@matigo Yes, but at least you know the baseline of your legal rights. Right? :P
@matigo Heh, yeah. I've heard those stories too. I don't know. I've never been in that situation (well, in Japan I haven't… <_<), so I can't speak to the authenticity of them -- but I think that being informed about the law is the best thing you can do to protect yourself when entering that situation. And, you seem to be relatively informed, so I'd put your odds of being wrongfully arrested are lower than if you weren't. (IANAL)
@matigo Well that's what the judicial process is for, right?
That said, I really do not like the Japanese tendency towards "guilty until proven innocent" -- the MASSIVE indicator of this being publishing photos and names "〇〇容疑者" when they're arrested and before even the trial starts.
@matigo They don't, but I think it's fair game. If I'm out in public, I don't care if someone recognizes me and says, "Hi! Keita!" or the government says "oh look, there's Keita!" That's the definition of "being out in public".
I'm a relatively unimportant and insignificant person, though, so I can see that if you're a victim of a stalker, for example, the viewpoint would be completely different.
@matigo I actually don't mind public surveillance. Private surveillance, however, is completely different.
@matigo (And yes. We used to use them all the time for Lisa's formula, and more often than not we would have to wait a really long time after mixing it to cool down enough so it was safe to drink)