Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: Mr Collins in Japan

Andre

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:11:01 +1300

Jerry is my partner's cousin. He's a great guy. Friendly. Honest. Loves a beer. And actively dislikes people who do drugs. Family is also obviously important to him. I thought John Campbell did a great job – breaking through what until then seemed a media beat-up from afar. Jerry will…

JamesPL

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:13:20 +1300

Why wouldn't Jerry Collins have gone to the police? Perhaps because there is a 99.7% successful prosecution rate in Japan. Guilty or not, if you look like you're going down, you are going down.

If you were in a spot of bother in Japan, would you throw yourself on the…

DexterX

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:32:20 +1300

I was glad that Campbell made the effort and ran the story – I want to know what the going rate or outcome was likely to be as a result of the operation of the Japanese “Criminal Justice Processes” and whether Jerry Collins has any representation.

The physical symptoms at…

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:24:08 +1300

Possibly their justification is similar to the way the NZ government directs millions of our dollars into vanity rugby teams and racing yachts.

BenWilson

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:07:52 +1300

It's hard to believe there isn't a BJJ angle in this. Collins has the perfect build for that sport.

linger

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:45:34 +1300

It seems to be played at some universities
including mine (though, a few Tongan imports aside, our team sucks).

Hadyn Green

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:37:29 +1300

As a Kiwi who lived in Japan I must confess to being unable to uncover any rugby whilst there
We saw rugby on TV when we were there last year and would've gone to a game had we been bothered (went to the baseball instead). It's pretty big in Tokyo,…

JackElder

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:03:23 +1300

As a Kiwi who lived in Japan I must confess to being unable to uncover any rugby whilst there

Actually, the only time I have ever been to a rugby match was in Japan (mind you, that was back in the 90s). It seems to be played at some universities…

Rossh

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:38:39 +1300

Hamamatsu is a bit of a Brazilian enclave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamamatsu , which does give the story an air of plausibility, but I do wonder if there is much more to this than we currently know. They might have been an easy scapegoat in the mind of Jerry (Yakuza probably being invisible…

Stephen Judd

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:25:27 +1300

Yeah the Brazilianised Japanese are an inferior social class in Japan — they've lost their Japaneseness and are supposedly loud and uncouth and no longer part of the national wotsit. There was lots of emigration to Brazil in the 20th century, which is why when you go to a churrascaria,…

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:38:47 +1300

Yes, there are quite a few Japanese South Americans, a president of Peru was one.

I'd guess they might remigrate, a bit like Aussies and Kiwis in London.

Danyl Mclauchlan

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:35:57 +1300

You're right – I didn't even check the Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilians_in_Japan

There is a significant community of Brazilians in Japan, consisting largely but not exclusively of Brazilians of Japanese ethnicity. They also constitute the largest number of Portuguese speakers in Asia, greater than those of formerly Portuguese East Timor, Macao…

Geoff Lealand

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:15:31 +1300

Jerry has had some experience with nether regions on the rugby field,

But I recall reading about the Brazilian community in Japan. It is quite sizeable but socially isolated, as is the lot of foreigners in Japan. A case of picking on someone further down the pecking order?

Jeremy Andrew

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:58:31 +1300

Maybe he meant criminals with brazillians – Although how he could tell their nether-waxing status, I'm not sure...

Danyl Mclauchlan

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:45:09 +1300

I haven't been following this story too closely, but Japan is a very conspicuous place to be a foreigner, especially if you don't speak the language – and it's a difficult language to learn. The idea that a bunch of Brazilian criminals could all move over and set up a…

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:08:29 +1300

Maybe Quentin Taratino will make a movie?

Or it could be another part of my favourite imaginary video game: Kung Fu Rugby

Public Address

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:08:28 +1300

Discussion from blog post.