NHK Gaijin Extra Arrested in Drugs Bust

[Mulboyne]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Evil...these foreign demons with their wicked marijuana. What would Noripi say?
Thank God NHK has hit him really hard and removed his name from the credits. Shit, I thought they were going to let him off for a second there. I wonder whether they'll mosaic out his face like genitalia during the rerun to avoid him further polluting the innocent Japanese population?

[Doctor Stop]

[YT]u5K7_1erTXs[/YT]

[Taro Toporific]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

BINGO! Troy Caspi
(MySpace)

He almost deserves to be arrested for that profile and those photos alone.

[unkosando]

What a douche! Bye Bye Fuckwad.

Any news on who ratted him out?

He almost deserves to be arrested for that profile and those photos alone.

[unkosando]

[YT]4fNphFx0nV4[/YT]

[Greji]

Any news on who ratted him out?

A gaijin in Roppongi......

[Taro Toporific]

Some of Troy's work..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fNphFx0nV4

Damn, he is/was a member of the FG---I was afraid of that.
Sorry.

[unkosando]

Damn, he is/was a member of the FG---I was afraid of that.
Sorry.

Oh Really... Now I feel kinda bad.

[sublight]

While I realize my feelings on pot are irrelevant and Japan can pass and enforce its own laws at it chooses, this practice of companies deleting any reference to the accused after an arrest in an attempt to retroactively cover their asses is simple cowardice by a gang of scumbags.

I mentioned here how the same thing happened to a Japanese guy I knew (so this isn't just an 'evil gaijin' reaction). where his company went as far as asking us to erase him from photos in all the back issues of the in-house magazine we were producing for them (a magazine about how the company supports its employees, appropriately enough).

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

While I realize my feelings on pot are irrelevant and Japan can pass and enforce its own laws at it chooses, this practice of companies deleting any reference to the accused after an arrest in an attempt to retroactively cover their asses is simple cowardice by a gang of scumbags.

I mentioned here how the same thing happened to a Japanese guy I knew (so this isn't just an 'evil gaijin' reaction). where his company went as far as asking us to erase him from photos in all the back issues of the in-house magazine we were producing for them (a magazine about how the company supports its employees, appropriately enough).

Welcome to the Land of Doublethink...War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery and Ignorance is Strength [color="White"](except, we all know the war never happened, except when the Japanese got hurt...)[/color]

[davai-davai IV]

Damn, he is/was a member of the FG---I was afraid of that.
Sorry.

so he deserves the fucked epithet 1000%

I don't get it, how is that possible people choosing to live in this country don't follow her rules, especially taking into consideration the deru-kugi saying, haven't he brought it upon him himself?

[IkemenTommy]

A gaijin in Roppongi......

I wonder if the silly "I got it from a gaijin supplier in Roppongi" excuse will get him off hook on this one.

[Mike Oxlong]

[Cyka UchuuJin]

[YT]4fNphFx0nV4[/YT]

wtf??

[Samurai_Jerk]

He probably got it on a trip to Okinawa...

[SIZE="4"]Cannabis dealer busted in Naha[/SIZE]

So he averaged 2 million yen a year. Why not just work at a 7-11?

[Cyka UchuuJin]

seems our man was showing off his sword in more places than just myspace...



http://www.japanprobe.com/2010/11/04/canadian-actorstripper-arrested-for-marijuana-possession/

[Samurai_Jerk]

Damn, he is/was a member of the FG---I was afraid of that.
Sorry.

A member we would recognize or he just happened to be registered?

[Doctor Stop]

You've figure that the police would be busy right now keeping us safe from all the terrorists flooding the country pre-APEC. Where did they find the time to start targeting douchebags?

[Dragonette]

While I realize my feelings on pot are irrelevant and Japan can pass and enforce its own laws at it chooses, this practice of companies deleting any reference to the accused after an arrest in an attempt to retroactively cover their asses is simple cowardice by a gang of scumbags.

