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posted by janrinok on Thursday July 18 2019, @01:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the RIP dept.

Several dead after suspected arson attack on Kyoto Animation in Japan

Several people have died and dozens have been injured in a suspected arson attack at a renowned animation production company in Japan.

Police in Kyoto said the fire broke out on Thursday morning at a three-storey building belonging to Kyoto Animation after a man burst in and spread unidentified liquid that set off the blaze.

The 41-year-old suspect was among the injured and has been taken to a hospital, Kyodo news agency reported.

Kyoto Animation ("KyoAni").

Also at The Hollywood Reporter and The Japan Times.

Kyoto Animation Fire: At Least 26 Dead after Suspected Arson Attack:

At least 26 people are dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack at an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, local emergency officials have said.

Local media quoted police as saying a man broke into the Kyoto Animation Co studio on Thursday morning. Police say the suspect, a 41-year-old, sprayed petrol before igniting it. [...] NHK said the man had been heard saying "drop dead" as he set fire to the building.

[...] Kyoto Animation, known as KyoAni, was founded in 1981 and has produced popular animation shows including "K-On" and "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya".

According to Japanese news sites he allegedly shouted "パクりやがって", which could mean that he accused them of stealing or of feeling "ripped off".


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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by sjames on Thursday July 18 2019, @03:59PM (9 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Thursday July 18 2019, @03:59PM (#868544) Journal

    Ah yes, "Life is not fair", the battle cry of the people who come out on the winning side of the lack of fairness.

    Also a universal phrase that can be used to "justify" nearly anything we consider to be a crime.

    Perhaps, in the interest of justice, we should make an effort to correct the unfairness where possible.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday July 18 2019, @04:48PM (2 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday July 18 2019, @04:48PM (#868570)

    the battle cry of the people who come out on the winning side of the lack of fairness

    I rather consider myself to have been heavily insulted by the concepts of "fair," I certainly started from a below average socioeconomic point in my country, and so much stems from that singular arbitrary placement that has nothing at all to do with the actions of the individual.

    What I have found to be a useful, even productive, frame of mind when dealing with any business situation is to forget all notion of "fair" and look instead to what's in it for all concerned parties. Win-win deals are worth pursuing, even if "your side" of the deal is far removed from some childhood playground concept of fair. Make the best deal you can, and get on with life - better to submit to "unfair, unjust, or downright insulting" terms than to hurt yourself worse by walking away.

    Of course, every minute of every day you have millions of options which you instinctively decline to take, most without even conscious awareness, much less consideration. I'm talking about taking an "unfair" deal because it's the best option available - such as signing away your IP rights in exchange for a salary. Your IP may be "worth" far more than your salary, but not without investment in development and marketing - if you're like me, that's investment capital you do not have, and are not likely to find before you're going to need that salary to survive.

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    • (Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday July 18 2019, @07:11PM (1 child)

      by sjames (2882) on Thursday July 18 2019, @07:11PM (#868633) Journal

      There is a difference between making the best of a situation and declaring that to be the natural state of the universe (and so doing nothing to correct it in the future).

      • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday July 18 2019, @08:29PM

        by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday July 18 2019, @08:29PM (#868666)

        declaring that to be the natural state of the universe (and so doing nothing to correct it in the future).

        I don't think there is any natural state of the universe - normal, natural, even fair is what we decide it to be.

        Having said that, the present state of reality is: fair doesn't drive decisions that involve significant amounts of money, power, or even prestige. If you try to make fair part of the equation, you sacrifice money, power and/or prestige and thus move yourself further away from significant player status.

        Do I try to change it? Sure, I voted for Bernie. I also try to push decisions I have power over toward my concept of fair (which may not match the concept of fair of the people the decisions affect...) But, taking an unfair deal instead of no deal at all ultimately increases my money/power/prestige such that I get power over more significant decisions.

        So, rather than calling unfairness in business the "natural order of things" I'd call it "what you should expect out in the world." Do what you can to change it, sure, but don't diminish your ability to change it by refusing to participate.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 19 2019, @01:03PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 19 2019, @01:03PM (#868939)

    Ah yes, "Life should be fair", the battle cry of the people who sit on the long tail of the ambition and talent curves. Explain to me again why my hard work and risk taking should be stripped from me and given to those who make no effort themselves? Life ISN'T fair and never will be. If you think you deserve to get laid by the hottest supermodel and you have a face not even mom could love, you will never see fairness. If adding up numbers beyond what you can count on your fingers seems as incomprehensible as quantum mechanics, you will never get that dream job at General Dynamics. If you wish you were an Olympic runner, but your asthma and 400lb frame just doesn't comply, fairness is out of your reach. Get over it. We all do. Quit pretending the rest of us owe you something.

    • (Score: 2) by sjames on Friday July 19 2019, @08:47PM (4 children)

      by sjames (2882) on Friday July 19 2019, @08:47PM (#869159) Journal

      Explain why other people's hard work and risk taking should only end in scraping to get by. The simple fact is that a lot of people work hard and take risks. Only a few get the payoff. They attribute their success solely to the hard work and imagine the others (who may have actually worked harder) were lazy. Many of them didn't actually work all THAT hard but were born on 3rd base.

