On Aug 30, 9:27 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> chuckers wrote:
> > On Aug 29, 10:28 am, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> 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.
>
> > Do you mean being an "average" un-assuming white guy will get you a
> > lot of help from the boys in blue, whereas screaming and yelling
> > about being discriminated against will make them uncooperative?
>
> Amazing, innit?  I've had several younger detectives get nose-to-nose
> with me and ask in a very insulting tone whether I knew the boy and what
> did I think of him.  After answering that I was in no way connected and
> did not consider him to be of value, I'd usually get a "Yosh!" a smile,
> and the young guy would sit back down so the older cop could ask how
> they could help.
>
> > Of course, Debito would spin this as because of his "activism" the
> > local boys are much more "respectful" of (white) foreigners because
> > he was there to shout "HELP! HELP! I'm being repressed! Come see the
> > violence inherent in the system!"
>
> Yeah, right.  There have been time when I have been tempted to stamp
> "Not at all affiliated with any gaijin rights organizations originating
> in Hokkaido" on my business cards.
>
I wonder if his ex has a Green Card? I'm just curious what would
happen in that case if she took the kids and ran off to the US, other
than causing immense amusement to most gaijin in Wa.

John W.