I mentioned here how the same thing happened to a Japanese guy I knew (so this isn't just an 'evil gaijin' reaction). where his company went as far as asking us to erase him from photos in all the back issues of the in-house magazine we were producing for them (a magazine about how the company supports its employees, appropriately enough).

Even if it were a serious crime and even if he were to be convicted, to me this not only dishonest, but a shocking disregard for human rights, and a prime example I think, of the nasty Japanese habit of erasing "unpleasant" history. No matter what else he may have done, he performed, and his performance should be credited.
When a rock musician gets bagged for drugs, does NHK ban their names, music from being mentioned too? If so, no wonder NHK programming (and J-pop) sucks!

[Mulboyne]

...a prime example I think, of the nasty Japanese habit of erasing "unpleasant" history...

That's not really the main intention of such actions. If companies in Japan don't turn a bad apple into persona non grata, they think they will be open to the criticism that they aren't taking proper responsibility. Any apology they make may be viewed as insincere. We can argue the toss about whether such a reaction by the public would occur, or would be justified, but it happens enough that no-one wants to get caught on the wrong side of a moral panic.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

That's not really the main intention of such actions. If companies in Japan don't turn a bad apple into persona non grata, they think they will be open to the criticism that they aren't taking proper responsibility. Any apology they make may be viewed as insincere. We can argue the toss about whether such a reaction by the public would occur, or would be justified, but it happens enough that no-one wants to get caught on the wrong side of a moral panic.

I agree wholeheartedly with Mulboyne's assertion. Companies in this cuntry exist in a kind of Benignteen Eighty Four, where they all think Big Brother is watching (and he largely is due to the technological age) and when they get caught doing something wrong, suddenly two plus two really does equal five and they love the Party, so to speak. Everyone acknowledges that they've reformed and showed sufficient reflection, and then they can then go back doing what they were always doing until they're caught again.

[BigInJapan]

Thought I'd seen this guy somewhere before...

[Dragonette]

I agree wholeheartedly with Mulboyne's assertion. Companies in this cuntry exist in a kind of Benignteen Eighty Four, where they all think Big Brother is watching (and he largely is due to the technological age) and when they get caught doing something wrong, suddenly two plus two really does equal five and they love the Party, so to speak. Everyone acknowledges that they've reformed and showed sufficient reflection, and then they can then go back doing what they were always doing until they're caught again.

I hear what you guys are saying, but for me where the whole thing breaks down is that in this case at least, NHK didn't do anything wrong that I can see.

Would any J-folk have possibly felt that an NHK-hired detective should have been following this guy around baby-sitting him and grabbed him as soon as he made a buy from the ubiquitous Roppongi Gaijin? They needed a guy for a part, they hired him and I presume he did an adequate job; that should be end of story.

But yeah, I know, after all this is Japan.

[Failsafe]

He probably got it on a trip to Okinawa...

. Yasumasa Kitamura is accused of selling 30 grams of cannabis to a 38-year-old man in Naha City on July 6th, and picking up a \105,000 ($1,329) payment for the transaction.

that's just over $44 per gram, bulk price. ouch.

[IparryU]

that's just over $44 per gram, bulk price. ouch.

that is like, the price of an eighth....

such steep prices here

[Doctor Stop]

Yeah, that's a lot of money for what probably is ditchweed.

[IparryU]

A word to the wise - don't do weed in Japan:cliff:

excellent advice...

you would have better chances of living normally and with less stress being a active pedophile compared to being a pot head...

how fucking sad

so my JFIL said to me the other day, "you know that on the news... they said that alcohol has worst effects on your body than marijuana?"

I told him that they teach that in schools in the US because all the crime usually involves booze or yay.

I did not mention however, that you can buy weed just as easy as booze on any corner or even in a store if you got a med card...

hella funny how you can buy kiddie porn easier than weed here in Japan...

[IkemenTommy]

hella funny how you can buy kiddie porn easier than weed here in Japan...

Are you telling us that from your personal experience?