deadhippo
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- 9 Apr 2005
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Today I was talking to this lady, a middle-aged Japanese lady
and she asked me what I thought of japan
I said for me
a white foreigner
Japan is a pretty cool place
I don't have any trouble
I don't work like Japanese people, and I didn't have to suffer through the education system
usually, Japanese people are surprised by my opinion that
for a white foreigner, it's pretty cool here, but for a Japanese person, it's like hell
but this lady was not surprised that I thought it was hell for Japanese people
(for many reasons irrelevant to this story)
she agreed with me
she told me that japan has become strange with children killing their parents and parents killing their children
I have to admit that she seemed more concerned about children killing their parents than vice versa
probably because of her age
she told me that sometimes mothers of her generation killed their children when they committed suicide because they didn't want to leave them behind
she gave other reasons why it happened, but I can't recall at the moment
but these days, she said children killed their parents for simple reasons like being told to study harder
she told me she was afraid of young people these days
that her husband had a short temper
but she told him not to say anything to anybody on the train because she was scared of what might happen
To tell you the truth, I thought she was exaggerating a little
that was this afternoon, I finished work at 10:00 pm, and on my way home, I suddenly heard a scream
I wasn't too sure what it was or where it was coming from, but I was sure it was a scream
and sure enough, the scream started again, and I started to move in the direction I thought it was coming from
it was a woman screaming, and it was one of the most desperate screams I have ever heard in my life
if you have been to Yokohama
you might know an area where there are two roads built directly over and along a river
this is near where the incident occurred and near where I work
at first, I thought the screams were coming from one of the roads
that some girl had been thrown out of a car on the highway high above my head
but I was getting closer to the sound
I wondered how I could get up there
but then I saw movement on the other side of the river and instinctively knew that was where the noise was coming from
I ran as fast as I could to the next bridge
I was sure some men were trying to rape this girl or something like that
when I rounded the corner of the bridge, I could see several people, but it was pretty dark, so I didn't know what was going on
but I could see I was outnumbered and feared in my heart, but I had to go on
as I got closer, I could focus on one young boy who seemed to be about to runaway
without really knowing what was happening
who the good guys were, or the bad guys were
or if it were so black and white
I decided I better stop this guy
so luckily, I could stop him, and a Japanese man soon took him off my hands
the Japanese man was trying to hold him and wasn't doing such an excellent job of it, so I helped
I was still in the dark
but some more men came, and we put this guy and one other less aggressive guy on the ground
the police had been called
then I noticed another man lying in the middle of the road
not moving
all this time, I could see and hear this woman screaming
I walked over to the man who was lying in an unnatural position
I lightly put my hand on their back to see if he was breathing
another man was taking his pulse
he was living, but he was in pretty bad shape
at this point, I guessed it was a hit-and-run on a scooter
this was not what happened though
after a while, the police arrived, and I learned from my girlfriend what had happened
those two boys had been picking on a schoolboy, and this man tried to stop them
one schoolboy saw the other two youths arguing with a salaryman, and he intervened and stopped
he thought it was over, but when he went away, they started to beat up the salaryman
so the schoolboy called the police
the youths knocked the man to the ground, and he grabbed one of them on the floor, and the other started kicking him until he let go *corrected
and his wife tried to help, so they began to kick and punch here too
and this point, the screams started
a nearby taxi driver heard the screams and rushed to help
I don't know where the other men came from, but there was plenty of help
they punched those boys and kicked them in the head and stood on their hair
but they eased off when I told them to, that the police were coming
of course, I hadn't known what had happened at that time
now I can understand their anger
and I probably would have acted similarly in the heat of the moment
tonight I hope those boys are 18
or they will be at home watching tv tonight
and she asked me what I thought of japan
I said for me
a white foreigner
Japan is a pretty cool place
I don't have any trouble
I don't work like Japanese people, and I didn't have to suffer through the education system
usually, Japanese people are surprised by my opinion that
for a white foreigner, it's pretty cool here, but for a Japanese person, it's like hell
but this lady was not surprised that I thought it was hell for Japanese people
(for many reasons irrelevant to this story)
she agreed with me
she told me that japan has become strange with children killing their parents and parents killing their children
I have to admit that she seemed more concerned about children killing their parents than vice versa
probably because of her age
she told me that sometimes mothers of her generation killed their children when they committed suicide because they didn't want to leave them behind
she gave other reasons why it happened, but I can't recall at the moment
but these days, she said children killed their parents for simple reasons like being told to study harder
she told me she was afraid of young people these days
that her husband had a short temper
but she told him not to say anything to anybody on the train because she was scared of what might happen
To tell you the truth, I thought she was exaggerating a little
that was this afternoon, I finished work at 10:00 pm, and on my way home, I suddenly heard a scream
I wasn't too sure what it was or where it was coming from, but I was sure it was a scream
and sure enough, the scream started again, and I started to move in the direction I thought it was coming from
it was a woman screaming, and it was one of the most desperate screams I have ever heard in my life
if you have been to Yokohama
you might know an area where there are two roads built directly over and along a river
this is near where the incident occurred and near where I work
at first, I thought the screams were coming from one of the roads
that some girl had been thrown out of a car on the highway high above my head
but I was getting closer to the sound
I wondered how I could get up there
but then I saw movement on the other side of the river and instinctively knew that was where the noise was coming from
I ran as fast as I could to the next bridge
I was sure some men were trying to rape this girl or something like that
when I rounded the corner of the bridge, I could see several people, but it was pretty dark, so I didn't know what was going on
but I could see I was outnumbered and feared in my heart, but I had to go on
as I got closer, I could focus on one young boy who seemed to be about to runaway
without really knowing what was happening
who the good guys were, or the bad guys were
or if it were so black and white
I decided I better stop this guy
so luckily, I could stop him, and a Japanese man soon took him off my hands
the Japanese man was trying to hold him and wasn't doing such an excellent job of it, so I helped
I was still in the dark
but some more men came, and we put this guy and one other less aggressive guy on the ground
the police had been called
then I noticed another man lying in the middle of the road
not moving
all this time, I could see and hear this woman screaming
I walked over to the man who was lying in an unnatural position
I lightly put my hand on their back to see if he was breathing
another man was taking his pulse
he was living, but he was in pretty bad shape
at this point, I guessed it was a hit-and-run on a scooter
this was not what happened though
after a while, the police arrived, and I learned from my girlfriend what had happened
those two boys had been picking on a schoolboy, and this man tried to stop them
one schoolboy saw the other two youths arguing with a salaryman, and he intervened and stopped
he thought it was over, but when he went away, they started to beat up the salaryman
so the schoolboy called the police
the youths knocked the man to the ground, and he grabbed one of them on the floor, and the other started kicking him until he let go *corrected
and his wife tried to help, so they began to kick and punch here too
and this point, the screams started
a nearby taxi driver heard the screams and rushed to help
I don't know where the other men came from, but there was plenty of help
they punched those boys and kicked them in the head and stood on their hair
but they eased off when I told them to, that the police were coming
of course, I hadn't known what had happened at that time
now I can understand their anger
and I probably would have acted similarly in the heat of the moment
tonight I hope those boys are 18
or they will be at home watching tv tonight
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