Missing FG

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

The point being, I know what I'm paying for when I buy McDo stuff.

When you buy food from Tohoku labelled as being from Kanto you are facing fraud. Even if there was no pollution whatsoever. In a country where industrial glue grade rice was sold as food because some genius with a calculator discovered it was making bigger profit, the outcome with Tohoku's products was beyond evident from day one...

Fair enough.
To be honest, I'm kinda happy being in denial about where my food comes from. I'm already enough of a fucken bore without having to go around and tell everybody I meet that I'm a fucking vegan.

[havill]

It's now been exactly one month since Garin Dart has been seen.

[Russell]

The problem was never going to be the area covered, it was always going to be the way the poison works its way into the food chain.

TIJ...it worked it's way into the food chain through corruption as usual.

yep, was sadly predictable

Tell that to the genius who was asking how I was led to think that we should be worried of food produced post meltdown... I can't find that post anymore without reading most forum posts since 2 years ago...

Candid good times... Candid moronic good times...

I found that post by searching for the term "WD40":

viewtopic.php?f=47&t=8423&p=300952&#p300952

[Russell]

It's now been exactly one month since Garin Dart has been seen.

Maybe the North-Koreans abducted him...

[Coligny]

It's now been exactly one month since Garin Dart has been seen.

"Has been reported as being missing"

The fact that he might have been seen or not being part of the "known unknown" (*)



(*) I'm not a huge Rumsfeld fan, but that speech was near perfect.

[legion]

The point being, I know what I'm paying for when I buy McDo stuff.

When you buy food from Tohoku labelled as being from Kanto you are facing fraud. Even if there was no pollution whatsoever. In a country where industrial glue grade rice was sold as food because some genius with a calculator discovered it was making bigger profit, the outcome with Tohoku's products was beyond evident from day one...

Fair enough.
To be honest, I'm kinda happy being in denial about where my food comes from. I'm already enough of a fucken bore without having to go around and tell everybody I meet that I'm a fucking vegan.

I get more upset about someone cutting down a tree than killing a cow

in the kitchen nobody can hear the cabbages scream

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

in the kitchen nobody can hear the cabbages scream

I sympathize with the cabbages...I'd scream, too, if I was going to be eaten by a German.

[havill]

It's now been exactly one month since Garin Dart has been seen.

"Has been reported as being missing"

The fact that he might have been seen or not being part of the "known unknown" (*)



(*) I'm not a huge Rumsfeld fan, but that speech was near perfect.

Good point. So I was chatting on other Gaijin-Illuminati boards and the bookies are telling me that the "he's a runner" theory is the odds-on-favorite.

What I don't understand about this theory is how the hell you be a "international ex-pat" runner? To me, being an international runner and not get caught requires two things:

1. a false identity to restart your second life. How you pull that off (meaning you're need a passport and a visa and all the supporting paperwork to get that) is beyond my knowledge
2. a lot of money saved/stored up that your significant other or anybody else does not know about (in an account under your new false identity from #1)


Anyway, if he is a runner, he may as well keep running, as his life in Japan (including his Japanese marriage and family) is ruined.
And if he isn't a runner, I really hope he's okay. I can't help but worry about some bizarre accident, like the Asian-Canadian tourist that somehow fell in the rooftop water tank of a cheap LA hotel and wasn't noticed/found until the corpse clogged the water supply for the showering guests:

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/ ... l-drowning

* The internets are saying that they haven't been able to check the passport travel history or credit cards or other billing records yet because privacy laws will let you if someone is missing or life in danger, but it is not an easy or quick process. So he could be using credit cards / passport, though that would be pretty daft as eventually they're going to look at the records (they reported him to interpol).

[matsuki]

And if he isn't a runner, I really hope he's okay. I can't help but worry about some bizarre accident, like the Asian-Canadian tourist that somehow fell in the rooftop water tank of a cheap LA hotel and wasn't noticed/found until the corpse clogged the water supply for the showering guests:

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/ ... l-drowning

Wow....that girl looked really high on something in the video. Bizarre....more like Darwin award winning. No injuries or trauma to the body and the crawled into a rooftop water tank...

