I'd say from my experience with Japanese people, most have a decent attitude towards animals and other creatures, a residual sense from Shinto tradition. Get Japanese people who don't know what goes on at Taji to see firsthand and I believe there will be a shift in public opinion.

The bastards doing this at Taji don't seem to have the requisite IQ or normal human reasoning to see that if they stopped this sadism and invested the same amount of time and energy in dolphin/whale watching tours, they would make more money and also be engaging in normal instead of abnormal activities that belong in the dark ages.

In Korea the best way to get Koreans understanding that while eating dog meat is their 'right', torturing and killing millions of dogs each year for fictional 'stamina' is also a dark ages activity. The conditions in which dogs are kept before they are tortured on hooks and by burning are pure evil - whether they're happening in the meat markets of Seoul or Incheon or in bumfuck places in the Korean countryside or half countryside.

Seeing big, gentle dogs kept by some scumbag in his backyard for months in cages with absolutely no room to lie down or scratch themselves, exposed to the harsh sun or rain or snow, only to be taken out and sent off to be tortured and butchered by some evil cunt is a must for normal Koreans. When they do see what is going on, they are disgusted but the propaganda against normality is overwhelming by much of the media, politicians and Korean males generally.

Korean older people are generally heartless when it comes to animal treatment unlike older Japanese people. I saw more than a few times a truck roll up to take away what was a family pet to an older or old Korean - instead of the dog being allowed to die a peaceful death it was being sent to some evil cunt to be hung and burned before being butchered. The change will come from younger Koreans who first are taken on a tour of the meat markets and who seek more equality for women in a society that is all about adjusshis - middle aged and up men.

[yanpa]

If Todd wasn't such a moron I would support him on principal but he should not have been surprised by the ruckus especially as he overstayed his visa.

As much as the killing of such lovely beings dismays me, I can't even support him there. He's just another 20 or 30dumbthing

Point of detail, Mr. Q is a 50-ish dumbthing

[Samurai_Jerk]

wangta,

You were obviously traumatized by your time in Korea but do you need to turn every thread in which you post into an anti-Korea rant? Maybe 2-chan is more your speed.