chuckers <chuckersjp@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, April 6, 2012 7:56:05 AM UTC+9, Band Beyond Description wrote:
>> Scottintokyo <scott@tokyo.jp> wrote:
>>> On 2012-01-31 06:04:41 +0000, Declan Murphy said:
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 29, 10:42 am, Scottintokyo <sc...@tokyo.jp> wrote:
>>>>> I've been following this story here and in some of the other online
>>>>> venus mentioned. I thought those of you who do not already subscribe to
>>>>> the JBR Japan Forum mailing list might be interested in the following
>>>>> post by Gregory Clark. He seems to have asked some well-placed friends
>>>>> and confirmed that what we had suspected is in fact the case.
>>>>>>> http://nbrforums.nbr.org/foraui/message.aspx?LID=5&MIDA079
>>>>>>> Guess I'll revert back to lurker mode now.
>>>>>>> Scott Reynolds
>>>>> You lurker you! Pls drop by with some of your pearls of wisdom more
>>>> frequently!
>>> 
>>> I'll do my best.
>> 
>> 
>> He's baaaaack, with an "extended" post (which some in the 2nd & 3rd links
>> describe less charitably):
>> 
>> http://globalite.posterous.com/
>> 
>> Responses:
>> 
>> http://www.japanprobe.com/ ("Brainwashed Foreigners in Japan" post)
>> 
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/rr8b4/remember_the_gaijin_gulag_guy_theyve_let_him_back/
> 
> Bonus points for anyone that can read the whole thing all the way through in on go.
> 
> How anyone can such a poor writer be considered a "journalist" is beyond
> me.  But I guess he is the only one that considers himself to be so.
> 
> Reading paragraphs at random (theoretically "out of context") shows how
> bizarre and warped his thinking is.  Reading the paragraphs IN context
> shows that there actually is NO context to begin with.  Just some sort of
> stream of consciousness that begs for psycho-therapy.

In sum, suspect whole charade is clumsy (but effective) publicity stunt
designed to raise his profile (stupidly at others' expense).