No gun Japan

I lived in Japan for a couple years. Its really a fascinating culture. Originally Posted by Grace Preston

That would have been very interesting. Ironically, I hear that as a white guy there are plenty of places I couldn't go there either....

I don't care, though, they have such great porn!

Shogun was made into a miniseries starring richard Chamberlain - female eye candy.

And - it was well done and very close to the book

It is a good read of japanese culture in the 1600's.

and - available on Netflix.

Shogun was made into a miniseries starring richard Chamberlain - female eye candy.

And - it was well done and very close to the book

It is a good read of japanese culture in the 1600's.

and - available on Netflix. Originally Posted by oeb11

Netflix is a bullshit bunch of Hollywood DPST's!

This may be hard to believe but.... I don't really watch TV. Or movies. Or Netflix, etc.



I'm much more likely to be buried in books than I am to be engrossed in a movie.

japan has very few murders. at least 1 or 2 per year and may have zero for many years.


theres very little friction in japanese society as its pretty much homogenus. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

Japan is a very cultural society. Traditions are handed down from generation to generation. They are very proud of their heritage and because of that Japan has a very low violent crime rate. Firearms are not an intricate feature of their society, but swords and other straight edged weapons and Martial Arts are. Even still their violent crime rate remains low because they have a great respect for straight edged weapons and refrain from using them to commit crime and ensue violence. So really it's not the lack of a weapon that keeps their society peaceful it's the overall attitudes of the people that does.

Japan is a very cultural society. Traditions are handed down from generation to generation. They are very proud of their heritage and because of that Japan has a very low violent crime rate. Firearms are not an intricate feature of their society, but swords and other straight edged weapons and Martial Arts are. Even still their violent crime rate remains low because they have a great respect for straight edged weapons and refrain from using them to commit crime and ensue violence. So really it's not the lack of a weapon that keeps their society peaceful it's the overall attitudes of the people that does. Originally Posted by Levianon17

they banned those weapons early on in the late 1800's. I think it is about image projection to the outside world. sword fights used to be a problem before 1880's. I think this is when they banned the shoguns. I don't know what the death rate was before the ban. prolly no more than 100 per year I suspect.

After ww2 we took all the weapons guns swords big knifes , they have kept it more or less the same way ,

It worked for Japan. Why not the USEh?

Netflix is a bullshit bunch of Hollywood DPST's! Originally Posted by friendly fred

Sounds like someone needs to Lawyer Up, eh?

they banned those weapons early on in the late 1800's. I think it is about image projection to the outside world. sword fights used to be a problem before 1880's. I think this is when they banned the shoguns. I don't know what the death rate was before the ban. prolly no more than 100 per year I suspect. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

It's probably still part of their culture in terms of an Art Form or Competitive Sport. But the point is violent crime in Japan has remained relatively low because of the attitude of the people. They are brought up in a Society where the culture instills harmony among the people. Here in America that value is not instilled. In Japan a criminal is shamed for his or her dishonor against society. In America the trend lately is to honor the criminal as a hero of sorts. Remember the couple standing in their front yard Armed ready to defend themselves and their property against an aggressive group of protesters? They were toted by the media as the aggressors, where their adversaries were portrayed as peaceful protesters.

It worked for Japan. Why not the USEh? Originally Posted by HoeHummer

It won't in America. Because there are too many assholes that protest and riot in the streets, destroy property and threaten peaceful citizens that's why.

Well and we have a constitution that gives us rights ,,,,,,,Because see above

After ww2 we took all the weapons guns swords big knifes , they have kept it more or less the same way , Originally Posted by rexdutchman

no not true!!!! not after wwii. you need to do some reading on japanese history before you make those "ass-umptions"



it was just the military officers who carried swords during wwii. don't know if they still allow them in the military.

It's probably still part of their culture in terms of an Art Form or Competitive Sport. But the point is violent crime in Japan has remained relatively low because of the attitude of the people. They are brought up in a Society where the culture instills harmony among the people. Here in America that value is not instilled. In Japan a criminal is shamed for his or her dishonor against society. In America the trend lately is to honor the criminal as a hero of sorts. Remember the couple standing in their front yard Armed ready to defend themselves and their property against an aggressive group of protesters? They were toted by the media as the aggressors, where their adversaries were portrayed as peaceful protesters. Originally Posted by Levianon17

sword manufacture is permitted interestingly in japan. they probably have one of the finest swords made by blacksmiths.

sword manufacture is permitted interestingly in japan. they probably have one of the finest swords made by blacksmiths. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

Yeah, it is. I saw a documentary on how the Samurai Sword is made. They are made by hand using traditional methods. They heat the metal and pound that curve. When finished they are amazingly sharp. The curve in the blade enables the swordsmen to wheel it with great speed. Definitely not something that is mass produced.