Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!proxad.net!216.239.36.134.MISMATCH!postnews.google.com!z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Kouda Kun Beheading Video Date: 10 Nov 2004 11:20:53 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 31 Message-ID: <1100114453.338329.49780@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.32.36.230 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1100114464 5684 127.0.0.1 (10 Nov 2004 19:21:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:21:04 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/0.2 Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com; posting-host=67.32.36.230; posting-account=IGBrEwwAAABPCeBilOMHVky8YEHrk0Ub Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:21714 Paul Blay wrote: > "Musashi" wrote in evul-printable ... > > I heard yesterday from a friend in Tokyo that Japanese > > web sites which had the Kouda Beheading Video have > > taken them off under the instructions of the Japanese > > government, on the grounds that it is distressing and > > disrespectful to the surviving family and friends of the victim. > > Has anyone else heard this? > > Probably - but not me. > > > While I certainly agree with the reasoning, if this is true, > > the notion that a government of a democratic country can or > > should do such a thing disturbs me. After all, Japan is not > > the =E4=B8=AD=E8=8F=AF=E4=BA=BA=E6=B0=91=E5=85=B1=E5=92=8C=E5=9B=BD=E3= =80=82 > > Ah well I would first check (apart from whether it happened at > all) whether they were _official_ instructions from a bit of the > Japanese government with relevant authority or whether it was > an unofficial request from one or more people who happen to > be part of the Japanese government. I doubt the government 'officially' did anything, though some lawmakers might have turned some screws. Most likely it was the ISP's decision, regardless of where the pressure came from. They have much more power in this way (can claim it's a bandwidth issue, if not just outright say it violates policy). John W.