Why no Looting, Rape and Murder in Japan?

[houndawg]

Thanks Cap'n! That's what Alphie badly wants to say but lacks testicularity to do so.

Wrong.

If I wanted to say that I sure as hell would have and you know that.

Yes, of course you would.

[Pwns]

Simple.

The governments in Japan were more prepared and responsive than the NO, Louisiana, and federal governments were.

[93henfan]

Simple.

The governments in Japan were more prepared and responsive than the NO, Louisiana, and federal governments were.

That's part of the story, but we're what, like three days into this? The idiots in NOLA were raping and pillaging by day two. A prompt government response wasn't going to stop them. A crappy one made it a good talking point for Kanye West.

I mean, if you really want to break down blacks in this country vs other people in the most basic of terms, look at the reaction to the Rodney King cop verdict versus the OJ Simpson verdict. That clears any doubt up right there.

[Skjellyfetti]

A lot of the coverage... especially of gang rapes and murders in the Super Dome was sensationalized and shown to be exaggerated afterwards.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n ... yth26.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[93henfan]

A lot of the coverage... especially of gang rapes and murders in the Super Dome was sensationalized and shown to be exaggerated afterwards.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n ... yth26.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yeah, Reginald Denny getting drug from his truck and hit in the head with a brick was probably sensationalized too.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

A lot of the coverage... especially of gang rapes and murders in the Super Dome was sensationalized and shown to be exaggerated afterwards.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n ... yth26.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yeah, Reginald Denny getting drug from his truck and hit in the head with a brick was probably sensationalized too.

Hey houndawg, why dont you find the black guy that hit Reginald Denny in the head with a brick, send him to my house and I will send you a DVD of me beating that racist niggers ass? You can even let him have a brick, but when Im done that mutherfu*ker would be begging for some slavery so he could have a break.

Its POS like that guy that give blacks a bad name.

[uofmman1122]

Two things:

1. It's a stark difference in culture. It's often argued that Japan is the most Confucius country left in the world, where the needs of the group often always outweigh the needs and wants of the individual.

2. It also has to do with the fact that life in big cities, even Sendai, are getting back to normal. I have quite a few friends telling me that the damage in Sendai is bad, but it's being over exaggerated by the Western media.

The police haven't stopped working, so I imagine if anyone tried to loot anything, they'd be arrested just as easily as if there were no earthquake.

[BDKJMU]

Simple.

The governments in Japan were more prepared and responsive than the NO, Louisiana, and federal governments were.

That's part of the story, but we're what, like three days into this? The idiots in NOLA were raping and pillaging by day two. A prompt government response wasn't going to stop them. A crappy one made it a good talking point for Kanye West.

I mean, if you really want to break down blacks in this country vs other people in the most basic of terms, look at the reaction to the Rodney King cop verdict versus the OJ Simpson verdict. That clears any doubt up right there.

The coast of Mississippi was hit just as hard as Louisiana,if not harder. 90% of the structures within a half mile of the coast in the 3 coastal counties were destroyed. Places like Biloxi, Gulfport, Pass Christian, Bay St Louis, Waveland, Long Beach. The eye of Katrina traveled up the entire state.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of ... ississippi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yet you didn't see near the looting in Mississippi that you saw in New Orleans. How do you explain that?

[Skjellyfetti]

There was looting in Mississippi as well.

Not as much as in New Orleans... but, none of those places you listed are even close to the size of New Orleans. I mean, why wasn't there looting in Bay St. Louis (pop. 8,000)? Because there isn't shit there to loot.

[BDKJMU]

There was looting in Mississippi as well.

Not as much as in New Orleans... but, none of those places you listed are even close to the size of New Orleans. I mean, why wasn't there looting in Bay St. Louis (pop. 8,000)? Because there isn't **** there to loot.

Yoy also had a far more effective state response in Miss under Barbour than you did in New Orleans under Blanco and Mayor "Chocolate City Again" Nagin.

[houndawg]

Yeah, Reginald Denny getting drug from his truck and hit in the head with a brick was probably sensationalized too.

Hey houndawg, why dont you find the black guy that hit Reginald Denny in the head with a brick, send him to my house and I will send you a DVD of me beating that racist niggers ass? You can even let him have a brick, but when Im done that mutherfu*ker would be begging for some slavery so he could have a break.

Its POS like that guy that give blacks a bad name.

I'll get right on that, Alan.

[∞∞∞]

Just saw this:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 44156.html

[UNHWildCats]

You are absolutely dead ass wrong.

Japanese are not going to loot anything because they have too much pride in their country and have morality. The only thing they might go after is food, not guns, vcrs and jewelry.

you nailed it.

[93henfan]

Just saw this:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 44156.html

I'd say there's quite a difference between people picking up drinks and food laying in the street after a warehouse was obliterated and people breaking into stores and carting out HDTVs like in New Orleans, but that's just my take.

I think this passage from that link pretty much tells the story:

More than 10 days after the earthquake and waves hit this city facing the Pacific Ocean on Japan's northeastern coast, most victims of the twin disasters have handled the crisis with extraordinary restraint. Despite the lack of food, water, medicine and gasoline, few Japanese in the hardest-hit areas have complained, and there has been little sign of looting.

[JohnStOnge]

I'll just mention that, while people tend to think of New Orleans with Katrina, the coast of Mississippi was the area really whacked and those people handled it with a lot of class. I'm not going to look it up right now but I'm pretty sure the surge that blasted the Mississippi coast with Katrina was more powerful than the one that blasted the Japanese coast with this recent earthquake wave. It's just that we don't have videos of it because, obviously, you don't have people flying around in airplanes and helicopters taking pictures when that's happening at hurricane landfall.

