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NEWS: Detroit Metal City Singer Kaji Beat Up, Robbed in Sweden


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ninjaclown



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:01 pm Reply with quote
Poor guy, I hope they catch whoever did this to him. Did the guys who beat him up even know who he was?
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Teriyaki Terrier



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:09 pm Reply with quote
That is pretty mean, why do people do such cruel crimes? Hopefully he is able to recover soon.

Seriously, I really wonder why people now and days have become so violent and do such crimes. I am sure if they asked for his autograph it would be worth more than stealing equipment. It would have caused less trouble as well.
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Maidenoftheredhand



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:12 pm Reply with quote
Just awful it really makes me sick when I hear things like this. I hope they catch the morons who did this to him.
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Mistypearl



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:15 pm Reply with quote
Though, despite the crime, I laughed at "Literally beating the stuffing out of him" but wow, is the guy ok? No injuries?
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Togashi_D



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:19 pm Reply with quote
Apparently Malmo is a dangerous place if you are different. Davis Cup fines Swedish tennis, bans Malmo as host
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Analog_Now



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:20 pm Reply with quote
People in this world are just cruel, I'm sure the people didn't even know who he was and beat him up for no reason at all.

Guess Sweden is a bad place to visit if you're a pineapple :p
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Yazuka



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:27 pm Reply with quote
Stuff like this always makes me ashamed of my country.
And it feels very scary since I live only a few miles away from Malmö.
I reallu hope the police finds the not-so-nice-people.
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Greed1914



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:53 pm Reply with quote
ninjaclown wrote:
Poor guy, I hope they catch whoever did this to him. Did the guys who beat him up even know who he was?


I'd surmise that it was a case of some idiots seeing a guy in a costume with expensive looking equipment and they decided it'd be fun to do what they did. Too bad, really.
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Richard J.



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:31 pm Reply with quote
Teriyaki Terrier wrote:
That is pretty mean, why do people do such cruel crimes?
Wealth redistribution.

Why on earth was he by himself like that? As guards go, "man in pineapple costume" is not very intimidating so it's I'm not surprised when the thugs saw him they decided to help themselves to the equipment. The ridiculous thing is, film equipment can't be all that easy to turn into cash, so they'll probably just dump it later.

Heck, they might have just thought "hey lets beat that guy to a pulp for giggles" and taken the equipment as a bonus.

Kind of goes to the routine activity and lifestyle theories of crime, what with the whole lack of "capable guardians" in this situation. Even in Sweden, it's wise to have backup with you. Especially when people are out of work and pissed at everyone who has money.
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panzer.time



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:41 pm Reply with quote
Um, pineapple suit? How is that supposed to be at all fitting for a guard? I guess it could be intimidating if it were a demonic mutant pineapple, but it would seem like something full of stuffing would inhibit motion.

In all seriousness, I hope they catch the scum that did that and at least get the stolen goods back.
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ArthurFrDent



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:02 pm Reply with quote
The pinapple suit isn't the question, why would you need guards is the question. Having been a photographer in Chicago I regularly had substantially more equipment than that dragging around and I was never acosted... I'm betting that this was "beat up the strange guy day". The equipment was incidental. My second thought was "isn't Sweden safer than that?" But bad stuff can happen anywhere...
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Hazumu-san



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:07 pm Reply with quote
I can't believe he was left alone. It is also sad that it even happened.
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Sentire



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:02 pm Reply with quote
I'm afraid to think how much more he may have been hurt if he wasn't wearing the pineapple costume.
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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:03 pm Reply with quote
what is the world coming to when every thing get stolen even the pics of kids
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Tomibiki



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:26 pm Reply with quote
Messed up stuff..but omg he got rocked wearing a pineapple outfit, 10 dollars says that's going in one of his movies.
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