They mugged the wrong man…

Found via BoingBoing: A 70-year-old military veteran killed a mugger in self-defense in Costa Rica.

Costa Rican officials interviewed the Americans, and said they wouldn't charge the U.S. tourist with any crime because he acted in self defense.

"They were in their right to defend themselves after being held up," Hernandez said. He said Segura had previous charges against him for assaults.

But Ligia Herrera Mendez, the mother of the dead assailant, claimed the tourists of took the law into their own hands.

"We want justice, this can't go unpunished, because they could have saved him," she said in an interview in Limon. "If this had happened in the United States, the suspect would have been detained and wouldn't have left the country."

She's probably right—he probably would have been detained, charged, gone to trial, and so on, even if he later ended up being acquitted for self-defense. Not really sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing in this particular case, though.

Awaiting the start of the American Animé Awards

Well, the American Animé Awards are just about to start, and I've got my streaming video player open on the ceremony room. Looks like it may be a few minutes late kicking off as it's now about five after.

It'll be interesting to see if Yuri Lowenthal or Tony Oliver, the two Robotech actors nominated for other roles, win in their categories (Best Actor and Best Actor in a Comedy, respectively).

For now, it's kind of amusing to watch the empty stage, with three big bongo drums on it, and the audience including a number of women dressed in brightly-colored outfits sitting in the front row. I think I read something about them in an article—ah yes, a number of well-known American animé voice actresses:

These “Babes of Animé” were featured in a glamour shoot on IGN.com andin Anime Insider magazine, and Saturday night they will be decked outin designs by Project Runway winner Chloe Dao, who will be on handduring the awards ceremony to present the award for Best PackageDesign.

Um, yeah. It's interesting hearing the muzak seem to get more and more frantic as time goes on without anything happening except people moving up and down the aisle getting seated. It does look like the audience is filling up, though. Maybe it won't be long before it kicks off after all.