Watch this video to see one asshole, no doubt accustomed to taking advantage of Japanese indulgence towards Western foreigners, get a thoroughly deserved little wake-up call, then go here for a fuller explanation of what's going on. How did this particular Ugly Australian get to Japan anyway? From his pathetic efforts at explaining himself to the policemen, it's obvious that his knowledge of Japanese is virtually nonexistent. Are Australia-Japan flights so cheap that even the riff-raff can afford them now?
The cameraman bothers me just as much as the star of the show does. He sounded like some kind of a sociopathic arsehole. He clearly knew he could egg on his feeble-minded drunk friend into doing something silly. He was literally commanding his friend to assault a mentally ill homeless guy! Unbelievable. How very shameful.
Ah well. Did you hear that we just won a Nobel Prize for finding the cure for stomach ulcers? We are not all bad!
Posted by: Dan Phillips | November 05, 2005 at 08:12 AM
This stuff is freaking hilarious. Genghis Khan - LOL!
[...Ah well. Did you hear that we just won a Nobel Prize for finding the cure for stomach ulcers? We are not all bad!...]
Dan - I dont think A.L. meant to rip on Aussies as a whole.
Posted by: Chuckles | November 05, 2005 at 09:56 PM
Chuckles, yeah, I know. I was just feeling a little embarrassed. Not an entirely rational response, I know. A friend of mine, a fellow Aussie, who teaches English in Japan was telling me recently that it's true: many westerners---and he singled out English teachers in particular---behave like barbarians there.
Posted by: Dan Phillips | November 06, 2005 at 03:11 PM