# urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 *The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 01 Jun 2005* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### turin *01 Jun 2005, 17:38* anyone seen ghost in the shell ii: innocence? EOT; --- urth-urth.net-request at lists.urth.net wrote: From: urth-urth.net-request at lists.urth.net Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:07:19 -0700 (PDT) To: urth-urth.net at lists.urth.net Subject: urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 Send urth-urth.net mailing list submissions to urth-urth.net at lists.urth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.urth.net/listinfo.cgi/urth-urth.net or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to urth-urth.net-request at lists.urth.net You can reach the person managing the list at urth-urth.net-owner at lists.urth.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of urth-urth.net digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan (Maru Dubshinki) 2. Re: "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan (James Wynn) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 21:56:20 -0400 > From: Maru Dubshinki > Subject: Re: (urth) "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan > To: The Urth Mailing List > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > I'm afraid I plumb missed the 'There are doors' connection- I don't > see how it ties in. Explanation please? > > ~Maru > > On 5/23/05, James Wynn wrote: > Japanese man gets jail time for 'kidnapping' dolls > > May 23, 6:12 AM (ET) > > TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years > in jail for snatching mannequins used by a cake shop chain to tout its > wares. > "Peko-chan," a round-eyed doll around the size of a six-year-old, has been > used by Fujiya Co. Ltd. to sell sweets for five decades and her grinning > countenance is a familiar sight in front of shops around Japan. > > Recently, however, she has become a favorite of collectors, leading to a > rash of "Peko-chan" snatchings. > > Takeishi Shibuya, 31, was convicted of stealing 15 of the large dolls, > valued at about 1.1 million yen ($10,170), a court official in Yamagata > prefecture, northern Japan, said on Monday. > > In several cases, Shibuya used pepper spray and spray paint to fend off > store employees, leading prosecutors to demand a sentence of nine years in > prison. > > "But he has reflected on his crimes and feels bad about what he did, so the > sentence was lighter as a result," the official said. > > After a wave of "Peko-chan" disappearances last year, the company suggested > chaining the dolls down, but customers complained that this would be cruel. > > > _______________________________________________ > Urth Mailing List > To post, write urth at urth.net > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 23:15:28 -0500 > From: "James Wynn" > Subject: Re: (urth) "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan > To: "The Urth Mailing List" > Message-ID: <000301c56660$e20a5a30$60a3f63f@wynnhouse> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Just a general obsession with dolls...treating them like people ala the > concern that chaining them would be cruel. My first thought when I read the > article was TAD. > (shrug) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maru Dubshinki" > To: "The Urth Mailing List" > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:56 PM > Subject: Re: (urth) "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan > > > > I'm afraid I plumb missed the 'There are doors' connection- I don't > see how it ties in. Explanation please? > > ~Maru > > On 5/23/05, James Wynn wrote: > Japanese man gets jail time for 'kidnapping' dolls > > May 23, 6:12 AM (ET) > > TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half > years > in jail for snatching mannequins used by a cake shop chain to tout its > wares. > "Peko-chan," a round-eyed doll around the size of a six-year-old, has been > used by Fujiya Co. Ltd. to sell sweets for five decades and her grinning > countenance is a familiar sight in front of shops around Japan. > > Recently, however, she has become a favorite of collectors, leading to a > rash of "Peko-chan" snatchings. > > Takeishi Shibuya, 31, was convicted of stealing 15 of the large dolls, > valued at about 1.1 million yen ($10,170), a court official in Yamagata > prefecture, northern Japan, said on Monday. > > In several cases, Shibuya used pepper spray and spray paint to fend off > store employees, leading prosecutors to demand a sentence of nine years in > prison. > > "But he has reflected on his crimes and feels bad about what he did, so > the > sentence was lighter as a result," the official said. > > After a wave of "Peko-chan" disappearances last year, the company > suggested > chaining the dolls down, but customers complained that this would be > cruel. > > > _______________________________________________ > Urth Mailing List > To post, write urth at urth.net > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net > > > > > > ------------------------------ --- ### Maru Dubshinki *01 Jun 2005, 17:57 · in reply to turin* Um-hm. Was it just me, or did that movie seem disjointed (and cut-off) as hell? I mean, truly awesome visuals, especially that street parade left me astounded, frankly- We're a long way from "Kimba the White Lion", let me tell you. But then again, I was watching it on a seat-screen while crossing the Atlantic, so my experience was probably sub-optimal. ~Maru /is still waiting for his library to get the obscure books referenced in the movie. > On 6/1/05, turin wrote: > > anyone seen ghost in the shell ii: innocence? > > EOT; > > > --- urth-urth.net-request at lists.urth.net wrote: > > From: urth-urth.net-request at lists.urth.net > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:07:19 -0700 (PDT) > To: urth-urth.net at lists.urth.net > Subject: urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 > > Send urth-urth.net mailing list submissions to > urth-urth.net at lists.urth.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.urth.net/listinfo.cgi/urth-urth.net > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > urth-urth.net-request at lists.urth.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > urth-urth.net-owner at lists.urth.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of urth-urth.net digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan (Maru Dubshinki) > 2. Re: "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan (James Wynn) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 21:56:20 -0400 > From: Maru Dubshinki > Subject: Re: (urth) "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan > To: The Urth Mailing List > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > I'm afraid I plumb missed the 'There are doors' connection- I don't > see how it ties in. Explanation please? > > ~Maru > > On 5/23/05, James Wynn wrote: >> Japanese man gets jail time for 'kidnapping' dolls >> >> May 23, 6:12 AM (ET) >> >> TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years >> in jail for snatching mannequins used by a cake shop chain to tout its >> wares. >> "Peko-chan," a round-eyed doll around the size of a six-year-old, has been >> used by Fujiya Co. Ltd. to sell sweets for five decades and her grinning >> countenance is a familiar sight in front of shops around Japan. >> >> Recently, however, she has become a favorite of collectors, leading to a >> rash of "Peko-chan" snatchings. >> >> Takeishi Shibuya, 31, was convicted of stealing 15 of the large dolls, >> valued at about 1.1 million yen ($10,170), a court official in Yamagata >> prefecture, northern Japan, said on Monday. >> >> In several cases, Shibuya used pepper spray and spray paint to fend off >> store employees, leading prosecutors to demand a sentence of nine years in >> prison. >> >> "But he has reflected on his crimes and feels bad about what he did, so the >> sentence was lighter as a result," the official said. >> >> After a wave of "Peko-chan" disappearances last year, the company suggested >> chaining the dolls down, but customers complained that this would be cruel. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Urth Mailing List ---