But illustrates what happens in the US (elevator video is all over youtube) compared to Scott Kang having the shit beat out of him and murdered in Shinjuku, yet the police refuse to release the video footage they have or the name of the suspect(s) assaulting him in the video. Even the "America's most Wanted" episode covering the case is blocked in Japan: http://www.hulu.com/watch/191399

[fgz]

It's now been exactly one month since Garin Dart has been seen.

"Has been reported as being missing"

The fact that he might have been seen or not being part of the "known unknown" (*)



(*) I'm not a huge Rumsfeld fan, but that speech was near perfect.

Agreed (and Rummy is an asshat). Truthtelling disguised as Orwellian DoubleSpeak. Stupendous asshattery.

And just to attempt to fail to clarify:
-He was last seen/emailed on the 22nd [known-known]
-Reported as missing not necessarily on but as of the 22nd [k-k]

Plenty of k-u and u-u after that though.

[Mock Cockpit]

I keep reading this bloke's name as "Gaijin Dart" and imagine SDH having a ciggy.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

....and imagine SDH having a ciggy.

God, I miss them...badly...

But I feel even worse by the image of me appearing in someone else's imagination....You have my complete sympathy.

[Marked Trail]

Missing-poster_garin-dart.jpg

... https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/garindart
"Missing
Garin Dart
Reference No: 13-001513
Age at disappearance: 40
Missing Since: 22-May-2013
Missing from: Japan
If you think you can help the search please call Missing People.
Garin, we would love to hear from you.
Call. Text. Anytime. Free. Confidential. 116000"

Join-the-search.png

https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/images ... indart.pdf

[nikoneko]

I read that as Call. Text. Anytime. Free. Colorful. Some number. We have all been here far too long and that is a true story.

[Russell]

If they have that flyer in the UK, then they probably expect him to be in the UK. That means he bailed out, and is not in Japan anymore.

[Taro Toporific]

If they have that flyer in the UK, then they probably expect him to be in the UK. That means he bailed out, and is not in Japan anymore.

We can't read too much into this UK-based web flyer since there is no Japanese website equivalent and the Internet is meant to be international. However, there is no Japanese flyer or recent information for ゲリン・ダート (or ガリン・ダート).

Twitter-missingpeople-Garin.png

twitter
Garin Dart is 40 and went missing from Japan on 22 May. Please RT and help us find him.
http://t.co/Khr2OUJP8D
#jointhesearch
-- Missing People (@missingpeople) July 1, 2013

Finella Dean - July 1, 2013 at 20:19
I cannot tell you how agonising it is to have a family member who has gone missing and as time goes by and there is still no news of Garin our desperation only increases. We are looking at any way we can to try and trace him as our concerns mount day by day. Our hearts go out to all the other families across the world who are suffering similar situations – so many! We pray Garin is safe and is able to ask for help and that we will find him. Our thanks to everyone out there who are sending us thoughts and support and who are helping in the search in whatever way they can.
Garin is my much loved son.

[Coligny]

If they have that flyer in the UK, then they probably expect him to be in the UK. That means he bailed out, and is not in Japan anymore.

Nope.

You can't go from "this association put a flyer" to "that means the guy did this". There is barely any link... I can do exactly the same flyer, and have it published in Paris tomorrow. What would you deduce from that ? That the guy is now in France wearing a beret hiding in the back room of a coffee shop near Notre Dame ?

It's a standard call for national solidarity. Once again, nothing to be deduced from this.
Plus this organisation is actively collecting money for their operation, meaning they might be more eager to act for any case that relate to english citizens, allowing they to get a piggy back ride into the spotlight.

[Samurai_Jerk]

If they have that flyer in the UK, then they probably expect him to be in the UK. That means he bailed out, and is not in Japan anymore.

Nope.

You can't go from "this association put a flyer" to "that means the guy did this". There is barely any link... I can do exactly the same flyer, and have it published in Paris tomorrow. What would you deduce from that ? That the guy is now in France wearing a beret hiding in the back room of a coffee shop near Notre Dame ?

It's a standard call for national solidarity. Once again, nothing to be deduced from this.
Plus this organisation is actively collecting money for their operation, meaning they might be more eager to act for any case that relate to english citizens, allowing they to get a piggy back ride into the spotlight.

