when you accidently bump against one member of Yakuza.

[shao]

when you accidently bump against one member of Yakuza. they surround you and decide to bully you. what will you do?

[eimik]

speak english
or
play dead
or
run like a rabbit
or
not bump into them in the first place


i dunno.!?!

[thomas]

Optionally

a.) pray to heaven
b.) ask Scotty to beam me up
c.) unlock my AK-47
but most likely d.) avoid getting into such situations in the first place

:)

[shao]

i will...

1. hit and run.(not drive car, i mean just punch and run)

2. point at somewhere and "look!" then run.

3. um... just fight...

i wonder... will they accept an apologize?

[Twisted]

I'd just buy them a beer and ask where they got those cool tattoos. :)

[ghettocities]

Originally posted by Twisted
I'd just buy them a beer and ask where they got those cool tattoos. :)

You ask me that and i'll snuff ya, ya homo-ginized milk, 2% will be your chances of livin', pulp free.

Josh
http://www.ghettocitiesclothing.com

[Twisted]

We're talking about the yakuza here, Josh.
Not a braindead weenie boy like you.

[jeisan]

nah nah give em some tequila shots. i hear they like foreign liquor. ...or wait maybe that was a video game.

[Viciousvee]

I don't know about you guys. But I would look down. And punch something that is breakable (Not including my fist) and just pretend that I'm crazy and Syco (like this crazy spelling of mine).

I'm a big guy, but I'll avoid any Conflicts if I have to. I'll just buy those drinks and tell the waiter that the Yakuza will pay for the bill and just run like hell.

[deborah gormley]

lolol,, I'm sure that all of these have been used at some stage when faced with the yakuza, I would just "faint" haha:blush:

[Kotonko]

Say "Gomen nasai."

[Erekose]

They wouldn't bump me.

Most people in Japan avoid conflicts with me

But then again, when I lived there I was 240 at 5'8" and could bench 400lbs.

Besides, most Yakusa prolly' would not bother to do such a thing, just Chimpira.

[jake]

Originally posted by Kotonko
Say "Gomen nasai."

[BlueEyedSamurai]

When I bumped into Yakuza....hmm..I would draw my katana and put up a really evil smile....mwuhahahaha

[Dutch Baka]

scream.. SUSHIIII..
Kick there balls..
tell them they can F&&k off..
call the cops..
act like a fool and stare at them..
show them your gun..
talk kansai ben to look cool .. Nandeyanen..
cry..

[Mikawa Ossan]

when you accidently bump against one member of Yakuza. they surround you and decide to bully you. what will you do?
When I worked at the wedding company, I more specifically worked at the hotel division, and we regularly got yakuza customers. I had run in's with them on several occasions, but based on my own personal opinion, your example is not very likely.
Most yakuza do not try to pick fights. In fact, most of them are actually quite nice. I had a friend in Yamaguchi prefecture who had his bike stolen, and a yakuza who just happened to be there bought him a new one! (My friend's story. I was not there.)
Having said that, at my hotel we had two yakuza who were more confrontational. I had to enforce the company rules, so I sometimes had to tell them things they didn't want to hear. The worst reaction I ever got was quite an earful. NO bullying, no later repercussions.
My impression is that for the most part yakuza are too smart to "waste" their time bullying us non-business related people.
In my experience, the ones you have to look out for are the motorcycle "bousouzoku" and other such people. In other words, the very bottom of the underworld, so to speak. These idiots are much more unpredictable than the yakuza.

[Mike Cash]

Outside of the times they're fleecing customers at their questionable business establishments, yakuza tend to employ an us/them dichotomy when it comes to interactions with people around them. In other words, they don't go around getting in the faces of average people and intimidating them just for the hell of it. The "styling" or "fronting" comes in interactions with fellow yakuza, whether of their own group or another allied or rival group.

At the local pool I belong to I sometimes see a few guys who are quite obviously genuwine yakuza. They're among the best behaved people there. I also see quite a few guys who are quite obviously posers. They're the biggest jerks at the pool.

