[quote]jj-dude wrote:
Try this for comparison (warning, read it to the end).
http://www.coloradospringsninjutsu.com/Blog/Entries/2014/5/27_Guns_and_Japan.html
– jj
Edit: He makes the very well supported claim that Japan has a higher rate of violent death than the US, just people are screwing with numbers to further their agendas. [/quote]
Brilliant article. I had to check the author bio to make sure that Chushin didn’t write it. He is spot on, and I’ve made the same point on other gun threads: “it’s the culture, stupid!”
I especially liked this bit: [quote]Most non-Japanese tend to not learn much of the language and stick around other non-Japanese and yet those are the ones that seem to talk the most about what Japanese are and are not like.[/quote]
Boy, if that ain’t the fucking truth. This thread is the proof: