Ishihara: “Quake is Divine Retribution Against Japan”
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Mar 14, 2011 20:11 JST
- Tags: Asahi, Bizarre, Earthquakes, Old People, Politics, Religion, Tokyo
Tokyo’s reigning rape novelist Shintaro Ishihara has proclaimed the recent earthquake and tsunami are divine punishment (“tenbatsu”) for the sinful depravity the Japanese people now embody.
Asahi press club journalists quote him as saying the following when asked “how should the Japanese people view the quake?” in connection with the recent power trouble:
The identity of the Japanese people is greed.
This tsunami represents a good opportunity to cleanse this greed, and one we must avail ourselves of.
Indeed, I think this is divine punishment.
When asked by an incredulous journalist as to whether this was an imprudent utterance better not reported, he responded “It may be harsh for the victims to hear, but I want you to take it down and report it.”
He is currently running for his 4th term.
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Ya know, comments about our manga I can let slide as being remarks of a total asshole, but the remark he made this time, he should be getting fatal lead poisoning for this one.
If he gets re elected now, then all I can say is the average Japanese voter is as much a fucking retard as he is.
This remark is inexcusable.
He should spend two years working in that nuclear reactor.
with no safety gear
he is a reactor
this was his steam explosion
doubtless people will now realise his madness has no end
that includes me - i thought he was a mere moralist faggot, but he is in fact nothing short of barking mad
hope he will completely deny any help from rather untouched tokyo to the devastated regions and some random mother who lost her entire family will strangle him with his 100 dollar tie
I'm going to play devil's advocate and you may rate it down but I must.
My interpretation of this is that that's how he sees his nation (probably himself too) and finds that deplorable.
We all should take back and look at ourselves while trying to better ourselves and it's easier when there's a crisis or something that diminish us.
You can argue about the right and wrong but I wonder about the tone he used while saying that. And the fact that he stated that he wanted this to be heard despite the consequences makes me feel like its a silent cry.
Finally, I'm sure he's affected by the crisis in his country. I would rather call it brutal honesty than insensitivity and it might actually strike home to some people.
/2 cent
your /2 cents is wrong. "my political opponent is 1/4 non-japanese." "gays and mental retards are worthless." "young people have no motivation." "Anime and manga fans genes are inferior."
Why would you take the words of a racist, xenophobic, ignorant retard seriously?
what did you say to actually be proven right or wrong?
everything you said equated to "he stated his opinion. i'm not going to say it was right or wrong. but that's his opinion."
there was no actually meaning to your comment to judge right or wrong to begin with.
what everyone else is saying is the simple fact that he may truly have this opinion doesn't make it right or even valuable as an opinion.
just because it's his interpretation doesn't mean his interpretation can't be wrong.
"everyone's entitled to an opinion", but everyone forgets the second half of that saying which is that not all opinions are equal.
some opinions are just stupid and there is no value in valuing racist bigoted ignorance.
people get so wrapped up in editorial egalitarianism that they forget some opinions, some positions, some ideas are in fact just wrong.
and there is no constructive value, in fact it can be actually DESTRUCTIVE, in propping up ignorance and pretending it's just an alternate angle of enlightenment.
need to remind you that the guy we are talking about here is a hypocrite that write a serial of rape novel...
i do believe his hatred toward anime related stuff is just part of his discrimination...
comparable to KKK's hatred toward minority
if not why would he despise anime, otaku and young people so much?
You didn't prove me wrong, you simply made a judgement of character which I respect.
I abide by my position. Those are his opinions that you may find wrong of not but that have a reality outside what's socially accepted.
I also stubborn myself to not throw stones.
@Rejuvination: Who said that divine retribution has limits or discernment? Ever read the ark of Noah story?
Also, it's the governor interpretation of things.
Let's see, total amount of people I've antagonized based on superficial pseudo facts in my entire live: 0. Ishihara: the entire otaku subculture.
So no, I am not on his level, and I imagine most Sankaku dwellers aren't as well.
