John Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
> Ernest Schaal wrote:
> 
>> What I find odd is that you can't see that the presence of the
>> posters implys that there is a problem those posters are trying to
>> solve. 
> 
> Ah, now if you'd put it like that I wouldn't have had any problem
> with it. It's when you start saying "in Japan for men chikan is the
> norm [or the rule] rather than the exception" that you go over the
> top. One simply doesn't get onto a train in Japan, glance around and
> say, "Ah, yes! At least half the men in this compartment are groping
> the womenfolk, as per normal!" Make your observations accurate or
> else obvious jokes (like the rumour about the guy in Nagano who's not
> a chikan). Don't make apparently serious statements that are in fact
> nothing more than a form of prejudiced stereotyping. Otherwise,
> expect people to take issue with you. 
> 
>> In Japan, the habit that the posters are trying to change is the
>> shyness of the Japanese women in not standing up to the chikan and
>> reporting their gross behavior.
> 
> The only time I really witnessed a clear incidence of chikan (as
> opposed to other forms of sekuhara) the woman "outed" the perp in no
> uncertain manner (as I've already said) - and good for her!

What sort of fine did they slap you with?

-- 
Kevin Gowen
"The US economy accounts for about one-third of global GDP-greater than
the next four countries combined (Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom
and France)."  
- "Advancing the National Interest: Australia's Foreign and Trade
Policy White Paper", Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade