Hokkaido School Board tries bullying a blogger
Desparate to cover up a bullying incident in one of their schools, a Mr Masayuki Akiyama of the Hokkaido Board of Education plucks a few spurious reasons out of nowhere as to why James at Japan Probe should remove not just the allegedly human rights-infringing images, but the whole post as, I suspect, he merely feels it reflects badly on his Education Department. James made a very good and reasoned reply, but now as it seems that Mr Akiyama has the “get English-speaking lackey to email blogger” task ticked off on his to-do list, he has not had the courtesy to follow up on James’ request for clarification.
UPDATE: Trans-Pacific Radio is also covering the same Hokkaido School Board bullying story. Please also digg the stories - see the links in the comments below.
Also, I’ve just seen this good piece on the BBC about the bullying problem.
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Ken said,
December 7, 2006 @ 23:35
http://digg.com/world_news/Hokkaido_School_Board_Tries_to_Bully_a_Blogger
http://digg.com/political_opinion/Bullying_in_Hokkaido_The_Hokkaido_Prefectural_Board_of_Education
Trying to see if I can get anyone else to blog/digg it
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December 8, 2006 @ 00:00
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December 8, 2006 @ 07:46
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