[Kara_Nari]

Yeah i'd be more afraid of the housewives in Korea than the Yakuza in Japan.

[Silverpoint]

I totally agree with the tail-end of this thread. Assuming the OP's comment was based on experience, he probably bumped into a bunch of wannabe punks who any genuine yak wouldn't give the time of day to.

[Revenant]

As I've read anyways, the actual Yakuza are no longer getting tattoos, wearing clothes that identify them as Yakuza, or bullying people as described. Some of them frequent posh restaurants, can speak a couple other languages, and are interested in higher learning.

They appear as well-spoken gentlemen, and they can blend in very well with the general populace. It does them no good to unnecessarily bring the heat down on themselves.

There are some underworld figures that one really does need to look out for though. My student related a story where an older man and a young girl were weaving all over the road. So my student stopped the car as far over to the side as possible. The car hit hers, the man then said it was both their faults (he was driving an old next to valueless car) and they should go to the police station. The policeman listened to the old man's story, which was that it was both their faults, and the student knew she shouldn't say anything.

There are a couple stories of either policeman or the victims of these guys being murdered after challenging the underworld's story. According to all the students present at the time, two of them made news.

[Mike Cash]

Since the OP disappeared two years ago we're not likely to find out what his post was based on.

The next mystery is finding out why people revive long-dead threads instead of starting new ones.

[lexico]

Since the OP disappeared two years ago we're not likely to find out what his post was based on.Perhaps (s)he had posted post #0 with his arms twisted behind his back being told, "If you don't get a good answer by the 14th response, your life is over, gaijin-san !"When I bumped into Yakuza....hmm..I would draw my katana and put up a really evil smile....mwuhahahaha*dead silence*The next mystery is finding out why people revive long-dead threads instead of starting new ones.That's easy; Dutch has recently joined the famed civilian ring of necromancers who are only acting out of fearful respect for the naziish forum watchpersons who waste not a second to pound down upon posting new threads on a dead-beat topic. To answer the original question, which is rather amusing as long as my arms are not twisted, I'd go, "The name is bond, james bond !"
"Ayaaaaahhhhhhhggggg ! Bhaaaaaaanzaaaaaai, long live the queen...... jingo-sama !" :D

[Mike Cash]

So are you saying that he revived the dead thread to spite me?

[Silverpoint]

You understood what he said!?

[Silverpoint]

Whatever, Yakusa is so weak.

Japaneses don't know how to fight.
They always get beaten up and end up as losers.

Brilliantly insightful. I take my hat off to you.

[Mike Cash]

You understood what he said!?

No. That's why I had to ask for clarification.

[Dutch Baka]

okay.. this thread is going another way...

if this is serieus or not, what would you do, when the yakuza do this,, take a look at the first posts,,,

[Silverpoint]

At the risk of just throwing it right back at you, my immediate reaction would be "how the hell do I know?" Unless you find yourself in such a situation (which is incredibly unlikely) I don't think anyone can tell what they would do. We can all postulate on the best course of action, but without directly seeing the incident, no one cannot possibly predict what would happen.

[Mike Cash]

okay.. this thread is going another way...

if this is serieus or not, what would you do, when the yakuza do this,, take a look at the first posts,,,

The three of us who actually live here in Japan seem to have been pretty much of the opinion that the question is based on a flawed premise born of ignorance and stereotypes.

If you accidentally bump into a yakuza, say "excuse me", and go about your business.

[Dutch Baka]

mm okay what ever you want, there goes the nice first couple of posts.. well i like them..

[Mikawa Ossan]

Oh, well, if this was meant to be humorous, it should be in the humor section.

[turboqueercabdriver]

scream.. SUSHIIII..
Kick there balls..
tell them they can F&&k off..
call the cops..
act like a fool and stare at them..
show them your gun..
talk kansai ben to look cool .. Nandeyanen..
cry..


