Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!news.moat.net!news.glorb.com!postnews2.google.com!not-for-mail From: tokyoelbow@totalise.co.uk (Elbow) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Kawaguchi Station: Beware of Police checks on all foreigners not looking Japanese. Date: 21 Mar 2004 16:03:45 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 16 Message-ID: <515ab8e4.0403211603.97f724b@posting.google.com> References: <515ab8e4.0403162302.6580c3f3@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.0.158.163 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1079913825 4505 127.0.0.1 (22 Mar 2004 00:03:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 00:03:45 +0000 (UTC) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:12788 > > I don't know who you think you are. Anybody can forget his/her ID, but the > least would be to apologize, given the situation. > > CC When I was stopped I told them I was just getting a paper and sorry Id forgotten my card. I told them I was British when asked. I have been using that Station for almost 2 years and stupidly hoped to be treated like a human being. Dont think this is an attack on Japanese, its an attack on the law that allows this. If I was a terrorist surely I wouldnt forget my ID would I? IMHO The law stinks.