No, they didn't have any nuclear power plants in the area. But when it comes to what came from the sea they got pounded with something bigger than what Japan got pounded by. And those people responded marvelously.

[∞∞∞]

Just saw this:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 44156.html

I'd say there's quite a difference between people picking up drinks and food laying in the street after a warehouse was obliterated and people breaking into stores and carting out HDTVs like in New Orleans, but that's just my take.

I think this passage from that link pretty much tells the story:

More than 10 days after the earthquake and waves hit this city facing the Pacific Ocean on Japan's northeastern coast, most victims of the twin disasters have handled the crisis with extraordinary restraint. Despite the lack of food, water, medicine and gasoline, few Japanese in the hardest-hit areas have complained, and there has been little sign of looting.

You could counter-argue that by saying that there aren't things like that left to steal in the devastated areas of Japan, as opposed to New Orleans which was flooded, but not wiped out.

[native]

Whether people want to admit it or not, you're just dealing with two starkly different cultures.

It really stuck me watching the one clip of the earthquake from inside a Japanese supermarket.

The two Japanese women in the video not only don't run out, but they try to stand and hold up food from falling off the shelfs. That is awesome.

By contrast, the first instinct of employees at a US inner city supermarket would be for people to step over each other to see how fast they could get out of the store. There'd be lots of "get tf outta my ways" and "oh lawdy, lawdys" and then when it was over you'd see the neighborhood loading up shopping carts with LCD TVs. Food wouldn't even be a thought.

How you do-in?

[youtube][/youtube]

The ninth ward of New Orleans is itself a starkly different culture from the rest of America, as many of its residents found out when they got a dose of "tough love" in Houston after Katrina. ... not just Republican Texans, but practical, hard-nosed Democrat Texas.

There are plenty of places in the heartland and even in the land of fruits and nuts - small town and suburban California - where good and decent people do not loot, rape and murder during times of economic or cultural stress.

America is exceptional - despite the ninth ward and despite elitist liberal jackasses, not because of them. Skelly's America is carried on the backs of millions of exceptional Americans.

[native]

I'd say there's quite a difference between people picking up drinks and food laying in the street after a warehouse was obliterated and people breaking into stores and carting out HDTVs like in New Orleans, but that's just my take.

I think this passage from that link pretty much tells the story:

You could counter-argue that by saying that there aren't things like that left to steal in the devastated areas of Japan, as opposed to New Orleans which was flooded, but not wiped out.

As AZG pointed out, there is plenty left to loot in Japan.

You are normally a pretty sharp kid, but your clueless grasp of the situation of Japan is breathtaking in its shallow ignorance. Stop before you dig yourself into a deeper hole. Take some time, do some research, and think through your conclusions before posting on this topic again.

And you have one of my favorite avatars!

[∞∞∞]

You could counter-argue that by saying that there aren't things like that left to steal in the devastated areas of Japan, as opposed to New Orleans which was flooded, but not wiped out.

As AZG pointed out, there is plenty left to loot in Japan.

You are normally a pretty sharp kid, but your clueless grasp of the situation of Japan is breathtaking in its shallow ignorance. Stop before you dig yourself into a deeper hole. Take some time, do some research, and think through your conclusions before posting on this topic again.

And you have one of my favorite avatars!

Fair enough, I'll stop 'cause I don't intend do any research other than what I've read and seen so far in the major news outlets, and those are never good sources for deep thoughts or analysis on any subject.

And thanks for the compliment.

[D1B]

You are absolutely dead ass wrong.

Japanese are not going to loot anything because they have too much pride in their country and have morality. The only thing they might go after is food, not guns, vcrs and jewelry.

This thread should have ended right here.

[kalm]

I'll just mention that, while people tend to think of New Orleans with Katrina, the coast of Mississippi was the area really whacked and those people handled it with a lot of class. I'm not going to look it up right now but I'm pretty sure the surge that blasted the Mississippi coast with Katrina was more powerful than the one that blasted the Japanese coast with this recent earthquake wave. It's just that we don't have videos of it because, obviously, you don't have people flying around in airplanes and helicopters taking pictures when that's happening at hurricane landfall.

No, they didn't have any nuclear power plants in the area. But when it comes to what came from the sea they got pounded with something bigger than what Japan got pounded by. And those people responded marvelously.

1). The number of deaths in japan alone would indicate the surge was much stronger. I don't remember the sea water moving six miles inland and wiping entire towns off the map.

2). Has mississippi hosted a superbowl since? Didn't think so.

[native]

As AZG pointed out, there is plenty left to loot in Japan.

You are normally a pretty sharp kid, but your clueless grasp of the situation of Japan is breathtaking in its shallow ignorance. Stop before you dig yourself into a deeper hole. Take some time, do some research, and think through your conclusions before posting on this topic again.

And you have one of my favorite avatars!

Fair enough, I'll stop 'cause I don't intend do any research other than what I've read and seen so far in the major news outlets, and those are never good sources for deep thoughts or analysis on any subject.

And thanks for the compliment.

Your gracious response is better than I deserve for being such a blunt asshole.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Met up with my buddy who just got back from japan - turns out we haven't heard the whole story

there HAS been looting - it's been... bad... he really couldn't compare it one way or another to new orleans or chile but it has happened.

he also mentioned that it took a week or more before residents in the worst areas started breaking in to stores for water, food, clothes and blankets on a widespread basis - but that the government isn't even bothering to stop them since for the most part they are primarily stealing needed supplies.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Stealing food, water and clothes isnt looting.


Nice try though.

[89Hen]

Do shoes qualify as clothing?