Current Events > Man pays children to sneeze on him, police are unsure if this a crime.

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UnfairRepresent
05/01/18 4:56:55 PM
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Do you think this is a crime? - Results (6 votes)
Yes.
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I don't know.
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I.... errr.... what?
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On the evening of April 25 near Sukenobu Station in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, a male school student was approached by an older man who said, I will give you 1,000 yen if you sneeze. The boy did, so the man handed the lad a 1,000-yen bill and tissue.

The man is described as in his 30s, and about 180 centimeters tall. He is also said to have a slim build, black hair, black suit, and a black shoulder bag. Added to this is the issue of whether or not what the man was doing was a crime, as unsettling as it was. In order to pursue the investigation, Shizuoka Prefectural Police are citing Article 2 of the Police Act which allows it to act under the aim of maintaining public safety and order.

The authorities are currently asking around and checking security footage for more information on the sneeze-procurer. Until they know more they are advising all residents to be on alert and, Never take him up on the offer. If you feel uncomfortable, please go to the nearest police box and file a report.

The bizarre nature of this case only gets more bizarre when we learn that this isnt the first such incident in Hamamatsu City. On Oct 20, 2016 a high school boy reported being approached by a man described as in his 20s. The man said to him, Can you sneeze? Im doing research on sneezing.

In December of that same year, police were able to find the man and give him a warning not to ask people for sneezes again.

These incidents took place two years apart and in different parts of the city, but the truly unique nature of attempting to solicit sneezes would strongly suggest theyre connected. The police will no doubt be paying the 2016 individual a visit if they havent already.

Until then, we should all do well to heed the polices advice and not take money from strangers in exchange for sneezes.


Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/police-on-the-lookout-for-man-offering-young-boys-money-for-sneezes

o1yLldo

I mean I'm glad the police are aware of it and if they were there I'd hope they would interview but I wonder if this "investigation" is a good use of tax payer money.

I mean that's time and resources not spent investigating rapists and thieves... what are they going to do if they track down and catch the perp? Arrest him for not maintaining public safety and order"? I mean if they fine him $20 and give him a warning, that's still a fraction of what he alone has spent in taxes which ultimately went into their investigation to find him...

I dunno man this whole thing is weird.
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UnfairRepresent
05/02/18 7:37:03 AM
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Mixed results so far
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SavenForever
05/02/18 8:08:44 AM
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I'm pretty sure that's a fetish. That is definitely a sexual crime.
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MacadamianNut3
05/02/18 8:14:05 AM
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Expected Japan got Japan
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Aloner
05/02/18 8:16:16 AM
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I don't clean it off if a girl sneezes on me. Hope that's not weird.
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SubtletyRefuge
05/02/18 8:22:22 AM
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Imagine if someone paid you $100 for a genuine sneeze. Could you even randomly sneeze on command right now?
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UnfairRepresent
05/02/18 8:22:48 AM
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McgeesAlice808 posted...
GregShmedley posted...
SavenForever posted...
I'm pretty sure that's a fetish. That is definitely a sexual crime.

Anything can be a fetish. What law does this break?

Added to this is the issue of whether or not what the man was doing was a crime, as unsettling as it was. In order to pursue the investigation, Shizuoka Prefectural Police are citing Article 2 of the Police Act which allows it to act under the aim of maintaining public safety and order.
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SavenForever
05/02/18 9:03:47 AM
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McgeesAlice808 posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...

Added to this is the issue of whether or not what the man was doing was a crime, as unsettling as it was. In order to pursue the investigation, Shizuoka Prefectural Police are citing Article 2 of the Police Act which allows it to act under the aim of maintaining public safety and order.

Is there anything more concrete than that? That's a tiny law on par with loitering and is also very vague. They could go after a black man for raising their arms for that if they wanted to. It's also not a sexual crime.
GregShmedley posted...
McgeesAlice808 posted...
GregShmedley posted...
SavenForever posted...
I'm pretty sure that's a fetish. That is definitely a sexual crime.

