Re: Ooohhh...another fork! Re: Here we go with another thread fork (was Re: Multinational ?marriage EPIC FAIL (was "Re: Holidays as public holidays" once, in the ?distant past))
CL <flothru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jim Breen wrote:
> > chuckers wrote:
> >> Debito is probably going to *LOVE* this:
> >
> > I'm 80:20 about Debito. 80% of the time I think he's making a fool
> > of himself, but 20% of the time I think he's saying and doing
> > things that I wish more gaigins would say and do. Often we bend
> > over backwards to accept and defend blatantly xenophobic
> > actions in the interest of having a quiet life and not making
> > a fuss.
> I have had a number of assignments in Hakodate, Tomakomae, Sapporo and
> Asahikawa that have involved visits with the local police. You'd be
> surprised how much Being White But Not At All Like Debit can become the
> litmus test of whether Hokkaido Dou-kei will assist with information /
> assistance or not.
> I have met the two cops Debit "outed" at the Chitose Airport a couple of
> times in "other" venues and projects, and find it impossible to believe
> that the Great ID Caper could possibly have happened the way he writes
> it. As a matter of fact, it appears as though he stalked them, made
> them obvious, and destroyed a major arrest operation that had taken
> about three months to put together. Several career criminals avoided
> arrest that day thanks to his untiring efforts to be a complete asshole.
> I guess the fact that they didn't just shoot him on the spot shows how
> truly calm, flexible, and collected the cops can be.
Or maybe they have to pay for their own bullets.
Mike
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