Jim Breen wrote:
> chuckers wrote:
>> Debito is probably going to *LOVE* this:
> 
> I'm 80:20  about Debito.  80% of the time I think he's making a fool
> of himself, but 20% of the time I think he's saying and doing
> things that I wish more gaigins would say and do. Often we bend
> over backwards to accept and defend blatantly xenophobic
> actions in the interest of having a quiet life and not making
> a fuss.

I have had a number of assignments in Hakodate, Tomakomae, Sapporo and
Asahikawa that have involved visits with the local police.  You'd be
surprised how much Being White But Not At All Like Debit can become the
litmus test of whether Hokkaido Dou-kei will assist with information /
assistance or not.

I have met the two cops Debit "outed" at the Chitose Airport a couple of
times in "other" venues and projects, and find it impossible to believe
that the Great ID Caper could possibly have happened the way he writes
it.  As a matter of fact, it appears as though he stalked them, made
them obvious, and destroyed a major arrest operation that had taken
about three months to put together.  Several career criminals avoided
arrest that day thanks to his untiring efforts to be a complete asshole.
 I guess the fact that they didn't just shoot him on the spot shows how
truly calm, flexible, and collected the cops can be.

-- 
CL