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Sun Jun-08-08 09:34 AM
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| 4. Japan with complete ban |
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has a higher murder than Switzerland where machine guns are common in homes.
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| -Seven dead in Tokyo knife attack |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jun-08-08 07:04 AM |
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Jesus, I have been in ElectricTown 2 years ago. Living in Tokyo can be very stressing n/t |
conspirator |
Jun-08-08 07:51 AM |
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Life in Tokyo may be stressful |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 02:37 AM |
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Obviously the knife control laws in Japan are pretty lax. |
D__S |
Jun-08-08 08:08 AM |
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Yea, what Japan needs is a law mandating that everyone carry a gun. |
bahrbearian |
Jun-08-08 09:31 AM |
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Japan with complete ban |
Pavulon |
Jun-08-08 09:34 AM |
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NOW THERE'S A LITTLE-KNOWN FACTOID FOR YA. |
bertman |
Jun-08-08 01:18 PM |
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Really? UN figures |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jun-08-08 02:16 PM |
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My error, both have trended down over the years from those numbers |
Pavulon |
Jun-08-08 02:47 PM |
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Quite close? |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 02:59 AM |
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Thanks, hard facts are always useful. |
daleo |
Jun-08-08 08:23 PM |
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The emperor should put out a decree,mandate,edict or fatwa outlawing this behavior |
ohio2007 |
Jun-08-08 09:59 AM |
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Japanese emperors haven't done that sort of thing since the war |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 10:16 PM |
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"tired of life" |
pop goes the weasel |
Jun-08-08 12:57 PM |
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He said not only that he was "tired of life" ("seikatsu ni tsukare...") |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 02:45 AM |
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He would have been better off commiting sempuku... |
Crowman1979 |
Jun-09-08 09:23 AM |
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Maybe he wanted to make a "name" for himself? |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 08:29 PM |
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Four thousand throats may be cut in one knife by a running man with a knife. -Klingon proverb |
LeftyMom |
Jun-08-08 01:38 PM |
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How many would he have killed had he had a gun ? |
Flagg |
Jun-08-08 01:58 PM |
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It depends. Knives don't need reloading. |
gullwing300 |
Jun-08-08 02:39 PM |
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A lot more |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 02:56 AM |
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not many if EVERYONE had guns. I am a moderate towards the right to bear arms |
conspirator |
Jun-09-08 03:52 AM |
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Akihabara, where the incident occurred, is in Tokyo |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 04:00 AM |
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yes. All city centers would definitely be a no gun area. It would be hard to enforce it though |
conspirator |
Jun-09-08 04:07 AM |
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Personally, I don't like road checks |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 04:22 AM |
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You realize that automatic weapons are already restricted by Federal law, yes? (n/t) |
benEzra |
Jun-09-08 12:07 PM |
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Some of the oddities of Japanese society can produce very warped people |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jun-08-08 08:07 PM |
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A little more than 2 months ago, |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 03:40 AM |
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When I was a student in Japan many years ago |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jun-09-08 07:54 AM |
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They had (have?) a word for such girls in Kansai-- |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 08:10 AM |
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Looking through Amazon Japan for DVDs, I found several episodes of |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jun-09-08 08:55 AM |
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"Oddities"? "warped people"? |
D__S |
Jun-09-08 09:31 AM |
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Those are two manifestations, yes, but |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jun-09-08 09:56 AM |
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I've been told that Japanese boys are coddled massively until age 10 |
slackmaster |
Jun-09-08 01:27 PM |
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In my experience, they're coddled massively all through their youth |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jun-09-08 02:19 PM |
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The degree of coddling probably depends on the family |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 08:43 PM |
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Definitely, but the girls are coddled less |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jun-09-08 09:28 PM |
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A lot of the ones I knew had very little parental contact... |
Nabeshin |
Jun-09-08 10:26 PM |
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A lot of the kids have "club activities" after school |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-09-08 10:49 PM |
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:( |
TheProphet5 |
Jun-09-08 12:08 PM |
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Tragic. Thoughts and prayers for the families and surviving victims. (n/t) |
benEzra |
Jun-09-08 01:04 PM |
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Bummer |
slackmaster |
Jun-09-08 01:05 PM |
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