Anything can be a fetish. What law does this break?


Is this a real question?

Why wouldn't it be?


SsLkoMZ

In the case that you are, performing anything that would give you sexual gratification to children is totally against the law.
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UnfairRepresent
05/02/18 9:31:33 AM
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No is winning the poll dude
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AvantgardeAClue
05/02/18 9:32:56 AM
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Children being involved concerns me

But somehow I'm not surprised it's in Japan
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Solar_Crimson
05/02/18 9:34:06 AM
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SavenForever posted...
I'm pretty sure that's a fetish. That is definitely a sexual crime.

It is.
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DarkProto05
05/02/18 9:35:39 AM
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This doesn't even involve physical contact.

If a woman paid a kid for a kiss on the cheek or even just a hug no one would bat an eye. Even though this is physical contact.
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SubtletyRefuge
05/02/18 9:35:42 AM
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SavenForever posted...
McgeesAlice808 posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...

Added to this is the issue of whether or not what the man was doing was a crime, as unsettling as it was. In order to pursue the investigation, Shizuoka Prefectural Police are citing Article 2 of the Police Act which allows it to act under the aim of maintaining public safety and order.

Is there anything more concrete than that? That's a tiny law on par with loitering and is also very vague. They could go after a black man for raising their arms for that if they wanted to. It's also not a sexual crime.
GregShmedley posted...
McgeesAlice808 posted...
GregShmedley posted...
SavenForever posted...
I'm pretty sure that's a fetish. That is definitely a sexual crime.

Anything can be a fetish. What law does this break?


Is this a real question?

Why wouldn't it be?


SsLkoMZ

In the case that you are, performing anything that would give you sexual gratification to children is totally against the law.

Are you one of those people who think being a pedophile is illegal
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UnfairRepresent
05/02/18 9:39:27 AM
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DarkProto05 posted...

If a woman paid a kid for a kiss on the cheek or even just a hug no one would bat an eye

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pikachupwnage
05/02/18 9:40:15 AM
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Aloner posted...
I don't clean it off if a girl sneezes on me. Hope that's not weird.


It is and you are hurting the health of you and those around you if you is things like this.
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DesuDeku
05/02/18 9:44:46 AM
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DarkProto05
05/02/18 9:45:10 AM
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It's only creepy and criminal because the perp is a man.

Yet women can get away with stuff like this: It's ridiculous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7MfeOkjlpk" data-time="

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RE_expert44
05/02/18 9:47:17 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
is also said to have a slim build, black hair, black suit, and a black shoulder bag.

Soooo a Japanese guy?
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MechaDDDstroyer
05/02/18 9:54:46 AM
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UnfairRepresent
05/02/18 10:02:28 AM
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Asherlee10 posted...
DarkProto05 posted...
It's only creepy and criminal because the perp is a man.

Yet women can get away with stuff like this: It's ridiculous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7MfeOkjlpk" data-time="


Um that was really fucking creepy and disturbing. She should not have gotten away with that.

Yeah that was uncomfortable. Wasn't even on the cheek or anything just making out.
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DarkProto05
05/02/18 10:07:27 AM
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^^ Incredibly disgusting ladies and gents. Demi Moore should be in prison.

But no one would prosecute a female celebrity. SJW world we live in.
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DKFjalfe
05/02/18 10:09:19 AM
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DarkProto05 posted...
It's only creepy and criminal because the perp is a man.

Yet women can get away with stuff like this: It's ridiculous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7MfeOkjlpk" data-time="

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SavenForever
05/02/18 10:22:31 AM
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SubtletyRefuge posted...

Are you one of those people who think being a pedophile is illegal


Acting on it sure is.

McgeesAlice808 posted...

Uh, no. Like I said, anything can be a fetish. You're not going to get charged for dressing your child in a school uniform if you have a school uniform fetish. What sexual charge would this fall under? Not to mention, how are the police going to prove that it's his fetish?