Yakuza has almost all controll over the police department.

[ArmandV]

Use the old Bob Hope/Bing Crosby "pattycake" trick.

[xerxes99]

Use the old Bob Hope/Bing Crosby "pattycake" trick.
I've been wanting to use that trick since I was like 8 years old. :cool:

[Jack]

its simple, if the yakuza bump into you, you start kicking ***!!!

[Minxie]

Hi guys, How can you tell who is yakuza and who are not? I did read the thread so far, and no one really gave distinct characteristics. I know they are starting to integrate with the populus, and are starting to wear "normal" clothes, but are there any tell-tale ways of spotting them, or do I still have to look for the missing finger?

thanks a lot, and sorry if im repeating questions etc

[Revenant]

but are there any tell-tale ways of spotting them, or do I still have to look for the missing finger?I don't think so, unless you're talking about the bottom of the barrel guys often called Chinpira. If they are trying to intergrate, I think a lost finger wouldn't do them very well.

[Pachipro]

I don't think so, unless you're talking about the bottom of the barrel guys often called Chinpira. If they are trying to intergrate, I think a lost finger wouldn't do them very well.
I posted a story on my run in with the Chinpira (http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14344) a while back. Luckily we were saved by the older Yakuza who happened to hear what was going on outside.

While I was living there back in the day it was quite easy to spot Yakuza by their dress, hairstyle, and the ever-present sunglasses they wore. A lot of them had tatoos on their body that were only visible when they had their shirts off or were participating in carrying the shrines (omikoshi) during festivals.

I had a couple of friends who were yakuza and often hung out with them on occassion. They were always polite and respectful to the general population and I never noticed them starting any trouble although they would often argue among themselves.

It was always an advantage having them as friends as if you ever got into any trouble they would be there to help you even in getting you an apartment to live.

About the missing finger thing. Only if one wronged his group or boss and made them lose face would they have to cut off their pinky and present it to their boss as an atonement for their wrongs. Alot of the Yakuza I saw weren't missing any pinkys although I did notice a couple now and then.

[Silverpoint]

Hi guys, How can you tell who is yakuza and who are not?

Look for the big "YAKUZA!" sign on the side of their trucks.

[Jack]

Look for the big "YAKUZA!" sign on the side of their trucks.
i saw them trucks they've the phrase "you didn't see us" beneath the name yakuza.

[Kinsao]

I think it's pretty well the same in most countries, that it's the small time wannabes that make most of the trouble. :okashii: The serious criminals obviously don't want to be too much noticed - not if they've got any sense.

[Jack]

I think it's pretty well the same in most countries, that it's the small time wannabes that make most of the trouble. :okashii: The serious criminals obviously don't want to be too much noticed - not if they've got any sense.

exactly no one stands out if they dont want to be seen, do they?

[lexico]

A preacher back in the States told me a horror story; back in the olden times ... (can't exactly remember when) ... an owner of a farm over an oil-deposit refused to sell his farm. The oil company sent some of its henchmen touting rifles demanding either sign or face the gun. They were supposedly law enforcement officers, or disguised as such. There were more horror stories about an oil refinery company dumping toxic waste in a neighbourhood, but when confronted by the residents, did some scary things there, and that was not chemical this time.

If the stories that he learned in the ministry were true, small-time wannabies are not the only ones stirring up trouble. Yakuzas are not only in Japan, but they are everywhere, even in the upper echelon of the mightiest country the US. If you ever bump into one of those, and you know they are after you for something, better give in or you are dead.

[Silverpoint]

Of course there are Mafioso in the US, but I doubt they are the same as hired thugs working for corporate concerns. As far as I know, the Mafia aren't generally for hire.

[Mars Man]

For the sake of humor, although it should be elsewhere if it's for that, I agree, if I were surrounded by a small group of them after bumping into them, I'd first look real scared, shaking and swallowing hard--you know, the whole act--then pull out my keitai (cell phone), answer it, and then hand it to whom I percieved to be the leader, saying 'it's for you' [denwa desu] give him the phone and make tracts like fast !! Quit my job sell out and leave town.

