gaijin6423
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Exactly. Although, demonstrations are a lot different there then they are here. It's basically an orderly, rational gathering, that's pre-arranged with the authorities for a specific amount of time, and people pack lunches, stand or sit around, listen to whoever's got the megaphone, eat their chow, and then go home. There was a group in Iwakuni that would stage one of these about once a quarter or so. Once, some guy (who later turned out to be North Korean) decided to try and rile the crowd up. The JPD (each of whom is a ninja in his/her own right) did not like this, and they expressed their dislike by playing xylophone on his ribs with sticks and breaking various parts of his body. Of course, he DID stab one of the cops. I saw the Korean guy in the Iwakuni slammer while picking up a Marine who got busted for drunk and disorderly (I was a brig chaser) a couple months later. Not really sure how to describe it, but "broken, bloody shell of a man" comes to mind.