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Cicada

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6. Isolated for centuries they are weird, like a platypus in Australia

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 22, 2020, 03:25 AM

Jan 2020

The Japanese developed culture free of outside influence and are, well, different. After the earthquake and tsunami citizens turned in tens of millions in cash they found. I read that you can safely leave a five thousand dollar camera in a parked convertible.

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How Japan has almost eradicated gun crime [View all] rpannier Jan 2020 OP

Obviously, they live under the yoke of a tyrannical regime ... and hate us for our freedoms (nt) mr_lebowski Jan 2020 #1

There were 306 murders in Japan (2017). All methods. John Fante Jan 2020 #2

They also don't have morons who consider gun ownership "freedom." NCLefty Jan 2020 #3

+1 crickets Jan 2020 #4

Only six shots were fired by Japanese police nationwide in 2015 dalton99a Jan 2020 #5

Isolated for centuries they are weird, like a platypus in Australia Cicada Jan 2020 #6

"If you drop your wallet in Japan it will be returned" is not a myth: dalton99a Jan 2020 #7