Fuck you, Coligny. I can pull any illogical assumption out of my ass anytime I want based on little or no relevant data. Hell, you do it all the time.

[Coligny]

Come at me bro...

lapins-cractins-f08-11012.jpg

/Le me so hoooony...

[Russell]

If they have that flyer in the UK, then they probably expect him to be in the UK. That means he bailed out, and is not in Japan anymore.

Nope.

You can't go from "this association put a flyer" to "that means the guy did this". There is barely any link... I can do exactly the same flyer, and have it published in Paris tomorrow. What would you deduce from that ? That the guy is now in France wearing a beret hiding in the back room of a coffee shop near Notre Dame ?

Yep. You can deduce from that that the people searching for him and most familiar with the details (assuming that's you in this case) expect him to be in Paris. You got that right dude.

It's a standard call for national solidarity. Once again, nothing to be deduced from this.
Plus this organisation is actively collecting money for their operation, meaning they might be more eager to act for any case that relate to english citizens, allowing they to get a piggy back ride into the spotlight.

It depends who is behind this call. My assumption was that is the people closest to him, and when they put out a flyer in the UK, they apparently expect him to be in the UK. I would especially expect this if it is a call for national solidarity.
If he traveled abroad, there must be a trace of his passport going through immigration in Japan and the country he traveled to. By now this information should be public, isn't it? Anyway, that could be the reason they put out this call in the UK. Another reason could be more down to earth, namely, that his family lives in the UK, and they found it most convenient to put out a flyer in the country they live without any regard where he could be.

BTW, is this a legal organization? They try to collect donations of 3 pounds each. Will this money be used for the search?

[Coligny]

Yep. You can deduce from that that the people searching for him and most familiar with the details (assuming that's you in this case) expect him to be in Paris. You got that right dude.
?

-Only if 1 you are assuming that they have much more details and they are holding.

2 assuming that, they are giving light clues on his expected position through third party flyer.

You are allowing yourself without a single element backing it to make 2 a consequence of 1 while 1 has no current backing whatsoever.

[matsuki]

So....d00d is still missing?

[wagyl]

So....d00d is still missing?

Jesus, Choko, check yourself.
I am sure that the way some people are following and salivating over this, if there was any progress updates would be posted here with little delay.

[gaijinpunch]

Jesus, Choko, check yourself.

Stealing that.

[wagyl]

Jesus, Choko, check yourself.

Stealing that.

Careful. People will call you passive aggressive.

[Taro Toporific]

https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/garindart
"Missing
Garin Dart
Reference No: 13-001513
Age at disappearance: 40
Missing Since: 22-May-2013

Well, it's been more than 60 days since May 22nd. According to Japanese law, I wonder how long Dart can remain missing before he can be declared "lost"?

[wagyl]

Well, it's been more than 60 days since May 22nd. According to Japanese law, I wonder how long Dart can remain missing before he can be declared "lost"?

Roughly 2,497 days to go!

[Taro Toporific]

Tokyo police give up search for British businessman
The Times / 2013 July 27 (fucking subscription required)
A British businessman in Tokyo, whose disappearance provoked lurid rumours
about his assassination by Japanese gangsters, slipped out of the country
after withdrawing £40,000 of his company’s money.
Police have stopped searching for 41-year old Garin Dart, a Tokyo resident who
organised parties for expatriates, because they believe that he has run
away. The news will lead to conjecture about what drove a father to abandon
his pregnant wife, child, friends and colleagues, and vanish.
“We are not actively moving [on this],” said Superintendent Hiroshi Kozono of
the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, who confirmed from immigration that Mr Dart
left Japan...
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[Russell]

So, he did remove his battery from his cell phone before heading to the airport, after all.

Somehow good to be proven right...

[omae mona]

“We are not actively moving [on this],” said Superintendent Hiroshi Kozono of
the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, who confirmed from immigration that Mr Dart
left Japan

I assume they did not mean he left Japan, say, for the afterworld, but rather for another country. Damn newspaper paywall! Does anybody have access to the rest of this article?

EDIT: on second thought this raises a question. Was this a massive waste of resources for 2 months because somebody forgot to call immigration to check if they had his name in the database? OR..... was he hanging around this whole time and just left the country now?