Spence
08-23-2007, 02:12 PM
Let's see if any American right-wingers have got the stones [in the skull and down below] to match this guy:
A Japanese political activist has been arrested after he cut off his little finger and posted it to PM Shinzo Abe's ruling party, according to police.
Yoshihiro Tanjo said he was protesting against Mr Abe's refusal to visit a war shrine, on the 62nd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.
He said he thought his message would be ignored if he just sent a letter.
The Yasukuni shrine honours Japan's war dead but is controversial because it also honours convicted war criminals.
Mr Tanjo, 54, was charged with intimidation tactics after severing a finger and sending it to the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters, police said.
The package also contained a letter of protest and a DVD with "very graphic images" of the man cutting off his finger. Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6959849.stm)
A Japanese political activist has been arrested after he cut off his little finger and posted it to PM Shinzo Abe's ruling party, according to police.
Yoshihiro Tanjo said he was protesting against Mr Abe's refusal to visit a war shrine, on the 62nd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.
He said he thought his message would be ignored if he just sent a letter.
The Yasukuni shrine honours Japan's war dead but is controversial because it also honours convicted war criminals.
Mr Tanjo, 54, was charged with intimidation tactics after severing a finger and sending it to the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters, police said.
The package also contained a letter of protest and a DVD with "very graphic images" of the man cutting off his finger. Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6959849.stm)