@japan_nobunaga Not really. It started in the 1500s to prevent peasants from uprising.
Then after WWII the occupying Allied forces confiscated civilian firearms and instilled a strong national sentiment of pacifism
In Japan, almost no civilian owns a firearm.
Not because the people are afraid of guns.
Because the people, decades ago,
decided that conflict ends at a conversation.
Hunting license? Yes, with extensive training.
Self-defense pistol? Effectively not permitted.
A gun in a glove compartment, "just in case"? Unimaginable.
Japan also averages fewer than 10 firearm homicides
per year. Total. In a country of 124 million people.
For comparison, the United States averages
that number every 12 hours.
Not because Japan is gentler by nature.
Because Japan made a different bet:
that the cost of a tense moment with no weapon
is lower than the cost of an easy moment with one.
Think about the last time a stranger raised their voice
at you in your country.
Think about whether you, or they, calculated
what was in someone's waistband.
Japan built a different argument.
Not loaded.
Not chambered.
Just expected.
Of everyone.
Always. 🇯🇵
This is Henry Nowaks hands when the police where handcuffing him
They were pale from the complete loss of blood
This is the end they want for all of us, if this doesn’t radicalize Europe I don’t know what will
@BasilTheGreat the black dude is right though, the Brits were evil. higher IQ doesnt give you the right to destroy cultures and nations. The Royal family are evil. Im half Brit by the way
@JWaynoze@ShitpostRock2 I'm sure if someone asked Jesus about this passage, he would have given the same answer he gave about Moses' laws of divorce - "Yeah, that's what Moses said, but it wasn't what God intended."
@JWaynoze@ShitpostRock2 It‘s suggested that the command here was not God's, but Moses' embellishment in order to preserve the Hebrews' distinctiveness as God's people.
Moses' hatred for the Midianites was all the more startling because his wife (and therefore his in-laws) were Midisnties.
Hallo Freunde, wir möchten mit Gods Rage einen neuen Booster rausbringen, der vielleicht auch abseits vom Sportkontext gut ankommt, also ein bisschen softer ist als der klassische Trainingsbooster. Habt ihr Vorschläge für den Geschmack?🤡🥰
9-5 jobs are comfort money. They give you just enough money to make it hard to leave. Then you buy a house, get a car, have kids. Then it's too much risk to leave the job.
Next thing you know, you blink, and you're 60.