On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:55:01 +0900, Michael Cash
<mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote:

>There was a case recently of a Chinese woman who was in Japan on a
>student visa. She was caught working more than 20 hours per week and
>ordered deported. She filed a civil suit requesting that her deportion
>be stayed and that she be freed from detention pending an appeal of
>her deportation order. In a very unusual ruling, the court displayed
>some common sense and granted her request. Normally, people file an
>appeal of their deportation and are deported before there is a
>decision on the appeal. So that even if it is decided that the person
>*not* be deported, it is already too late. I e-mailed The Dave and
>asked him if he were going to make some public commentary on this
>landmark case. For whatever reason, he chose not to reply to me and,
>so far as I know, has made no mention of the case at all. 

It had a good, successful, happy, sensible outcome, AND it didn't
include him. Why would he publicise it?

>Maybe the
>woman was the wrong color to get his attention. I dunno.

Actually, right now there's a bit of a debate on gaigin crime stats on
the ex-Dave's mailing list, and the feeling I am picking up is that
when Japanese people talk about "gaigin hansai", they, the honest,
hard-working non-Asian, gainfully employed teacher-clowns feel
included along with all the wiley chinkies -- sorry sangogugins, --
sorry, fine upstanding, except for all the criminal, Chinese.

Ken