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2007-11-22 China-Japan-Koreas

Japan detains 5 with new fingerprint checks

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Posted by Fred 2007-11-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 Outstanding.

Just spent a few weeks there, and was very pleased upon arrival to see a (somewhat crude, by perfect Japanese standards) banner in the arrival hall above the passport checkers announcing "measures to reduce risk of terrorism." Something so unvarnished and yet still politely Japanese about it.

Gotta LOVE the standard "objections" from the usual (useless, or worse) suspects, too!

In general Japan manages to ooze both incredibly solicitous politeness towards foreigners (well, Caucasians who are clearly foreign) and a sense that no messing about will be tolerated.

I could see how they might want to create express treatment for resident foreigners (all of whom would be thoroughly checked and documented), but other than that, this is great news. If they don't screw it up it will demonstrate how, in fact, a very easy thing like serious border controls are quite feasible. Another nail in the coffin for another of the preposterous claims of that bizarre collection of the clueless (sadly, stretching from the Oval Office to the wackiest "non-profit" crime-advocacy office in San Francisco).

Posted by Verlaine 2007-11-22 03:36|| 2007-11-22 03:36|| Front Page Top

#2 the system has been criticised for linking foreigners with crime

Same as in the US, people can't deal with facts that stare them right in the face. The problem isn't so much Western foreigners as it is Africans and other Asians. They're poor and come to Japan because life is easy there. They then proceed to shit all over their hosts, just like every other country.

Posted by gromky 2007-11-22 05:15|| 2007-11-22 05:15|| Front Page Top

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