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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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[–] ech@lemm.ee 54 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

has lost his lawsuit against an amusement park

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

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 37 points 3 weeks 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!

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why else would you train if not to kick ghosts?

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

To kick...zombies?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

The Devil’s work is afoot!

Always upvote for Braindead/Dead Alive.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

To kick Frankenstein's Monster.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

To kick Wolfman in the nards?

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 32 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] dtrain@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fax machines and stamps

[–] Contort3860@links.hackliberty.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

Also, floppy disks.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hiya!

[–] dtrain@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

He said yell not greet.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 15 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 11 points 3 weeks ago

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