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Phrase: Turn your stomach
From time to time, a story pops up in the news that turns your stomach.
That’s what happened recently, and my stomach is still turned.
A few days ago, a 90-year-old woman was beaten, robbed and then left tied up in her home.
She died.
Doesn’t that turn your stomach?
When something turns your stomach, it makes you feel ill or highly uncomfortable because it is offensive or disgusting.
People always say Japan is a safe country, but as the economy worsens, so do things on the safety side.
Of course, after the fact, the police have apprehended the suspects and are now investigating what is turning out to be a crime spree headed by someone operating from the Philippians.
Can you imagine the life that a 90-year-old woman has lived?
Imagine all the things she has seen and experienced then at a time in her life when she deserves to be able to feel safe and comfortable in her own home doing whatever it is 90-year-old ladies do at home, punks break in, tie her up, beat her, rob her then leave her like that for other family members to discover hours later.
This incident hit home with me and turned my stomach.
Japan has the highest percentage of a population over 65 years old.
Japan also has the death penalty.
When I covered it in a lesson a few years ago, I was shocked that almost every one of my students said they supported Japan carrying out capital punishment.
Now, I know why.
Sometimes a crime so heinous is committed that life in prison is not enough.
Crimes like this one that turn your stomach are why the death penalty exists.
Update: they caught the ringleader in the Philippians: Japanese National / Undocumented / Undesirable
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