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NEWS: Japanese Teen Stabs Guard to Steal…Used Manga


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GATSU



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:39 am Reply with quote
Another Darwin Award contender. Rolling Eyes
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v1cious



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:51 am Reply with quote
how is this even close to a Darwin Award?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:54 am Reply with quote
Why is this news on an anime site? One of the managers at the record store I worked at got stabbed trying to stop a shoplifter and I didn't see Rolling Stone or Pitchfork report that.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:04 am Reply with quote
v1cious:
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how is this even close to a Darwin Award?


He works in a pachinko parlor, and he ripped off a used manga store. He's clearly got his prorities wrong.
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:19 am Reply with quote
jgreen wrote:
Why is this news on an anime site? One of the managers at the record store I worked at got stabbed trying to stop a shoplifter and I didn't see Rolling Stone or Pitchfork report that.

Did you not see that he stole manga? Rolling Eyes That's something when somebody has resorted to stealing as the first case I have ever heard of.
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Iwatch2muchanime



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:20 am Reply with quote
NICE!! 9 in. of cold steel ramming inside of me is a small price to pay for the happiness in a kid's eye's with manga in his hand.
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saini85



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:29 am Reply with quote
One week to heal? That's not a stabbing ...that's a scratching. Also I agree that this is very remotely related to anime and doesn't really merit front page news.
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testorschoice



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:33 am Reply with quote
jgreen wrote:
Why is this news on an anime site? One of the managers at the record store I worked at got stabbed trying to stop a shoplifter and I didn't see Rolling Stone or Pitchfork report that.


Speaking as someone who lived in both countries:

Shoplifting is not news in America. It is news in relatively crime-free Japan. Armed robbery in a country with anti-gun ownerhip, even more so. Armed robbery, for ten used manga...well, that's why a national newspaper in Japan covered this story from a small town in central Japan.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:45 am Reply with quote
Let me guess... slow news day?
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ikillchicken



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:45 am Reply with quote
pretty sad. Stabbing someone over $50 in used manga. I mean, you know you can probably find scans of it online if youre that desperate to have Manga.
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Iwatch2muchanime



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:46 am Reply with quote
ikillchicken wrote:
pretty sad. Stabbing someone over $50 in used manga. I mean, you know you can probably find scans of it online if youre that desperate to have Manga.


No, that's if you're that desperate to read the manga, to have it you stab someone and take it, that's how it goes.
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JustSomeguy
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:49 am Reply with quote
So? I once killed three people for a Crunch bar...

(I'm competitive by nature)
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10円



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:04 am Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
how is this even close to a Darwin Award?

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jgreen wrote:
Why is this news on an anime site? One of the managers at the record store I worked at got stabbed trying to stop a shoplifter and I didn't see Rolling Stone or Pitchfork report that.

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saini85 wrote:
One week to heal? That's not a stabbing ...that's a scratching. Also I agree that this is very remotely related to anime and doesn't really merit front page news.


All of your stocks just went way up. Oh, and SPAMMER's stock just hit rock bottom. Again.

Proman wrote:
Let me guess... slow news day?


There are no such things; there are just days when the news media can't be bothered to get off their asses and report on something worthwhile. Seriously, once I started deviating from the traditional American news media I found that there were all types of very important stories that were being held back to make way for the latest updates on the mating habits and missing whereabouts of mindless twits. I have a lot of respect for ANN, but I also feel that their choices for news articles sometimes seems a little suspect. They also have a tendency to get a little one-sided from time to time.
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ichido reichan





PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:29 am Reply with quote
Only problem is...what manga title is worth stabbing somebody?

Im sure it wasnt "fruits basket"
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Iwatch2muchanime



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:38 am Reply with quote
ichido reichan wrote:
Only problem is...what manga title is worth stabbing somebody?

Im sure it wasnt "fruits basket"


Nah, it's Sorcerer Stabber Orphen.
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