High Priestess of Tokyo Shrine Killed With Samurai Sword

Newser ^ | 12/17/2017 | Rob Quinn

[ctdonath2]

Indeed it is. I studied it for years; consider it the most advanced weapon until nukes (firearms being little more than rock-chuckers).

[marktwain]

Of course, Japan has very strict gun laws.

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They also have strict sword control.

[ctdonath2]

Apparently. Though seems it tends to be a short-term contract.

[Red Badger]

Yet Rachel Dolezal and Shawn King are considered heroes....................

[Enchante]

At least he didn’t have a gun!!

[trisham]

Exactly right. Cowards.

[broken_arrow1]

Kill Bill take 2

[bgill]

There should be tighter regulations on swords.

[ResponseAbility]

Nat gonna go killed chicken nuggets, but Tommi’s OK

[Yo-Yo]

Sketch wasn’t really all that funny and they were all high as kites.

Samurai fill-in-the-blank wasn't one sketch, it was a recurring theme.

Seems like they would do it every time Buck Henry guest hosted. I thought Samurai Optometrist wasn't too bad.

[Dixie Yooper]

Police say 58-year-old Nagako Tomioka, the high priestess of the Tomioka Hachimangu shrine, was killed by her brother, Shigenaga Tomioka, on the temple grounds after she got out of her car, the AP reports

What the police and AP failed to report is how they both flew off to the tops of the bamboo forest with swords drawn, and fought for the next 30 minutes from tree to tree.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“A feud over succession”

Guess they solved that problem

[Rebelbase]

“Why noy just post from the tabloids or weekly news of the weird?”

It’s the same thing as posting from the NYT or WaPo.

[wardaddy]

Another reason you’re a turd finny

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***was a feud over succession.***

Well, that’s the way they do it! New priest wannabe kills the old priest.

OH WAIT! That’s the way they did it at Lake Nemi, Italy, back in ancient Rome.

Never mind.

[buwaya]

More to the point, most shrines own property, on which the priest collects rents, etc.
That is traditionally how religious institutions maintained themselves. Most were established not just as the shrine proper (grounds, buildings), but as a set of land grants intended for its maintenance and livings for its priests.

[Bonemaker]

Just ask the survivors of Iwo Jima, the Aleutians, Guadalcanal etc.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Wonder if it went anything like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXdrDNGte1E

But it all worked out in the end;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s06JwE_aWAY

[Nifster]

No it really isn’t

You are relying on rewrites by unknown people to digest and regurgitate the news of the day.

WaPo and the Slimes are bad enough.....this site is crap

[jmcenanly]

I don’t think that he mentioned that part of his plan to her.