On Aug 21, 10:27 am, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp>
wrote:
> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that chuckers has
> exploded. Flight director confirms that:
>
> [...]
>
> >Seems that is what Debito did a few years ago.  He divorced his wife
>
> Hahahahhaahahakjdfhl#{$%`+&sdflkajhahahaha, really?! How spectacularly ironic!
>

I don't think it is called "schadenfreude" when referring to someone
with a martyr complex.

> >One daughter now lives with his parents in the US and
> >they won't let him see her.  The other lives with his wife in the
> >house they built together.
>
> Okay, where does *he* live now? Has he been busted back to looking at "no pets
> or foreigners" signs again?
>
> One can only hope that this endless wave of disgruntled ire eventually ends as
> all sagas involving angry furriners must: "screw you guys, I'm going home". Now
> that would be something to see.
>

As far as I know, he is still in Hokkaido.  Not sure if it is an
apartment or not.  Don't
know if he mentioned it anywhere (or if he did, I couldn't bother to
continue reading
to find out.)

Since he is proud of the fact that he has Japanese citizen ship now,
he may not have
a place to go back to without re-immigrating.  Assuming, of course, he
gave up his
US citizenship rather than trying to do dual citizenship (which
probably wouldn't be
allowed for him.)

> >He should probably title his blog:  "Beware!  Here there be Windmills!"
> >His current tirade is against McD Japan for their Nippon All Stars campaign featuring
> >what he refers to as a "bespectacled nerd that speaks only in katakana."  Hitting too
> >close to home?
>
> I guess I don't watch enough television anymore; this entire campaign has
> totally passed me by so I can't really pass judgment on it. If it is what I
> *think* it is, then I can't deny that I would be a little miffed at such a
> thing. But I would not be particularly moved to boycott Big Macs because of
> this. (I would be more inclined to boycott them because their hamburger patties
> taste like -- and likely contain -- rat poo.)
>

I have only seen a sticker of "Mr. James" on my morning train,
adverstising a Tamago
burger which actually looks rather good but haven't gone to go get one
because there
are other places I would rather eat.

One of Debito's sticking points on this campaign is that calling the
character "Mr. James"
is racist because you aren't supposed to call someone by their first
name with "Mr." prefixed
to it.  When someone pointed out that "James" could be a last name
(and given that no
other name appears to be associated with the character) he replied in
comment that "James" wasn't
known to be a last name.  When examles like "Jesse James" were pointed
out, his comment
and the original posted were edited into the memory hole, never to be
seen again.

He has also been complaining that the Japanese government isn't
including the number foreigners
in its reports on the number of Japanese citizens currently living in
Japan.  The mind boggles.