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matador
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 Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:47 am Post subject: Handcuffs in Japan |
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...okay, calm down in the cheap seats!
I was in a discussion with a student and this topic came up. Why is it that Japanese TV puts a kind of hazy mozaic pattern over handcuffs when people wearing them come out of offices, police stations, etc? Regardless of whether they have just been charged or whether enquiries are pending, if they are wearing handcuffs, then the mosaic is in place...
I was told that this is to 'soften the image'.... I don't get it...does anyone else know why this happens? It was a good debate class but when I heard that it was to 'save the person from being embarrassed', I lost the thread. Er...this person has just been convicted of (insert crime here) and TV wants to 'spare his embarrassment.'.. Er...then why show his name and face...? |
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Glenski
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PAULH
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:14 am Post subject: Re: Handcuffs in Japan |
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| matador wrote: |
...okay, calm down in the cheap seats!
I was in a discussion with a student and this topic came up. Why is it that Japanese TV puts a kind of hazy mozaic pattern over handcuffs when people wearing them come out of offices, police stations, etc? Regardless of whether they have just been charged or whether enquiries are pending, if they are wearing handcuffs, then the mosaic is in place...
I was told that this is to 'soften the image'.... I don't get it...does anyone else know why this happens? It was a good debate class but when I heard that it was to 'save the person from being embarrassed', I lost the thread. Er...this person has just been convicted of (insert crime here) and TV wants to 'spare his embarrassment.'.. Er...then why show his name and face...? |
This doesnt really answer the question but they will often also wrap the handcuffed hands (and lower arms) in a jacket as the person is sometimes also tied with a rope which they lead the person around on.
A person does not need to have been convicted in court but often simply arrested and charged with a crime until they appear in court. Often fugitives who are arrested overseas and brought back to Japan, or murder suspects are treated in this way. |
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matador
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| Good job, Glenski. Well done. |
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