The article "Dolphin activist Ric O'Barry arrested" in the Sept. 2 edition said "the police were following up on a tip about a rental car driven by a drunken driver." If O'Barry had been found guilty of drunk driving, what then? Two years in prison?
Sounds fishy to me. Sounds like O'Barry was set up by local fishermen rednecks who don't much like troublesome gaijin intruding into their local affairs in "Whacky-yama."
Gaijin, like myself, have to learn to be seen and not heard. Gaijin troublemakers like O'Barry are going to be sorry. False criminal accusations are just one way of getting rid of those uppity gaijin who forget their place in Japan's hierarchical society. Revoking the gaijin's visa is another way.
It's been reported that gaijin bar girls just have a way of "disappearing" when they complain about their lot in life here in Japan. What of Asian factory "interns" treated like slave laborers? I wonder how many foreign girls and women trafficked into Japan since the 1960s have just vanished? Poor O'Barry, he's a fool to think he's welcome in a place that thrives on the slaughter of dolphins.
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