April 12, 2007
If I am elected, they will be terrified!... I myself will be terrified.
Toyama Koichi's campaign speech for Governor of Tokyo(utube from the blue). More info on the illustrious candidate here.
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The quick neck snap at the very end sold me. *applies for citizenship*
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First comment, second link: . . . just to let people know he’s campaigning under no party backing on an anarcho-fascist platform: “Japan must be destroyed” is a line he repeats again and again. He makes his living as a street performer and turned from anarchism toward Mussolini-style fascism while serving a 2-year sentence in jail for beating a former girlfriend/comrade. He believes that there is a civil war going on in Japan that began when the Aum Supreme Truth cult attacked the Tokyo subways with sarin nerve gas, hence the militant rhetoric. He has undertaken most of his activities by himself or with a small group of followers and hence is not connected with other leftist or rightist movements. Huh.
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People, I dare you to keep your eyes open as long as he does. He never blinks. I think I saw two blinks in five minutes of video. The first one I was able to notice was not until a good four minutes in. Freaky. I would like to have a beer with this guy. Or I just blinked the same time he did, and missed his?
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And on second hand, after the events of this week, I'm afraid I will have to rescind my offer to share a beer with Mr. Koichi. Thank goodness Japan has such stringent gun control laws in place... Where's gomi anyways?