"Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson" <ken_nicolson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6afefaef.0307120825.307c3286@posting.google.com...
> I saw this in the paper:
>
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030712wo22.htm
>
> and I can't think of any other reason for them to bring it up, and if
> so, it doesn't seem like very good timing to me to make that sort of
> statement.

To paraphrase, sure this is a shocking crime committed by one of our own,
but let us not forget the fact that the foreigners are the main source of
crime in Japan. Let's make sure this incident doesn't cloud this well known
fact.

Look on the bright side: at least he didn't say, "If only the victim was a
Brazilian, then we could have ignored it."

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom