18-12-2003 09:42									#1
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quote: Dead body ignored by Osaka crowds TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Police in western Japan say a man's dead body was ignored by crowds on a busy downtown street corner for two months before a taxi driver finally alerted authorities. The body, believed to be that of a homeless man in his late 60s or early 70s, was found in front of a popular department store in the crowded downtown area of Osaka, Japan's second-largest city. A police official said it was partially decomposed by the time authorities collected it earlier this month. According to the official, the deputy chief of the local police precinct, the corner is among the busiest in the city, with about a million people passing through the area each day. The official, who requested anonymity, said the cause of death had not been determined, but foul play was not suspected. He said the taxi driver reported finding the body on December 4.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/a...d.ap/index.html

Holy ****. I wonder where exactly this was at. I might have walked by the guy and didn't know it...

	18-12-2003 09:44									#2
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Two months! Good God!

	18-12-2003 10:07									#3
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how can you not see or smell a dead decomposing body?

	18-12-2003 10:10									#4
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Tokyo must stink to high heaven!

	18-12-2003 10:20									#5
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Yeah, them too.

	18-12-2003 10:43									#6
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quote: Tokyo must stink to high heaven!

quote: Yeah, them too.

	18-12-2003 11:23									#7
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Yuch.... that is some ignorance...

In helsinki there was one man (a loner) dead for six years in his apartment before the body was found.
- The social insurance institution payed his rent and electricity for the six years
- His relatives were not in contact with him
- His neighbours hadn't seen him at all
- The mail-man informed the authorities, that he could not get any mail into the apartment (there was already a ton of mail behind the door)
- The police found a mummified corpse inside, when they forced the door open

... someone has been neglecting this person just a bit too much...

	18-12-2003 11:55									#8
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quote: Originally posted by aaglo Yuch.... that is some ignorance... In helsinki there was one man (a loner) dead for six years in his apartment before the body was found. - The social insurance institution payed his rent and electricity for the six years - His relatives were not in contact with him - His neighbours hadn't seen him at all - The mail-man informed the authorities, that he could not get any mail into the apartment (there was already a ton of mail behind the door) - The police found a mummified corpse inside, when they forced the door open ... someone has been neglecting this person just a bit too much...

Kaurismaki should make a movie about this. Kafkaesquely hilarious, that is.

	18-12-2003 12:15									#9
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that's interesting. I actually asked in another forum if there are lots of Asian homeless. It seems to me there aren't very many asian homeless. But considering I have never been there I can't really say for sure. Cities don't make a point to show off their homeless- american cities don't do this, I don't expect asian cities to do so.

How bad is the homeless problem in Asia?

Where I live we have thousands of homeless.

	18-12-2003 12:18									#10
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you live in Oregon diss?

	18-12-2003 12:21									#11
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what makes you think in Oregon?

	18-12-2003 12:27									#12
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thousands of homeless people

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those are called 'hippies' i believe.

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hippies? I didn't think it was hip to be homeless. I had thought it was hip to have a nice car, a big house, cash falling out of your wallet because it cant fit, and I thought eating hot meals each night and sleeping in a warm bed was hip. I must have been wrong.

	18-12-2003 12:56									#15
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Then why wouldn't you think I live in San Fransisco? Does Oregon have lots of homeless? I have never been, so I don't know.

I live in Las Vegas. I may be dramatizing it by saying thousands. But I am certain we have over 1000 homeless. So by definition that means thousands right?

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I didnt know there was a Las Vegas in Oregon.

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jesus tapdancing christ! are you people not satisfied with a man's knockers or what? sheesh.

	18-12-2003 13:35									#18
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quote: How bad is the homeless problem in Asia?

Not as bad as in America, but they do exist. I saw a bunch of them in Kabuki-cho in Tokyo, you see them in Osaka all the time and you even see a few hanging around outside the station in Kashihara, which only has 100,000 people or so.

They're a hell of a lot more polite than American bums, though. They just sit silently on the sidewalk, not even looking at the people who are trying not to look at them. In such an environment, it's not that surprising that a homeless guy could die and no one would notice for two months.

	18-12-2003 13:39									#19
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If I were homeless and lived in Asia, I would go become a monk. Likewise, if I were homeless and lived in America (:hmmm or Europe I would go become a preist.

	18-12-2003 13:41									#20
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Religious institutions don't look kindly on alcoholics, drug addicts or the mentally unstable, which most homeless folk are. Child molestors are okay though, apparently.