What a waste?! I hope they lock this guy up!
Sadly, police say they are unlikely to charge Hideaki Adachi, who was discovered dumping waste in a public park in Osaka City. This in itself is an offense but it’s what he was dumping that has made the headlines: porn. Lots and lots of porn.
Adachi disposed of almost a quarter of a ton of pornography. After he was caught in the act, he claimed the stash was a friend’s and he was getting rid of it.
How much is a quarter of a ton of porn? Apparently it’s 17 sacks — containing films, magazines, and 500 VHS video tapes (remember those?). He transported the 200kg mountain of porn in his small truck.
Because the stash was technically not his, police are unlikely to press charges against the 70-year-old man. He was arrested and held for a day but was then released after questioning. Instead of punishment, he is being applauded for his act, which was helping out a friend who is bedridden and at the time in life when he needs to sort out his belongings, including the ones you’d rather others didn’t see.
If you’re worried about Osaka’s youngsters being “corrupted” by black bags of wank rags, Adachi wasn’t trying to give the porn away. That’s a shame, as we reckon there are lots of people curious about what porn looked like in the non-digital age. He had apparently made efforts to keep it hidden. He actually knew the park well through his other volunteer services — this time helping the homeless — and so his plan was that the treasure trove of old pornos would be taken away as regular trash and disposed of properly.
