ISHIHARA and the DARWIN AWARDS

[MrUltimateGaijin]

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wot a nutter

[Tsuru]

Great isn't it? I wonder why Blinky himself isn't trying harder to win one

[nullpointer]

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wot a nutter

Did he really say that? That's stupid enough to be unbelievable. Is this quoted or paraphrased/embellished?

[Neo-Rio]

It's like the goldfish that swims around its tanks and is surprised each time it sees the same rock, 'oh, look. A new rock.'

Hmmm.... why am I reminded of the food shows on Japanese TV when I read that?

[Mennon]

I thought it was pretty funny actually. If he did say it, good one.

Strange how the only word they didn't translate was "gaijin". Why would they do that? You don't think they are trying to present him as some kind of racist the FG's can love to hate, do you? I bet you the guy isn't half as bad as he's made out to be, just a bit of an old fool is all. My country's got it's fair share of em too. Yours?

[den4]

great for laughs, but I didn't find it on the Japan Times site....I think it was a spoof on the JT. I wonder how many will get caught sending this as if it were real to their friends and family LOL

[Taro Toporific]

Hidden wisdom of 'the guv'
A re-assessment of Tokyo's controversial governor is overdue
Japan Times, Oct 4, 2005
By BARRY BROPHY and CAI EVANS
Adored by large sections of the Japanese public, reviled in equal measure by the foreign community and courted tirelessly by the domestic media: There are few more divisive figures in Japan today than Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara.
The septuagenerian populist can rarely open his mouth without offending at least one section of society.....
He has consistently used his position as a bully pulpit from which to unleash random tirades on issues encompassing reproductive science, history, crime, the U.N. and rocket science.
But does the fact that the former novelist and keen sailor is always blunt necessarily mean that he is always wrong?
After all, history is full of examples of visionaries who were regarded as rather eccentric by their peers, only to have their uncanny prescience celebrated by future generations.
Notable examples include Galileo, Leonardo da Vinci and ......more...

[FG Lurker]

At first I read that as "re-assignment", not "re-assessment".

I was thinking, "Yeah, maybe he could be made dog catcher or something."

[canman]

These two are trying to compare Blinky Ishihara to the likes of Galileo and Leonardo da Vinci. What are these guys smoking. The guy is a raving racist, I don't care how you look at it, he is no visoinary.

[dimwit]

These two are trying to compare Blinky Ishihara to the likes of Galileo and Leonardo da Vinci. What are these guys smoking. The guy is a raving racist, I don't care how you look at it, he is no visoinary.

I don't think so. Whenever I hear Ishihara I get the feeling I'm listening a bar drunk. Give me five or six, and I'm sure I will make all sorts of wonderful pronouncements, some will even sound profound (though rarely as profound as I thought they were at the time); most will be embarrassing.

I get the feeling that the only reason he makes these statements is out of boredom. I really doubt there is much of an underlying idealism there.

[blackcat]

"Adored by large sections of the Japanese public"

that pretty much says it all really.

History is just as full of Hitlers/Amins/Stalins and Tojos.
Ishihara is closer to them.