The '
Pearl Harbour idiots' are probably stupid enough to believe
this, and should have it thrown in their faces.
Anyway, yes, Ishihara is the same idiot who ran around trying to 'ban anime'. (
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ANN is having server problems atm though, because all the concerned otaku are flooding it for news of their favourite personalities.
Here's the top part of the article for you.
Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara said the following about the March 11 earthquake (Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin) and tsunami to the press in the metropolis on Monday:
The identity of the Japanese people is selfishness. The Japanese people must take advantage of this tsunami as means of washing away their selfish greed. I really do think this is divine punishment.
Ishihara was contrasting the "selfishness and greed" that he perceived in Japan with the identity of the United States with "liberty" and the identity of France with "liberty, philanthropy, and equality [sic]."
...Yeah. How did that dope even manage to become Governor. (I believe the untranslated version would be 「日本人のアイデンティティーは我欲。この津波をうまく利用して我欲を1回洗い落とす必要がある。やっぱり天罰だと思う」)
Oh and Yamakan did the most badass thing ever and tweeted this:
To apply "divine punishment" indiscriminately to innocent people is absolutely ridiculous. Ishihara, you who can't speak Japanese properly, have no right to place that identity on others.
I thought most Japanese were Shintoists anyway.
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Most recent disaster news includes scheduled blackouts to conserve energy, a hydrogen explosion at reactor 3, and a tsunami false alarm. Better than a missed alarm, in any case.
But reactor 3 isn't gonna have a meltdown.