Posted on 07/18/2019 6:43:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin
I didn’t take it that way. People of all descriptions do sometimes loose it.
As for actual chimps, well they sometimes just fling poo at whatever makes eye contact with them, then there’s the beat downs, and while Idiots in our culture like to hold up the bonobos I think I’ll disagree and consider random acts of buggery to be even worse still.
“I was stationed there in the 70’s. Ordinary street crime did not exist.”
I was Shore Patrol in Sasebo mid 80’s, the JP’s (Japanese Police) were not shy about bringing out their specialized batons (a term I cannot remember) and forcing compliance by applying pressure to nerve bundles. I never witnessed them strike anyone.
Just think had he used a firearm. Lucky the deceased didn’t have to suffer that. Oh, wait............. But seriously, prayers up for them and their families. But DO NOT attempt to use the “He used fire for his mass murder!” argument in defending the 2nd amendment. Well, using ANY argument to defend it is a waste of time since the is no reasoning or logic with the antis.
lols...good one.
They used to have the yearly (seemed yearly) anti-nuke riots at Yokosuka.
Was it black assault fire?
Cartoons seem to dominate Japanese culture in general.
I went into a music store, almost EVERY single CD cover had cartoon caricatures. It’s a strange place.
Can you say water cannon?
In the 70’s a friend and I were in Chitose (small town) and went to see a movie (they were subtitled in Japanese so we could actually enjoy them). He left a brand new Sansui receiver in the box on the back seat car unlocked.
After the movie we came out it was still there, no problem and we weren’t surprised.
Every time I hear about a Mass School Shooting and the corresponding call to overturn the Second Amendment and strip the Citizenry of their God Given Rights, I ask a couple of simple questions.
1. Would people feel better if the Perp ran down the Children as they walked across the Street in the School Crosswalk while driving an F-150? Would there be an outcry to ban F-150’s if it happened?
2. Would people feel better if the Perp tossed a couple of Molotov Cocktails into a Classroom and burned all the Children to death? Would there be an outcry to ban Glass Bottles, Gasoline, Rags and Matches if it happened?
When people act like Evil does not exist and they have no understanding of the damage that can be inflicted by combining Evil with Human Ingenuity, they are fools.
“As for actual chimps, well they sometimes just fling poo at whatever makes eye contact with them”. Oh, democraps. Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
The story you heard happens hundreds or thousands of times every day here. Generally the people that live in Japan don’t bother with other people’s stuff. I’ve lost things, then saunter down to the police box and report that I lost a thing - if it comes up eventually please return it to me - yeah, a few days or weeks later, I get a knock on the door and a cop is returning my thing. I’ve found several wallets with cash in them and I’ve taken them to the police box to be handled by “the system”. I’ve had calls from the owners offering me a cash reward for turning in their valuables. I’ve never accepted. It’s a cultural and societal norm here that you just don’t interfere in things you’re not involved in, for the most part. That’s good and bad, but generally good.
On the trains, it is routine for misplaced items to be returned to their owners.
One of the worst mass murders in American history was committed using $1.00 worth of gasoline.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Land_fire
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You want me to list the things I like which have no cultural benefit? We’d be here all day.
We need stricter lighter control...................
Since this is about Kyoto Animation, perhaps you should look at some of their work. Lucky Star is hilarious, if you’re not splitting your sides from it then you don’t have a sense of humor. Haruhi Suzumiya, also from KyoAni is also very highly regarded for its storylines and the quality of the animation.
The only way you’re going to see the value is to look for yourself, and those two aren’t a terrible place to start.
The very first thing you’ll learn is that anime is thoroughly infused with irony and that you should never judge a book by its cover. The second thing you’ll learn is that the Japanese have a very conservative value system that you’ll find much more familiar, even in a different language, than the degeneracy pushed out by Hollywood.
It’s worth your time.
They need sensible flammable liquid laws. Waiting periods, etc.
Novel idea for Japanese building codes - You take a ladder, attach it to the building and and point to it with signs reading “fire escape”.
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