Comments on: Foreign Teacher Arrest Update

By: Aonghas Crowe

Aonghas Crowe — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:24:40 +0000

My own similar experiences have been described here:

Police Raid
http://aonghascrowe.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/2-2-then-came-a-knock-at-the-door/

Life in a Japanese Jail:
http://aonghascrowe.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/cuckoo-cuckoo/

By: Hold the Phones, it's Happened Again! | Big in Japan

Hold the Phones, it's Happened Again! | Big in Japan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:21:33 +0000

[...] Patriotic if it was), has been fired in Okinawa, in addition to the two girls involved in the previous “mind candy” incident (for which public prosecutors dropped a case most widely thought to be on the condition that a job [...]

By: zvfd

zvfd — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:41:55 +0000

The public prosecutor is　decided not to prosecute these mo* *n　ALT.
What a nonsense…

but,we japanese fired three mo**on ALT gaijin.
don’t come to Japan ever again,
sayonara!

youtube.com/watch?v=0v6t6-DmGPM

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:45:56 +0000

Probably a silly question, but just to make sure: your letters to the media outlets were written in formal Japanese, right?

By: Anonymous JET

Anonymous JET — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:17:58 +0000

I doubt there will be a response in what I have written to the media, but we’ll see. As for continuing the gossip train I will let the girls respond if they want to, since they are free and able to do so.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:21:20 +0000

I think you’ll find it’s more “being a grammar Nazi” than arrogant. Firefox, IE8, Opera and even browsers like Epiphany have spell-checking plugins these days which should make people’s posts and comments online much more coherent.

Am I still right in thinking that, according to the JET contract, these girls will have their contracts terminated due to being arrested? Also, please let me know which media have been citing my website; I looked through logs again last night and couldn’t find which one it could have been. And let me know what Okinawa Times and the other Okinawan broadcasters said in response to your emails – would be very interested to hear what they had to say.

By: Anonymous JET

Anonymous JET — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:53:17 +0000

If you are blogging in English, and it is on the Internet (a global network) you have made the information known to the English speaking world. Perhaps it is time for you to quit nitpicking at peoples posts and actually deal with the content. Dismissing an entire post because someone types “teacher” instead of “teachers” or “naiton” instead of “nation” is rather arrogant.

But the good news (which I hope you also think is good news) is that the girls are free, all charges dropped.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:32:30 +0000

Wait, wait, wait… the British media have been citing my site? If you’re talking about the mainstream media then please let me know which TV channels or nationals as I would like to check out my traffic figures following that. I spotted no significant spikes but must have mentioned it. I have to say I have never posted pictures or profiles of anyone involved in this, and I did in fact remove 2 Facebook links from the comments section. What other sites choose to link to is up to them though.

I am assuming you have emailed similar messages to the Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo and RBC. If so, I would very much like to hear their responses and would be interested in publishing their responses to you on the matter.

As for reporting about anything bad about ALTs, I try to report on things making the news with relevance to me. On my old site I reported about the dive instructor murdering his wife. It made big waves in the dive community and international news scene but isn’t great as I am a dive instructor. I’ll try to write both good and bad stories if I think people will be interested in them.

By: Anonymous JET

Anonymous JET — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:43:27 +0000

This blog is still part of the mechanism. In this case it has been what has made the story known to the English speaking world. It has been what has allowed people on numerous websites to call them stupid and lowlifes, and incited people to try to post pictures of them to further ridicule them. Though instead posted wrong pictures (which though removed here are still up on other sites that have linked to this blog) and has now allowed such scorn to be heaped upon two people who have absolutely no relation to this whatsoever. All this in the name of gossip, and judging others in order to make yourself feel better.

i’m doubtful that you will print an article about their innocence, just as I am doubtful that the Japanese news will report their innocence. In the minds of the nation they will still be guilty because the story of their innocence will not be told on the same scale. Also as someone who has been an ALT, why report stories that will make people think less of ALTs than they already do. It seems you are shooting your resume in the foot.

By: Anonymous JET

Anonymous JET — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:06:29 +0000

my comment was not towards your blog in particular, though most of the english media that reported the case cited it. but rather how though they have been acquitted of the charges the articles still remain with no retraction or update whatsoever, and how it is unfortunate that things like this serve to perpetuate the dislike of gaijin in japan.