      Put the cool aid down.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 22 2019, @01:32PM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 22 2019, @01:32PM (#869932)

        Explain why other people's hard work and risk taking should only end in scraping to get by.

        Easy. Life's not fair.

        The simple fact is that a lot of people work hard and take risks. Only a few get the payoff. They attribute their success solely to the hard work and imagine the others (who may have actually worked harder) were lazy.

        Do you have a point? Try once and stop trying or something like that? I've known people in my life that worked hard and failed many times before succeeding. I've also known people who made zero effort and expected the government to provide for every need in their life. Equality of opportunity is a honorable goal. It is not the same as requiring equality of outcome.

        Many of them didn't actually work all THAT hard but were born on 3rd base.

        I have yet to see the first hardcore leftist that does not try to give their children the best opportunities. Only a self loathing, misplaced guilt ridden idiot would sacrifice their own children on the altar of fairness. Obama sent his children to the most elite prep school in DC. Does anyone want to argue that Chelsea Clinton earned her position on the board of directors of IAC and Expedia? Look the at Cuomo brothers. Would either have been anything but a blip in New York if not for their famous father?

        When the left practices what they preach and stops lecturing the rest of us, maybe I can take them seriously but until then I see no reason why I should.

        • (Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday July 23 2019, @02:36AM (2 children)

          by sjames (2882) on Tuesday July 23 2019, @02:36AM (#870174) Journal

          You realize that anywhere else in the world, the Clintons and the Obamas are considered at most moderate right, don't you?

          But who said anything about taking away from children (as opposed to giving others the opportunity they lack now)?

          As for the rest, SOME people have the luxury of being financially able to try and fail until they succeed. Others have at most one chance, and then they have to find some way to pay the bills that leaves no time to try again.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 23 2019, @07:24PM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 23 2019, @07:24PM (#870436)

            You realize that anywhere else in the world, the Clintons and the Obamas are considered at most moderate right, don't you?

            I noticed you left out the Cuomo brothers. But we can instead talk about Bill DeBlasio sending his kid to Yale. Or Dianne Feinstein's kid's San Francisco judgeship if you rather since you want to disqualify the country's first and second black presidents.

            But who said anything about taking away from children (as opposed to giving others the opportunity they lack now)?

            Money and opportunities don't just spontaneously appear. Even make-work government programs are paid by other taxpayers. Where is your source of funding?

            Anyway, progressives have been pushing for more and greater inheritance taxes for a long time now. Their claim is that the children didn't earn it and so the state - who also didn't earn it - should have it. Those who actually did earn it apparently should not have permission to spend or gift it the way they choose. Under fairness, I would assume it should go to those who unfairly have less who also by the way, didn't earn it.

            As for the rest, SOME people have the luxury of being financially able to try and fail until they succeed. Others have at most one chance, and then they have to find some way to pay the bills that leaves no time to try again.

            The big cop-out. Life is choice. I know people who struggled and sacrificed with nothing but their own abilities; who went from nothing to having the world by the balls. I have also known people who were given a sizable inheritance only to be bankrupt a few years later. A good friend of mine went from losing his job and not knowing how he would survive, to building a nice business for himself with ten employees. My next door neighbor was on the edge of divorce and financially hanging by a thread (his wife worked at McDonalds) when he started a five man lawn care business with nothing but his mower. He sold his business five years later to a larger company and has a nice fat nest egg and a good paying job with the new company. My ex was in foreclosure and literally a month away from living on the street. She started a business (her third try) and made it work. She paid off her house in three and a half years, sold everything and moved to some acreage elsewhere. One of my best friend's wife was living below poverty with a now ex-husband who refused to work. Their food often only came from the community garden she tended near their rental. She applied and got a loan and earned her medical massage license. She now charges $95 per hour and is booked months in advance. They bought a huge house and moved the business into a separate building at her home. Her ex still lives in subsidized public housing.

            They all built it starting from nothing. They did not howl about life not being fair or how the government needed to give them free money so they could get that new iPhone with a $90 per month contract and buy their two packs of cigarettes a day. They did not work a McJob and grumble how they couldn't afford to take another chance. They did not zone out on meth or heroin or alcohol to make themselves feel better about their situation. This is why life's not fair. Some people have ability, ambition, ingenuity, energy and are willing to work hard and sacrifice. Others wait for someone else to hand it to them. How much would you like to take from my friends who had nothing only five, ten or twenty years ago and give to all your friends in that boat now?

            • (Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday August 01 2019, @08:27AM

              by sjames (2882) on Thursday August 01 2019, @08:27AM (#873915) Journal

              And you walked to and from school every day, up hill both ways. The snow was piled so high you had to eat your way through like a giant snowcone. You didn't have any shoes so the hot pavement burned your feet off all the way to your knees and you had to grow them back every night.....