But as others have said, it's not like that. Good or bad, I do not know, but I have worked for establishments run by the yakuza, I was taught their hiearchial (sp?) way of running things, and their mode of operation. They did encourage us to suck a little money from customers but not too much. I ran the kitchen for a pub/cafe they owned--hours 7:30 to 4:00am. They had several bars and some customers were kind of shown the rounds as each bar is different, and ours was usually the last because of the cafe and gaijin addition. I worked there for about a year and several months, then graciously backed out--the work hours were getting to me and I was planning on getting married. But the yakuza were pretty much regular people--as said before.

[Index]

Of course there are Mafioso in the US, but I doubt they are the same as hired thugs working for corporate concerns. As far as I know, the Mafia aren't generally for hire.

So you are saying you don't know much?

[Silverpoint]

So you are saying you don't know much?

My point was that I find it hard to believe the Mafia spend a lot of time working as dumb thugs enforcing for corporations. If you know better, why not tell us instead of wasting everyone's time with childish insults.

[Minxie]

I posted a story on my run in with the Chinpira (http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14344) a while back.

That was a very interesting read. I'm glad everything worked out in the end. Chinpira remind me of Neos in Fraternities these days, only because the "Neos" like to act all tough, start fights everywhere, and act like they've got a stick up their arse.

Look for the big "YAKUZA!" sign on the side of their trucks.

i saw them trucks they've the phrase "you didn't see us" beneath the name yakuza.

If I see that when I go to Japan, I'm gonna take a picture of that. that's hilarious.

Thanks to everyone else who also answered my question. I have a really good idea of what to look for, and what to do in situations where I might run into chinpira or yakuza. I think I'd be more scared to run into the Chinpira versus the Yakuza though. Oh, and thanks for clarifying things about the yakuza's missing finger.

Also: The Mafia only work in their collective group, so they work for "hire" within themselves. If you cause them trouble, they'll give you trouble. If you're nice to them, they'll be nice to you. Usually you can tell who's mafia and who's not (well sometimes), but it's always best to stay out of their way or turn a blind eye.

[lexico]

No. That's why I had to ask for clarification.I am sorry if I was not clear, but I really meant it when I said, "out of fearful respect." Some people really hate creating a new thread on the same topic of an old thread. But I gather from your somewhat perplexed response that you do not mind :?

[lexico]

Of course there are Mafioso in the US, but I doubt they are the same as hired thugs working for corporate concerns. As far as I know, the Mafia aren't generally for hire.I think you mean to say the oil businesses are not owned by the Mafia. I meant to say that there might be a mob that owns the oil businesses, perhaps not by the name of Mafia.

[deadhippo]

but are there any tell-tale ways of spotting them, or do I still have to look for the missing finger?

I have to say yes. Not in every situation or anything like that but you can expect a suntan, expensive clothes, big muscles, a white Mercedes, and they frequent restaurants that are open only when there are no customers and closed when there are. Oh. I just described the Yakuza near my place. I live pretty close to Yokohama station and often on my way home I pass this Yakuza hangout. They are rarely outside but when they are they pay me no mind. Except one time when there were more than usual hanging around outside but then it was just a close inspection. I made eye contact with the boss (I call him that because he has that air about him) and my heart skipped a beat but then he looked away.

Actually if you see a large group of mafia together you will recognise them from their bad hairstyles and distinctive fashion sense and of course the abundance of white mercedes and some other large white toyota. How do I know this? I was confronted with this scene that looked like a cheesy 70's gangster movie when I left work one day. There were about 150 of the guys having a meeting in the Kanagawa Prefectural Offices for some reason. Of course there were a few busloads of police there too and strangely it wasnt mentioned in the papers the next day. God I was curious.

[Silverpoint]

I think you mean to say the oil businesses are not owned by the Mafia. I meant to say that there might be a mob that owns the oil businesses, perhaps not by the name of Mafia.

