https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/27.aspxEverything else.enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/488189.aspxMon, 03 Sep 2012 20:42:44 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:488189Bogart0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/488189.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&PostID=488189<p> Why not identify what activities are prohibited by law from other folks performing that the Yakuza performs with a high degree of coersion and outright violence and then make these activities completely legal.&nbsp; Then see how bad the Yakuza is?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/488168.aspxMon, 03 Sep 2012 17:32:31 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:488168Wheylous0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/488168.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&PostID=488168<p> Cool stuff. You did omit some of the negative stuff, but there appears to be some positives as well.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/488165.aspxMon, 03 Sep 2012 17:16:15 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:488165Anenome0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/488165.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&PostID=488165<div id="yass_top_edge_dummy" style="width:1px;height:1px;padding:0px;margin:-9px 0px 0px;border-width:0px;display:block;"> &nbsp;</div> <div id="yass_top_edge" style="background-attachment:scroll;background-position:center bottom;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 8px -8px;border-width:0px;height:0px;display:block;width:1px;"> &nbsp;</div> <p> Thought you guys might find <a href="http://stewardmag.com/yakuza/">this article</a> fascinating, about an inside look at the Yakuza.</p> <p> Here&#39;s a taste:</p> <blockquote> <p> One of main sources of income they had was debt collection.&nbsp; They would actually go and buy entire loan databases and pay off the money people owed.&nbsp; Of course, after that happened, those debts were just transferred over to the yakuza. Also, after Fukushima [the nuclear disaster], they helped rebuild some houses; only it wasn&rsquo;t a simple philanthropic relationship.&nbsp; These people now owe the gang.</p> <p> I was with the kaichou when he got a second tattoo.&nbsp; The gang had just entered into an alliance with another family, so as a show of loyalty he had his original full-body tattoo burned off with hot coals and replaced with a new tattoo.&nbsp; It took 100 hours to complete.&nbsp; They called him &ldquo;The Master of All Pains.&rdquo;</p> <p> Coming in, I thought I would be dealing with thugs.&nbsp; While I was shielded from the violence, these yakuza still seem more like economic criminals. Life here is not a Kill Bill movie.&nbsp; It turned out everything was more subtle.</p> </blockquote> <div id="yass_bottom_edge" style="background-position:0px 0px;position:absolute;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;height:0px;left:0px;top:371px;width:100%;display:block;"> &nbsp;</div><div style="clear:both;"></div>