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Japan karate expert who broke jaw of haunted house ‘ghost’ loses lawsuit (www.independent.co.uk)
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A karate expert in Japan who broke a haunted house worker’s jaw with a kick in 2011 has lost his lawsuit against an amusement park.

The man, who admitted to drinking before entering the haunted house at Toei Kyoto Studio Park in Kyoto in 2011 while travelling with his colleagues, had argued that the park should have warned visitors that humans acted as ghosts and it should have protected its staff better.

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The karate expert was startled when a park worker, dressed as a ghost, stepped forward to frighten him. The man, who has not been named, kicked the “ghost” in the face and later said it was a reflex.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

has lost his lawsuit against an amusement park

Ex-fucking-scuse me? Dude batters an employee and then sues them? What an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the park should have warned visitors that humans acted as ghosts

So did he think he was karate kicking a real ghost?

Anyway, I think we have the final film in the trilogy started by Karate Bull Fighter and Karate Bear Fighter. Or a Japanese Scooby Doo that is over in a couple of minutes: Jinkies! A werewolf! BAM!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why else would you train if not to kick ghosts?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To kick...zombies?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

The Devil’s work is afoot!

Always upvote for Braindead/Dead Alive.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To kick Frankenstein's Monster.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To kick Wolfman in the nards?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago

Oh, apparently you can't even roundhouse a ghost anymore. What's this world coming to?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Any insight on why this Japanese legal case took 13 years to rule?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fax machines and stamps

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Also, floppy disks.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can't kill a ghost with kicks. You have to yell at it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hiya!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

He said yell not greet.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Damn. That's a weak argument.

I don't know spit about Japanese tort rules, but I would think trying to claim negligence on the part of the park would be essentially dead in the water from the start.

Reflex or not, the fact that he'd been drinking puts the onus directly on him.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reflex or not, the fact that he’d been drinking puts the onus directly on him.

His counter-argument is that they should never have allowed him in as he was too drunk.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's not necessarily true in all countries. If anything, a trained fighter needs to be able to control their reflexes. It's like a soldier walking around drunk pointing a loaded gun everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I didn't say it was a good counter-argument. He did lose the lawsuit after all.