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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Japanese nihilist anarchist candidate video and edited versions

Kouichi Touyama is a 36 year old Street Musician and dissident activist who recently served 2 years for sedition. He recently ran for Governor of Tokyo and this is his official broadcast message. It is an incredible rant by a very, very angry man. He received about 10,000 votes. The video is in Japanese with sub-titles. It starts out:
"Registered voters! I am Kouichi Touyama. My countrymen! This country is an abomination! Political reform, whatever reforms, I have absolutely no interest in these things. Our problems go beynd reformation or repair. There is no choice but to abandon this country. Destroy this country now! I don't have a single constructive proposal!"

Touyama's original speech is funny in its own right, but fun-lovers around the world have created a number of edited variations. Japundit has posted many of them in its site. My favorite is the "vintage version." Link

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