"Elbow" <tokyoelbow@totalise.co.uk>, iletide sunu yazdi
news:515ab8e4.0403162302.6580c3f3@posting.google.com...
> ...
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> Is this legal?  Anyone else had similar shit happen to
> them?
>
> Would appreciate some comments or just plain old
> ranting  (insert horse).
>
> Elbow

Legal? Which one? What they did or what you didn't? What they did was
perfectly legal.

Why be a dick? Why not to present them the card or if for some reason you
left the card behind why not to explain them politely? There are many ihou
taizai in Japan and that alone is reasonable grounds for them to ask you
your gaikokujintourokushoumeishou. What are the odds:

Policeman: Gaikokujintourokushoumeshou puriiizu
You: You show me your ID first.
P: Fine, here, Now gaikokujintourokushoumeshou puriiizu
Y: Errr, I don't have it, I musta left behind
P: Why do you be such a dick than
Y: Well, I'z reading this guy's internet page that listed my rights and
stuff...err... I did made sense than, but... nevermind
P: Come with me to kouban please