Re : Ghosn savages accusers in first public address

[wisbech]

Wills2 said:

He's done the right thing clearly he was held and treated under conditions well below the standards you'd expect in a modern democracy, he was treated like that in no small measure due him being a foreigner, lots of bigotry on show from the Japanese system towards him.

99.4% conviction rate? Probably only bettered by the Spanish inquisition.

Works for them though - Japan is also the safest modern democracy. Basically the people who the system in the UK let ‘get away with it’ despite the authorities ‘know they are a bad one’ in Japan don’t. Of course this means they probably have more miscarriages of justice - but as a society they are more concerned about the order part of ‘law and order’ - eg the presence of very well organised crime (yakuza) who self police - so street crime is almost unheard of.

[bolidemichael]

The manner of his treatment was quite abhorrent; the manner of his escape, positively heroic.

[vikingaero]

Interesting long Beeb article on Ghosn & the Japanese justice system:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/Bi5xGc7SIj/the_fa...

[unsprung]

In the long term, if anything is to be "savaged", it may be the perception of Ghosn as a successful executive, apparently:

"...one of the most searing public indictments of a boss' performance this industry has ever seen."

"...if anyone is analyzing Nissan's record in the United States over the past decade, chances are it won't be for a case study on how to manage a business."

https://www.autonews.com/commentary/ghosns-legacy-...