Sorta... but not quite. What I meant was that the kind of heavies that come round to peoples houses threatening them on behalf of oil companies are most likely different from Mafia. My point was that if an oil company wants to send thugs round to local communities dressed as law enforcement officers, they're no more likely to be able to 'hire' the Mafia, than anyone else. The mafioso would only be involved if they had some kind of vested interest. I was also talking specifically about the US, and not the Japanese yakuza.

[Mike Cash]

I am sorry if I was not clear, but I really meant it when I said, "out of fearful respect." Some people really hate creating a new thread on the same topic of an old thread. But I gather from your somewhat perplexed response that you do not mind :?

I don't mind in the least. In fact, I would rather see a new thread started than a long-dead thread dragged from the grave and revived. Mostly because many (most?) of the people who participated in it before have left and comments/questions to them will go unanswered.

I don't even mind it when people ask something that has already been asked (and answered) countless times in the past. I'm not one of those people who scolds them to use the search feature.

[Daiten]

Yeah i'd be more afraid of the housewives in Korea than the Yakuza in Japan.Why, what do the housewives in Korea do?

[yukio_michael]

Can we get a moratorium on resurecting these threads from 3 years ago, especially when the last remaining posts within them concern the idea of -not- bumping them any more.

[Kinsao]

Hmmm, I dunno - I'm curious now about the fearsome techniques of the housewives in Korea. :clueless:

[budd]

"Can we get a moratorium on resurecting these threads from 3 years ago, especially when the last remaining posts within them concern the idea of -not- bumping them any more."

link (http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1659.html)

[Jack]

If i bumped into the Yakuza, "i'd make them an offer they can't refuse".

[Emoni]

Oh god... Not yet another "How would you kick a Yakuza's *** cause your a big tough guy!" thread...

[Mike Cash]

"Can we get a moratorium on resurecting these threads from 3 years ago, especially when the last remaining posts within them concern the idea of -not- bumping them any more."
link (http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1659.html)

Is there any chance whatsoever that one day you might break down and actually learn how to make use of the quote tags like everybody else here does?

Or do you take some particular perverse pride in constantly displaying your ignorance?

[Jack]

Oh god... Not yet another "How would you kick a Yakuza's *** cause your a big tough guy!" thread...
beat me with a stick if im wrong but this is one of the original Yakuza threads, dont think it was intended for laughter purpose though.

[yukio_michael]

Oh god... Not yet another "How would you kick a Yakuza's *** cause your a big tough guy!" thread...That's called an "Internet Tough Guy"... and it works for people like Osama bin Laden too (what would YOU do to Osama!???)... etc etc...

[Emoni]

beat me with a stick if im wrong but this is one of the original Yakuza threads, dont think it was intended for laughter purpose though.

Yup, you're right this is the old old thread. Didn't think this got resurected from decades ago. I just have a thing against threads that start, and go the direction this one did.

[budd]

"Or do you take some particular perverse pride in constantly displaying your ignorance?"

right back at

[Jack]

"Or do you take some particular perverse pride in constantly displaying your ignorance?"
right back at
Thats a brilliant phrase i gotta use that one.

[Hokkaidoguide.com]

As I've read anyways, the actual Yakuza are no longer getting tattoos, wearing clothes that identify them as Yakuza, or bullying people as described. Some of them frequent posh restaurants, can speak a couple other languages, and are interested in higher learning.


ah the old hollywood version of the "nice" mafia guy ... no no hes not bad he speaks two languages and he buys cake for his grandmother on wednesdays...... who gives a flying pigs sh#t!! hes mafia!! mafia is mafia. so he can say "kill him" in two languages ohh very nice sooo useful for society. when are people going to get over the ridiculous notion that mafia are smart and intelligent. of course there are some that are smart but maybe one in every 2000000. there are also people who smoke 50 packets of cigarettes a day and dont die of lung cancer. they are the exception NOT the norm.

