Rape on the train

[Samurai_Jerk]

[DrP]

Why is this so surprising?? (http://adult.agesage.jp/contentsPage.html?mcd=tWN0LV1x8nAgnrte) NSFW, btw... Japan leads the world in violence oriented, ahem, entertainment.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Why is this so surprising?? (http://adult.agesage.jp/contentsPage.html?mcd=tWN0LV1x8nAgnrte) NSFW, btw... Japan leads the world in violence oriented, ahem, entertainment.

Not surprised. Just surprised I hadn't heard about it.

[Takechanpoo]

This demolition worker was pretending like YKZ.
So no passenger helped her.
Almost all of japanese try not to relate to YKZ.

[Tsuru]

This demolition worker was pretending like YKZ.
So no passenger helped her.
Almost all of japanese try not to relate to YKZ.

So if I rape you it's OK as long as I pretend to be YKZ?

[Takechanpoo]

So if I rape you it's OK as long as I pretend to be YKZ?

shut up, my stiff asshole never can be digged by your extraordinary limp dick.

[Tsuru]

shut up, my stiff asshole never can be digged by your extraordinary limp dick.

I was more thinking along the lines of a baseball bat, lubricated as needed with old motor oil.

[Samurai_Jerk]

This demolition worker was pretending like YKZ.
So no passenger helped her.
Almost all of japanese try not to relate to YKZ.

So are you saying that most Japanese people are cowards like yourself?

[CrankyBastard]

So are you saying that most Japanese people are cowards like yourself?

Not wishing to appear to be backing 'bamboobabyshit' here but.......
I don't think it's cowardice as perceived by western interpretation.
It's more of a social thing when confronted with intimidation.
Ah, shit! I can't explain it.
But it doesn't affect all Japanese, just most of them.
JMO.

[AssKissinger]

New York is notorious for this kind of shit, or at least it was before Guiliani. It probably still is. I've gotten involved in and helped out in bad situations before but I've also turned my back. There were times when I felt courageous and times where I was stricken with cowardice. This reminds me of a subway fire that happened in Korea a few years back where everyone was judging the employees reactions or that JR crash. It's easy to judge but it's hard to know what you really would have done if you weren't there. I believe that I step-up a lot more than most people and I also believe that most people are quicker than me to throw the first stone at those who don't.

[IkemenTommy]

Maybe people thought that they were shooting a rape-scene porno.

[DrP]

More likely than not ... in NY mind you, if you interfere you might get capped.. whats gonna happen in Tokyo if you shout out? Get smacked with a keitiai? If this was a <real> incident, there's nothing to stop the general public from helping out except their inherent pussiness.

[TFG]

Does this apathy also apply to banks that are being robbed? LOL:D

[Samurai_Jerk]

Does this apathy also apply to banks that are being robbed? LOL:D

No way man. If you rob a bank they throw a painball at you.



My cowards comment was aimed at Takechinpo more than anything. I know this kind of shit happens everywhere and it's hard to say what you'll do until you are in a similar situation. In Japan I've always helped out when I see something going down. But when I was in Rio de Janeiro walking the streets at about 3 am and saw a dude hit smack girl I didn't do shit. I stopped for a second and thought about it, but then I remembered where I was.

That being said, I do believe that if people really did just sit back and knowingly let a an unarmed guy rape some girl on a train without doing shit they should be put on trial.

[Captain Japan]

Here's the story:

Man arrested for rape aboard train
Japan Times

OSAKA (Kyodo) Police have served another arrest warrant for a 36-year-old man already on trial for a similar rape earlier this year.

Takamitsu Uezono, a demolition worker from Shiga Prefecture, has admitted to raping a woman aboard a train last August, police said Sunday.

Police linked Uezono to the August rape through their investigation of a similar incident on a train this January in Shiga. Uezono is currently standing trial for the January rape.

Although there were other passengers onboard at the time of the crime last August, none tried to stop it or report it to the conductor as Uezono threatened them, the Osaka police said.

