News Bicycle seats stolen...

[Davey]

Guess everyone needs a hobby... Better than stealing girls underwear from balconies ... Or maybe not

Osaka police seize 5,800 bike seats, arrest man in theft case

Osaka Prefectural Police have seized about 5,800 bicycle seats from a rental storage facility and arrested a truck driver on theft charges.

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

[nice gaijin]

Pardon my language, but what an ***!

It takes a special kind of jerk to steal bikes and bike parts. I hope he discovers a more productive hobby in prison.

 

[thomas]

"To alleviate work-related stress...." I would think that stealing causes more stress.

 

[SmudgyBuddy]

This has probably been an ongoing case for years. He's been stalking the girls, either by phone or whatever, and then stealing their seats to do god knows what with 'em.

 

[nice gaijin]

This has probably been an ongoing case for years. He's been stalking the girls, either by phone or whatever, and then stealing their seats to do god knows what with 'em.

The article and video didn't mention anything like that, can you please provide a source for this?

 

[thomas]

No stalking in this case:

自転車のサドル盗んだ疑い 運転手逮捕 倉庫から5800個押収 | NHKニュース

全国各地を回り、自転車のサドルを盗んでいたとみられるトラック運転手の男が逮捕されました。借りていた倉庫からは5800個も…

www3.nhk.or.jp

Initially, he did it to relieve stress, later he grew fond of saddles.

 

[SmudgyBuddy]

That was my probable thought as to how I would do things if I were a creepy bicycle seat thief. I would record the girls first, so I could know which seat belonged to whom. If I were a stalker, which I promise you I am not. I SWEAR!
If he didn't document his thefts, he is not organized enough to be a stalker, or have a seat fetish.

 

[nice gaijin]

o.....kay

 

[misternada]

No stalking in this case:

No sure if you should discard the sexual motivation here, maybe he was aroused by the idea of having people ride a bicycle without a saddle.

 

[nice gaijin]

No sure if you should discard the sexual motivation here, maybe he was aroused by the idea of having people ride a bicycle without a saddle.

Not sure if you should project such perversions onto a case that, by all accounts, doesn't involve them.

 

[bentenmusume]

What even are these responses here?
Like, maybe the dude is stealing the bike seats to resell them for a profit or whatever?
I mean, that's like totally completely possible and reasonable (not that I'm justifying or defending it)?

I'm not exactly sure what either of these two are going for in introducing a sexual motivation, but it sounds like a whole lot of projection and really doesn't reflect particularly well on either of you. (Not unlike O.J. Simpson's "If I did it...")

 

[misternada]

I'm not exactly sure what either of these two are going for in introducing a sexual motivation, but it sounds like a whole lot of projection and really doesn't reflect particularly well on either of you. (Not unlike O.J. Simpson's "If I did it...")

I don't think it is that far-fetched, there have been already similar cases like the one below where the guy stole saddles from women bicycle because he liked to "smell and lick it"

Please refer to the article below:

女性のサドル「嗅ぎたくて」200個盗む　神奈川県警山手署が35歳無職男を逮捕 | Cyclist

　女性の自転車のサドルを盗んだとして、神奈川県警山手署は24日、窃盗の疑いで、横浜市中区立野、無職、近藤丈司（じょうじ）容疑者（35）を逮捕した。 　1月ごろから、女性が使っているとみられる自転車から革製のサドルだけを選んで盗みを重ねていたといい、同署は自宅からポリ袋に入ったサドル計200個（計120万円相当）を発見、押収した。 　逮捕容疑は22日午前4時45分ごろ、区内の集合住宅駐輪場で、近くに住む無職女性（31）らの電動自転車からサドル計3個（計1万8000円相当）を盗んだとしている。 　調べに「革の質感や、においが好きで、なめたりにおいをかいだりしていた」などと話しているという。 ...

cyclist.sanspo.com

 

[nice gaijin]

We didn't say it was far-fetched. It's disturbing that you two would jump to that conclusion considering there is nothing in any of the write-ups on this case about a perverse motive.

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Just need a sign.

 

[antalion]

Bike thieves aren't just criminals they're morons. My seat was stolen a few years ago, it was an extremely uncommon size too large for most frames. Replacing it was a pain.

 

[misternada]

We didn't say it was far-fetched. It's disturbing that you two would jump to that conclusion considering there is nothing in any of the write-ups on this case about a perverse motive.

Japan is known for its unusual fetish, and the majority of crimes in this "safe" country have sexual motivation, often "stress" is an euphemism for sexual motivation, I've seen it countless times on the Japanese news.

 

[nice gaijin]

Maybe, but until actual reports come to light that suggest otherwise, I'm not interested in fantasizing about some deviant ulterior motive, or steering the conversation in that direction.

 

[misternada]

Maybe, but until actual reports come to light that suggest otherwise, I'm not interested in fantasizing about some deviant ulterior motive, or steering the conversation in that direction.

Well let's hope everybody else is still free to give his point of vue

 

[seikoucorn]

LOL, what a strange hobby.