re: #98 Shropshire Slasher

My Sunday morning yelling at the idiot box. Why is CBS Sunday Morning celebrating Carlos Ghosn?! The guy is a coward.

I’m going to disagree with that. He was in a very bad place. Once you get indicted in Japan, the odds are nearly certain that you will be convicted. (Seriously, a 99.4% conviction rate?) There’s also evidence that political machinations were at work. I am NOT saying that Ghosn is as pure as the driven snow. He’s not. I’m sure he broke some laws. But the Japanese legal system and the particular conditions of Ghosn’s bail were, IMHO, completely unacceptable. Not permitted to talk to his wife? Hello, that’s just deliberate cruelty.

I am of mixed emotions regarding his escape from Japan. I understand why he did it, but I don’t know that it helped in the long run.

That said, the January sumo tournament started today and two of my favorite rikishi (Hakuho, the GOAT of sumo and Enho) won.