Giving the finger to Prime Minister Abe of Japan
Man sends Japanese PM finger
23.Aug.2007. WorldNewsAustralia.com—Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe found himself the target of an unusual protest when a man sent him a severed finger in the post. Fervent nationalist Yoshiro Tanjo, 54, was reportedly angered by Mr Abe’s decision not to pay his respects at a controversial war shrine…more…
The Japanese mob has quite the fetish for cutting fingers off to atone for making mistakes. But as a political statement, lopping off a finger limits a person to only 10 different issues. I suppose this ultra-nationalist only has a couple of ideas in his little pinhead, but still….
For more about traditional Japanese finger hacking, check out “Yakuza Japanese Lesson 1“: Yubi-tsume (指詰め lit. finger-cutting) is an atonement ritual in yakuza culture. Gangsters who fail to properly … The offender slices off a knuckle from the pinky for each offense. It is not unusual for yakuza to lose both pinkies.
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