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.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!news2.euro.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "Ryan Ginstrom" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: One of those frustrating things... Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:43:58 +0900 Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2kv01bF6l2caU1@uni-berlin.de> References: <40E9EDAF.1030809@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de ZA/VCrP854Rj1v92+mr4lAM5eFxo31BYW4LeBTy6S+cmrxp9lw X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:15245 puntspeedchunk wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:09:19 -0500, "John W." > wrote: > >> ... about Japan that I honestly don't understand. Seems like a storm in a teacup to me. They are only talking about not giving the girl permanent residency, not deporting her. Hell, I don't have permanent residency either. It says in the article that the girl is afraid she will be deported when her visa expires. What is the basis for that fear? Sounds a bit like a publicity stunt from the immigration reform folks. The fact that the "government officials" are basically schoolteachers is pretty telling. -- Regards, Ryan Ginstrom