As ive read yes there are yakuza who do speak other languages etc and like flower arrangement and tea ceremony but the other 99.9999999% of them are brainless deadbeat lower than room temperature IQ morons who think that they own the whole world and dont have to respect anyone or anything else. the yak. in sapporo run red lights, drive on the wrong side of the road, throw garbage into the ocean and pretty much everywhere else, piss in public areas, grab girls butts in the streets, hassle high school girls and old ladies, beat up people on saturday night for fun and park in the middle of the street or anywhere else they feel like. there are a few of them living in my building who like to play really crap music at full volume at 4 am, spit and smoke in the elevator, let their dog (which they shouldnt have in this building anyway) crap in the middle of the entrance hall (no im not joking dog crap right in the middle of the doorway!) and not clean it up. i wonder how many of these guys can speak 2 languages and recite shakespear?? ahhhhhhhh NONE!! if he speaks two languages its because hes a criminal piece of sh#t in two countries. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF!

some yak guy buys someone a new bike???... because he didnt buy it! he took it without asking or got money from selling drugs and beating up hostesses that he doesnt pay tax on! so now hes mr great fun loving nice guy because he buys someone a bike with stolen, illegal cash??!! oh great wait till i take him home and introduce him to mum!!
stop glorifying these low level dimwitts and say what they really are .. CRIMINALS!

right thats my 2 cents.... sorry i hate these people they constantly make life a hassle and they do not make the world a better place. DUMB PEOPLE BECOME MAFIA THATS WHY THEY ARE MAFIA!

[yukio_michael]

You want to see a well behaved Yakuza? Visit any matsuri and go get yourself some takoyaki at a food stand!.... One thing, and I don't know exactly if I'ts the right wording but the United States seems to have a 'love affair', with anything mob related (Soppranos, anyone?)...

Our love affair (when i say Our, I mean, my country of origin), extends to such things as "American Yakuza", our longing to be the American (ninja) or LAST SAMURAI if you will....

I don't know how it works for everyone in Japan, but the majority of the people I know despise the Yakuza as murders, rapists, generally bad people... there may be different affinities for people of different working classes, but I cant say.

Yakuza, like katana, etc etc, sometimes seem to be one of those things that westerners latch onto for the 'cool' factor... I'm confused by the former, and quite frankly bored to death of hearing about the latter.

[nurizeko]

If the yakuza are anything like the common as scum muck thugs going about my country, their only tough aslong as they out-number you.

One alone, against a group of me and my mates, he'll piss off, at least until he gets re-enforcements.

[SneffeL]

If the yakuza are anything like the common as scum muck thugs going about my country, their only tough aslong as they out-number you.
One alone, against a group of me and my mates, he'll piss off, at least until he gets re-enforcements.

That sound very much like the thugs in my country as well.

[budd]

"Thats a brilliant phrase i gotta use that one."

$5 please

[Jack]

do you take virtual checks?

[jieshi]

Tell them your an English teacher, then they will be at your Mercy (it worked for me .... seriously)

[Dutch Baka]

Just found a nice article about the yakuza, here are some parts of it.

"Y" is for yakuza -- you got a problem with that?

"The New Yakuza Unabridged Dictionary" reads the headline in Shukan Taishu (May 22). This title, somehow, does not sound like the sort of desktop reference book that Noah Webster -- or Oxford University for that matter -- would have compiled. And it's not. Rather, it's a six-page long article, which is about as much space as Shukan Taishu is likely to allocate for any given topic.

For entries under the letter "S," we might find "Shutsujo demukae," which refers to the custom of greeting a gang member outside the prison upon his release at the end of his sentence. Times, it seems, have changed. In the old days, Shukan Taishu notes, after a high-ranking member served his time, it was not unusual for a contingent of a thousand or more -- even as high as 5,000 for a top-ranked gang leader -- to congregate outside the prison gates and "greet" their colleague upon his release.