According to investigators, Uezono raped a 21-year-old woman aboard a Thunderbird express train bound for Osaka from Toyama on the JR Hokuriku Line the night of Aug. 3.

Uezono reportedly sat next to the victim after the train left Fukui, and told her, "Don't raise your voice or I'll kill you."

After making further intimidating remarks such as "If you report me to the police, I'll stalk you," he forcibly took her to a rest room and raped her, the investigators said.

[Takechanpoo]

I was more thinking along the lines of a baseball bat, lubricated as needed with old motor oil.

[Tsuru]

Buhahaha

[Mulboyne]

Asahi Editorial: A Shocking Crime

On a summer evening last year, a woman was raped while traveling on the JR "Thunderbird" express train en route to Osaka from the Hokuriku area. The victim, who was in her 20s, got off the train at Shin-Osaka Station and contacted police. The suspect, 36-year-old Takamitsu Uezono, also got off at the same station and vanished into the crowd.

He was eventually arrested and last Friday he was indicted for rape. Already, nine months have passed since the crime. During that period, the man allegedly raped two more women. Had Uezono been arrested immediately after the first attack, the other rapes would never have occurred.

The Thunderbird case was especially shocking because it took place in a carriage where about 40 passengers were present. The question is, why didn't the other passengers try to stop it or alert the conductor?

According to the indictment, the rape occurred on the night of Aug. 3. Around the time the train arrived at Fukui Station, Uezono was sitting next to the woman. She occupied a seat by the window in the sixth car. He threatened her by saying, "Don't raise your voice or I'll kill you." He then held her down by her shoulders and proceeded to molest her. As the train approached Kyoto Station, he dragged her into the toilet and raped her.

In each carriage, there are 64 seats. The carriage apparently was about 60 percent full. According to the indictment, Uezono also threatened a passenger across the aisle, saying, "What do you think you're looking at!" The seats in front of the woman and those behind were also occupied.

The woman was sobbing. We can only too well imagine that the woman was too terrified to resist, let alone raise her voice.

I bought a ticket for the Thunderbird and sat in the same seats as the woman and Uezono. Surely, some passengers must have realized something abnormal was taking place. It is hard to believe there wasn't anything they could do to save her.

Someone should have warned the man to leave the woman alone. If that was deemed too dangerous, then the passengers should have acted as a group.

They could also have pressed the emergency button that is placed in each car. That would have alerted the conductor. If they were afraid that Uezono would see them pressing the button, the passengers could have gone directly to the conductor to raise the alarm. Presumably, some passengers had mobile phones. They could have made an emergency call to the police.

Clearly, there were many things the passengers could have done. But, it seems they did nothing. This is beyond our comprehension.

Perhaps, they feared for their safety by getting involved.

At the same time, perhaps other passengers tried to rationalize their reasons for not doing anything by telling themselves, "Someone else will probably raise the alarm," or "Maybe it's a lovers' fight."

In psychology, there is the term, "dispassionate observer." The idea is that more witnesses means less individual responsibility, so less motivation to take the initiative and act.

But that leaves the victim helpless.

We live in a society where anyone can become a victim of crime at any time. In such a society, how should we act when we chance upon a crime scene? That is the question put to each and every one of us.

[Tsuru]

There's an emergency button?

In psychology, there is the term, "dispassionate observer." The idea is that more witnesses means less individual responsibility, so less motivation to take the initiative and act.

But that leaves the victim helpless.

We live in a society where anyone can become a victim of crime at any time. In such a society, how should we act when we chance upon a crime scene? That is the question put to each and every one of us.

Fortunately, it only takes one person to take the initiative and releave others of the burden of going at it alone. I'd hate to see that guy go anywhere else but either prison or the hospital. The biggest threat would be more than one guy, in these parts there usually is one perp and a few other guys "blocking" the scene. But this guy was on his own.

[spyder]

More likely than not ... in NY mind you, if you interfere you might get capped.. whats gonna happen in Tokyo if you shout out? Get smacked with a keitiai? If this was a <real> incident, there's nothing to stop the general public from helping out except their inherent pussiness.

Exactly what I thought when I read the article.