I would call it "using his countrymen's misfortune to advance a closed minded political agenda".
well you can never say that killing people is divine retribution, good or bad people it's still killing, what if you where in that area or had relatives?would you take it as a joke as he does?if japan's people did something bad, they would be punished with bad luck, bad economy or other things but killing some people because some other people did something bad...does that sound correct to you?even if those people weren't innocent there where children killed too, can you say they did something bad to deserve this "divine retribution"?would you kill a murderer's family just because he killed some1 else?
so don't ever call this a divine retribution.
The only 'divine punishment' I see there, is fact that Japan have to deal with this retard on top of all things.
The best example of how this can't be "divine retribution" is the sad fact that Ishihara, of all the people, is still alive. None of the innocent people in Sendai deserved to die.
in chinese there's a saying that bad people tends to live longer because, even hell doesn't want to accept them.
Ishihara is such a douchebag - plain and simple.
Hell won't accept him because the devil can't be bothered with listening to Ishihara's crap.
I support the comunist guy. He won't ban the anime/manga industry for not suiting his tastes.
Divine punishment for voting him in 3 times?
I will say this again. Commies in Japan are not crazy nuts. If this commy wins, it would not be something special. He will not be the first commy mayor.
now, if he wins the election after saying that tokyo has a problem.
You know, if I was forced to make the choice between these two, I think I would much rather have Ishihara, because Matsuzawa is even worse than this old geezer.
And you say this because he wants to ban your perverted and stupid hentai mangas.
If you want to wack it off, go look for some real life porn, loser.
You have the comprehension skills of a mosquito.
Ishihara's ban makes the depiction of any crime potentially illegal to be sold in the open, or even sold at all. Not mere porn, DUH. Any fictional crime, violence or anything can be easily swept under the ban. It's the potential to completely stifle freedom of speech. Ishihara himself said freedom of speech shouldn't exist. Don't you see there's SO MUCH more to it than pointless porn!!
Unfortunately for you, I have to inform you that 99% of teenagers have already seen a +18 video included the ones who don't want to recognize it, and 1% have never seen a +18 video.
You are part of the 1%. LOSER. You don't have genitals and you aren't a girl. So what are you? An insect.
Yeah, you are such an idiot. Hentai mangas are completely unaffected by the new law.
I really wonder how there can still be such complete retards, spouting this nonsense. Are you too stupid to read, you little fucker?
I don't think that you are a troll. You are just a little loser fuck, that's all. Go back to your little moralfag sessions, or whatever shitheads like you do in their free time. I wouldn't be surprised if you were a little closet sheep-humper.
First we have a self-righteous eco-terrorist talking about karma and divine retribution, and now we have a self-righteous f*cktard joining the frey...
I don't know if he has brass balls for talking smack like that to the victims and the entire nation in light of this tragedy or if he's just over the DEEP END from being senile and blinded by his position...
Either way, he needs a couple of doses of some lead aspirin betwixt his tired eyes...
That picture of him on top would look good in black-and-white above his coffin...
His face...It's like he is lost in the times, blinded/drunk by power, and/or just involuntarily setting himself up to for a hit...
Fool...Way, way, way past his mental expiration date...
No politician (evil, or lesser-evil...In the states anyway) would spout sh*t like that after a tragic event...ESPECIALLY TO THE VICTIMS!!!
I...I...Wow...
I'm afraid for the future of Japan...I was afraid of what would happen to anime, games and freedom of expression back then, but now I feel unadulterated pity and remorse to what the people will go through IF THEY KEEP F*CKING VOTING PEOPLE LIKE HIM INTO POWER...
Also...
“It may be harsh for the victims to hear, but I want you to take it down and report it.”
Harsh..? HARSH!?!
You shouldn't have bloody said it to begin with, you f*cking moron...
"The identity of the Japanese people is greed.
This tsunami represents a good opportunity to cleanse this greed, and one we must avail ourselves of."
And cleansing greed!?! Heartless idiot...
All those men, women, and children that died must be greedy then...
By the goddesses of Gensokyo, you think you're a religious icon now..?
