Comments by "Jordan, inside-outsider in Japan" (@Jordan-inJapan) on "BBC News" channel.

  1. I’d like to give another perspective. This incident is not an assassination. Not in a political sense, anyway. Sure, there will be political repercussions, but the guy who did this didn’t have any political motive. He was just angry. This is not a sign of some kind of social or political instability in Japan. From my perspective, there are really two factors at play here. One is simply a lack of security, based on not having a sense of danger. Since Japan is seen to be a “safe“ society, Most people don’t take any precautions to protect themselves. (Or, apparently politicians.) also there is a long-term cultural trend of angry, isolated men who just mentally snap and do crazy stuff. (like the guy who burned down the Kyoto animation studio, and the guy who attacked a bunch of people in Akihabara.) The guy who killed Shinzo Abe is one of them. Not an “assassin“. All this said, I’m sure the event will have an effect on Japanese people’s psyche, at least in the short term.
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  2.  @ultracapitalistutopia3550  hmmm, I still think that the shooter falls into this category…from a psychological profiling perspective at least. (I still could be wrong, of course.) But as you suggested, we still have to treat it differently because of who the victim was.
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  3.  @gandhibhagat285  me, a troll?? 😂 I’m merely suggesting that people should understand the underlying social situation before they jump to conclusions of a politically motivated incident. Conspiracies are intriguing, but really don’t think there’s one happening here. Well, time will tell…
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