Wikipedia> In August 2007, Arudou equated the use of the word gaijin with reference to foreigners in Japan with the use of the word nigger in reference to blacks in the United States.[30]
This elicited a significant reader response in the Japan Times, where Arudou writes a regular column. Most of the published responses were critical of Arudou's position.[31]
Japan Timesは、７月（？）にもアルドウ批判の投書「Fishing for trouble･･･」（空港ウロついて警官を釣る）を掲載した。
一方で、一部の外国人や外国出身者は、コネルについて「日本の真の姿を躊躇せず世界に配信した男」として賞賛し、コネルを批判する日本人を逆に批判している[7]。 例えば、人権運動家の有道出人は、「WaiWaiは日本人を知るのに必須です」と擁護し[8]、自分の発言サイトで、WaiWaiを50回以上にわたって援用している[9]。 ------- Wikipedia ライアン・コネルの項目より
>>> In 2005, Yuki Honjo released a review of "Japanese Only" on Japanreview.net[32] ・・・
In her review, Honjo says that "As a primary resource, Japanese Only is virtually unusable" due to bad punctuation, "self-indulgent writing" and "stylistic devices that detract from the 'record.'".
Most of the published responses to Honjo's review were critical of Arudou and his methods.[33] ___________
John Ertl is a doctoral candidate in Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. He worked on the JET program in Tochigi Prefecture for two years. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo and spent a year conducting his dissertation research in Noto Peninsula. His research interests include social reproduction and change, traditionalism, place making, urban planning, and local government in Japan.
Comment by Ken Y-N 2008-09-11 15:05:35 ・・・・However, one surprising thing was that although he gets 42% of his traffic from Japan, 44% comes from China!・・・・
有道ブログへのアクセスの４４％は中国からなんですって！！！
Debito.org users come from these countries: China45.5% Japan41.0% United States7.2% Thailand0.3% Hong Kong0.2%
Arudou was born in California in 1965. He first visited Japan as a tourist on invitation from his pen pal (and future wife), for a few weeks in 1986. In 1989, they married followed by Arudou's move to Japan.
To your credit, you've gone the extra mile to put Mr. Arudou's concerns at rest, but I honestly see little improvement in his behavior towards others.
He continues to refer to Wikipedia as a "kangaroo court," despite warnings from The359.
He continues to assume bad faith of users.
He is uncivil in his language about Wikipedia and its contributors both here and his website, and unfortunately, he doesn't seem to care about such policies as WP:ATTACK, among many others.
I admire the way you contacted several venues (you have more patience than I), but at some point (as C.S. says) it becomes overkill.
Truth be told, like many who seek to shock, Arudou may not really believe what he says about how racist and xenophobic Japan is and probably feels astounded when taken seriously.
Debito Arudou who was originally called David Christopher Aldwinckle was born in New York. He moved to Japan where he still lives. He is a social activist who tries to improve the situation of non-Japanese people in Japan. Opinions about him are mixed.