Finally under "I," we find the word IT, which means the same thing in Japanese that it does in English: Information Technology. It seems that gangs are finding that the way to win battles is to acquire accurate intelligence in terms of their rivals' potential, and to do that, computers can give them the necessary edge.


Read Here (http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/news/20060513p2g00m0dm020000c.html) to read the whole article

[Emoni]

Why... why... why keep resurecting a 3 year old thread? Especially one like this?

when you accidently bump against one member of Yakuza. they surround you and decide to bully you. what will you do?

scream.. SUSHIIII..
Kick there balls..
tell them they can F&&k off..
call the cops..
act like a fool and stare at them..
show them your gun..
talk kansai ben to look cool .. Nandeyanen..
cry..

[nice gaijin]

so this is how long you can beat a dead horse :bravo:

[RockLee]

Why... why... why keep resurecting a 3 year old thread? Especially one like this?Why..why....why can't you stop bitching ??

[Emoni]

Why..why....why can't you stop bitching ??

Have you READ this thread? Or did you just see my name and jump at the chance to throw out an insult.

Jez, this forum has gone down hill in the last few years. I don't remember people trolling like this, jumping at the chance to insult people, moderators promoting thread hijacking and bumping 3 year old threads, members bashing eachother for no real reason, and just general immature behavior. This board use to be a much more mature forum. If members disagreed they at LEAST did it in a mature manner... but now?

There, NOW your post is justified. Now can someone lock this shame of a post so it doesn't appear again in 2012 when some kid wants to talk about how he is going to bite a Yakuza's genitals off or something?

[RockLee]

1. Who gives you the right to decide that a thread can't be re-opened after this long. Do you have any idea what the Search button is for? Yes....exactly ! To look up if there is already an old thread, so a new one or a thousand of the same threads won't be necessairy. You are a member since '03, you should know better.

2. If you don't like this topic, DON'T post in here. If you think it should be locked or not, or you don't like it to be re-opened is of no importance and not for you to decide. I've had it with people demanding things every 5 minutes or starting to rant. Seriously, don't even bother with it if you don't like it and don't spoil it for other people who think it's interesting or want something of VALUE to add. Thank you!

[Emoni]

Wow... just wow.

You really haven't read this thread...

[RockLee]

I don't care what little boys think about Yakuza, let them think. I suggest you do the same, if you're mature enough that is. Unless there is posted something really offensive there is no reason to close this thread.

[Kinsao]

Geez - I wandered in here thinking there might be some new posts worth reading... :okashii:

[Pachipro]

Why... why... why keep resurecting a 3 year old thread? Especially one like this?

Do you have any idea what the Search button is for? Yes....exactly ! To look up if there is already an old thread, so a new one or a thousand of the same threads won't be necessairy.
Exactly my thoughts RockLee. Threads like these are resurrected because they still have significance TODAY. I have been here only a short while and even I have not been able to go through all the hundreds of threads. When I do decide to look back at old posts, and I see one that I can answer that still has relevance today, even if it is two or three years old, I will answer it as some new people may then see it, read it, and gain knowledge from it rather than making a new thread with the same question.

How many times have you seen a new thread with the same old tired question being asked that many regulars have answered many times in the past only to have someone post a link to an old thread where it can, and has been, answered and the OP saying, "Sorry, I should've used the search engine?" And they end up posting in the old thread.

Thus, old threads are revived from time to time when a new or old member comes across it and has something to add. The reviving of old threads often leads to new information by even some regulars who say, "Wow, I missed this one. Heres my take on this subject."

I hope this answers your question.

[budd]

it depends on which and where its being cashed

[Dutch Baka]

wow sorry, I have forgot the first post of this thread... guess I might split this thread up... at least my last post!!!

I found something nice about the Yakuza... * come on largest mafia, give them some respect :p * but than indeed, Emoni, it is my business if I want to post here, if you don't like it, don't reply on my post!

[Carlson]

so this is how long you can beat a dead horse :bravo:
and yet we keep beating it