If they can ever get a warrant to check his HDD out and find shit like that on there involving children, they can link it.
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MechaDDDstroyer
05/02/18 10:25:09 AM
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McgeesAlice808 posted...
DarkProto05 posted...
^^ Incredibly disgusting ladies and gents. Demi Moore should be in prison.

But no one would prosecute a female celebrity. SJW world we live in.

https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/is-making-out-with-a-minor-illegal---2528323.html
It's not technically illegal but it's playing with fire and you'll get worse charges if the minor says they didn't want it than if it was an adult.

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FairyLeviathan
05/02/18 10:27:00 AM
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It's a little strange, but how is it a crime?
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UnfairRepresent
05/02/18 10:35:55 AM
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Asherlee10 posted...


Look at the U.S.'s social and cultural progress over the last 100 years, as a whole. We went from owning slaves,

Erm.

We didn't own slaves 100 years ago Ash.
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Broken_Zeus
05/02/18 10:22:56 PM
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idk, if it's being used as a sexual fetish, you'd certainly have grounds there. And, in general, paying children to do anything (unless you're a parent or relative) is borderline illegal.
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Manocheese
05/02/18 10:40:38 PM
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RIP Man pays
Died at the sneeze priced at $97
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brotrrwinner
05/03/18 12:42:36 AM
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DarkProto05 posted...
It's only creepy and criminal because the perp is a man.

Yet women can get away with stuff like this: It's ridiculous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7MfeOkjlpk" data-time="


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TheCyborgNinja
05/03/18 12:51:48 AM
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It sounds sexual in terms of his motivation, so I consider it a crime.
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05/03/18 1:15:52 AM
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UnfairRepresent
05/03/18 2:05:04 AM
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Looks like No is still winning
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Nasty_Nitro
05/03/18 2:12:39 AM
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Weird and gross he probly busts in his pants when they do it LOCKEM UP
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ForestLogic
05/03/18 2:06:53 PM
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fenderbender321 posted...
GregShmedley posted...
fenderbender321 posted...
I don't see who or what has been damaged or wronged in this situation. I wouldn't want my kids around it, but in order for it to be a crime there needs to be some sort of measurable tangible damage...otherwise, there is no victim.


Just because the children don't realize they are victims (in the very likely scenario of this being a sexual fetish), that doesn't mean they aren't.


Okay but you didn't explain "why" they are victims. Please point out the tangible damages. Thanks.


This, pretty much.

I'm absolutely not a pedo sympathizer, but some of the shit people are suggesting in this thread is incredibly fucking invasive.
Unless the dude (who absolutely is a creep lol) explicitly does something involving touching the kids or makes advances on them, I don't see why he should be charged with anything.

Warning him to stop and telling children to avoid him if he approached them is the right thing to do.
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UnfairRepresent
05/03/18 2:23:12 PM
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GregShmedley posted...
ForestLogic posted...
fenderbender321 posted...
GregShmedley posted...
fenderbender321 posted...
I don't see who or what has been damaged or wronged in this situation. I wouldn't want my kids around it, but in order for it to be a crime there needs to be some sort of measurable tangible damage...otherwise, there is no victim.


Just because the children don't realize they are victims (in the very likely scenario of this being a sexual fetish), that doesn't mean they aren't.


Okay but you didn't explain "why" they are victims. Please point out the tangible damages. Thanks.


This, pretty much.

I'm absolutely not a pedo sympathizer, but some of the shit people are suggesting in this thread is incredibly fucking invasive.
Unless the dude (who absolutely is a creep lol) explicitly does something involving touching the kids or makes advances on them, I don't see why he should be charged with anything.

Warning him to stop and telling children to avoid him if he approached them is the right thing to do.


If you found out some creepy old guy was paying your child or kid sibling to sneeze on him, what would your reaction be?

I find any answer other than wanting to beat his ass or call the police VERY hard to believe.

I don't think anyone is bothered by the fact the police were informed, the point is, do they have to launch an investigation?
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