Thursday, April 22, 2004
Fear and Loathing on Hokkaido
I swear to God this looks like something out of The Onion:
TOKYO, April 22 — The young Japanese civilians taken hostage in Iraq returned home this week, not to the warmth of a yellow-ribbon embrace but to a disapproving nation's cold stare.
"You got what you deserve!" read one hand-written sign at the airport where they landed. "You are Japan's shame," another wrote on the Web site of one of the former hostages. They had "caused trouble" for everybody. The government, not to be outdone, announced it would bill the former hostages $6,000 for air fare.
Alas, this is not satire. This is straight out of the New York Times.
And now it's time for an IraqNow Stupid Factoid:
Asian-American women have the highest suicide rates of all women in the US between the ages of 15 and 24.
Be quick to forgive.
Splash, out
Jason
TOKYO, April 22 — The young Japanese civilians taken hostage in Iraq returned home this week, not to the warmth of a yellow-ribbon embrace but to a disapproving nation's cold stare.
"You got what you deserve!" read one hand-written sign at the airport where they landed. "You are Japan's shame," another wrote on the Web site of one of the former hostages. They had "caused trouble" for everybody. The government, not to be outdone, announced it would bill the former hostages $6,000 for air fare.
Alas, this is not satire. This is straight out of the New York Times.
And now it's time for an IraqNow Stupid Factoid:
Asian-American women have the highest suicide rates of all women in the US between the ages of 15 and 24.
Be quick to forgive.
Splash, out
Jason
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