If you said sh*t like that in the USA you will have zero percent of getting voted...And probably get sued/taken to court for that...
But...
If he gets voted even after he said this, I will feel no pity for the people of Japan...That goes for both the senior citizens and the young generation...
You all decide your future, ban/insult/censorship or whatever...People like him will get away with it...
I can't say anymore...I hate ranting pointlessly to deaf ears...
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Damn it, I wish I was born Japanese (or at least migrated to Japan when I was a wee lad) so I could stand up to this f*ck...
Maybe in another universe...
*sighs sadly*
Japan...For your sake, at least choose the lesser evil when you vote...
Or at least someone that is knowledgeable and humble enough in the modern times and ways of the world's machinations today...
Maybe they are connected after all.
What Ishihara said is much worse.
Watson was vague and used humankind in general vs naming any groups.
The quake would have still happen even if the whales were left alone and Japan acted like a bunch of Amish.
As both events are completely unrelated to plate tectonics.
Now the jelly fish outbreak and the oceans becoming a giant toilet can be attributed to decimation of the whale population,over fishing, and pollution because they are related.
"Connected" indeed...they must have had their dicks up each other's ass....or mouth.
I think in another universe, it'd be better if he didn't exist at all...
Nice rant :]
i agree with you 100% azurexuchilbara,
he talks about japanese being greedy, but that probably only applies to ishihara and his politician buddies. the people are hard working and do their best in all that they attempt. or at least thats what i hear in the usa.
divine retribution? HA! he doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
Ishihara is evil and greedy, and so he automatically assumes everybody else is too. It's called projection, it's a common psychological phenomenom.
That guy is sick, and it's unbelievable that fools voted him into power so many times. He now thinks he's untouchable and above everything.
@ anon above
yeah I've read somewhere that a person measures another by ones own stick.
makes total sense.
@ The Red Comet
sad but true.
@ Japan
About this Shintaro Ishihara twat,I Hope there is a way to throw a wrench in his gears.
Is he really a rape Novelist??
wow what a load of hypocrisy!I'm stupefied!
How did this guy get elected to begin with?
Good luck I hated to hear about the disasters.I only just today found out about it.
We love you,and are sending our best wishes.
Sad that I can't do more.
even if you migrated to japan, you still have no right to vote and people will not treat you as one of them. The people here will never rise up against right wing governments. The left is extremely weak in japan. People are far too comfortable, too intoxicated. The people of this nation is hopeless.
This isn't fucking USA.
Implying USA is any different. DMCA, PATRIOT, ACTA are still alive.
@Tenno Seremel
Oh, oh, don't forget the
Mickey Mouse Protection ActCopyright Term Extension Act.Japanese people don't need your "pity", how can you bargain votes and political ideology from a foreign nation in exchange your "sympathy" you are as bad as Ishihara.
"Japanese people don't need your "pity", how can you bargain votes and political ideology from a foreign nation in exchange your "sympathy""
Is it such a sin to feel sorry for a country with a governor like that..?
I may be a Guro Fiend, but I'm not heartless...
"you are as bad as Ishihara."
Am I..? Really..?
Have I ever been a xenophobic homophobe who bans anime, manga, and whatnot..?
Friend...I am one of the most perverted Hentai Fiends and anime fetishes lover born in this generation and one of the best it has to offer...
I have spent thousands of dollars getting anime goods from Japan and commissioning Touhou futa doujins to English (among other futa doujins)...
Am I really like Ishihara..? I'd say I'm the complete opposite of that political idiot...
The only individuals I have truly wished death upon was Aizen (Bleach), Accelerator (Index/Railgun), and Kyuubee (Puella Magica Madoka)...
But I'd rather see them sent to Silent Hill, powerless and relying only on a flashlight, a pocket radio, and a 2x4 piece of wood/pipe to survive...
I'd love to see Ishihara join them in Silent Hill and be Omega-raped by my boss though...
@azurexuchilbara
Fair go, Azure.
Your comments are far better literature than Ishihara's crappy novels.
