The 2-Belo wrote:
> Eric Takabayashi and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:
> 
>>http://tinyurl.com/qqr7
>>
>>Monday, October 13, 2003
>>
>>Chinese held over kidnapping speak fluent Japanese
>>
>>SHENYANG, China (Kyodo) Three Chinese men detained over
>>the kidnapping of a Japanese man here all speak fluent
>>Japanese, informed sources said Sunday.
>>
>>[end]
>>
>>Maybe criminal gangs in the future will be able to
>>address Japanese victims properly, saying "Kane wo
>>dase!" or "Kinko wo akero!"
> 
> I'm sure Mr. Kume on NewsStation is, at this hour, reminiscing about the old
> days when furriner criminals were considerate and predictable enough to only
> speak their own languages.

Hasn't he lost his contract? I'm sure I read somewhere that they were 
ditching him for someone cheaper.




-- 
Great moments in Australian diplomacy, Kirribilli, 1975

"Look, Michael, you can argue until you're black in the face, but 
wherever Ansett Airlines is involved it's always the nigger in the 
woodpile."

Charlie Jones to Papua New Guinea's head of government, Sir Michael Somare