Don't mind the chick above, as far as I can tell from her other comments she's a bit of a racist who can't even write properly... I couldn't even tell what she was saying for the first few reads. Her grammar sucks.
Ranting guro fiends > ranting racists any day.
As always, a pleasure.
I feel sorry for Japan too...
It seems like they don't have any good choices when it comes to their governor.
Why didn't the quake and the tsunami take him?
Don't you know that turds float?
nah he's that stubborn one that sticks around til u get a scrub brush
cant just pee him off... oh how i wish i could just pee him off...
Flush him down the toilet.
@Captain Bravo
I know of the perfect place for people like him there's a black hole in V4641 Sgr.
Unfortunately it's 1600 light years away.
Maybe "Final Destination" will kick in and he will be 1 of the people Death Haunts.
Him and all those retarded Politicians that will try to ban things AND who approved of the Anime/Manga Ban.
They are just as bad.
They need to clean house, remove ALL the retarded Politicians and start from scratch.
Have people in Office that actually have a brain and IQ.
That sounds a lot like the plot of Akumetsu.
Maybe the radioactive will?
I'm afraid it won't because even in it's worst case failure mode a BWR would not release the kind of radiation Chernobyl did.
Now we can hope for him to get ran over by bus or hit by a deorbiting satellite.
Sooner or later.....
This is good.Now he will never be elected.
We want (Satomi) Ishihara, not (Shintaro) Ishihara. And how dare this man make such a tasteless remark about the earthquake? Tsunami should have taken his butt!
ishithara changes bodyguards every 4days. most of them either commit suicide or attempt to murder him as they cant take his crap.
if its divine retribution why didnt he get killed off first
I feel sorry for that bodyguard in the picture, he has to put up with Ishiharas shit nonstop.
I feel sorry that our beloved Idol Satomi shares the same surname as him.
He wants us to "...take it down and report it".
Time to RT.
This proves my theory. This is all part of Ishiharas plan. He wants to exterminate the youth to prevent it from being corrupted by manga.
i prefer corruption by manga to corruption by idiots.
people like that ishihara would, i bet, love to see piles of burning manga, just like the nazis and backwater nationalists here burnt "undesirable" books!
btw. his career as a politician is dead.go figure just how pissed all the people who got hurt and/or lost someone will be when they hear his high moralizing bull! LOL i wouldn't be surprised by a lynch mob!
Or he might really be a the original person, and is 10 year-old with brain damage.
True... So true... Why does he have to live on and spread the stupidity.
At least those who died are in a better place now. And that place does not have Ishihara with them.
And let that be a lesson to you Anon. Never feed the god damn troll. With any luck, it will starve to death.
Well, at least he's right on the greed part.
Being a politician and a rape fantasy novelist himself, I find it amusing how he worded it as if he's any better.
I'm sorta glad he make that comment cos i will probably effects lots of his vote (downward probably)
Again: refer to the FREE RIDE off the soon to be YEAR LONG rolling BLACK OUTS in Tokyo~
we can be sure the editor for that journalist a manga/anime fan...
but yea! retard keeps shooting his own foot, i can already hear his vote shattering now
Probably not, he's been on a three term tirade that would give Charlie Sheen pause. I don't understand why Tokyo keeps electing him. Makes Carl Paladino look nice and stable.
Why do they re-elect this fucking DumAss in the headlights Retard? Anyone surprised that ALL of Tokyo will NOT be suffering those possible YEAR LONG rolling BlACK OUTS? Who wouldn't mind letting in another few more years of him, it's easy street on the surface for the denizens there!
Why would the Tokyo voters care about that comment? People east of Tokyo probably aren't paying their pensions.
I just hope, the one who gets elected later is more 'evil' than this Ishihara
Here's hoping that after this, the japanese are smart enough to oust this asshole, and never allow him to hold another office...
Interpretation being some dude who types in all caps. I'm surprised you guys even bother to read through half of this.
No, the lad's obviously mentally ill. Any age capable of typing could produce this mindless drivel. Really, he needs to either jump off a building or get help.