Time to regulate Bible and samurai sword ownership

[nikimcbee]

I guess god and samurai swords don't mix. What a nut.


http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-samura...0,490069.story

[Platapus]

That has got to be a bad way to die. You really have to hate someone to kill them with a sword.

[Buddahaid]

I'd say get rid of the Bible. It's by far the deadlier weapon.

[Ducimus]

What i wonder is.....why is it, whenever some whackjob goes after someone with a sword, the sword involved is almost always called a "samurai sword" by the media?

[the_tyrant]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

What i wonder is.....why is it, whenever some whackjob goes after someone with a sword, the sword involved is almost always called a "samurai sword" by the media?

People like to picture a crazy samurai
not an old man brandishing a steak knife

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

What i wonder is.....why is it, whenever some whackjob goes after someone with a sword, the sword involved is almost always called a "samurai sword" by the media?

Cause people in the media are, in general, a bunch of clueless numbnuts who know nothing about this sort of stuff. I can remember Wolf Blitzer (sp?) as news anchor for CNN when he would time after time after time get absolutely everything wrong about what ever form of weapon or hardware he was discussing at the time.


Anyhow I agree, ban all the holy books as they are constantly used by people as an excuse to be real <censored> to each other.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

What i wonder is.....why is it, whenever some whackjob goes after someone with a sword, the sword involved is almost always called a "samurai sword" by the media?

For the same reason someone shoots someone with a semi-automatic rifle that looks like a military weapon and they call it an "Assault Rifle"

Ignorance.

And deliberate ignorance because they refuse to learn the proper meanings in order to instill an emotional response.

[frau kaleun]

Baka gaijin.

[Castout]

Frau could use the sword though the man obviously still needs his bible

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Castout

Frau could use the sword though the man obviously still needs his bible

Live by the sword, die by the sword, or so the good book says. More or less. Maybe he hadn't read that far yet.

Actually I have the crazy archaic notion that there is something intrinsically preferable about a bladed weapon that must be used all up close and personal, since I think if one is going to take it upon oneself to just up and kill another human being, one ought to have to be up close and personal (and ideally look the other person in the eye first) in order to do it.

But that assumes that the person wielding the weapon is actually the kind of person to whom that might make a difference, which - sadly - is often not the case.

[Castout]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Live by the sword, die by the sword, or so the good book says. More or less. Maybe he hadn't read that far yet.

Having the book doesn't mean understanding nor believing nor applying it. But the man seemed to be mentally disturbed. He might not be taken fully accountable for his action.

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Actually I have the crazy archaic notion that there is something intrinsically preferable about a bladed weapon that must be used all up close and personal, since I think if one is going to take it upon oneself to just up and kill another human being, one ought to have to be up close and personal (and ideally look the other person in the eye first) in order to do it.

But that assumes that the person wielding the weapon is actually the kind of person to whom that might make a difference, which - sadly - is often not the case.

The safest weapon is conformity by agreement or bought cooptation through money or sex!

Have always wondered when somebody's going to bribe me some money or sex LOL.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

I'd say get rid of the Bible. It's by far the deadlier weapon.

Along with all the other religious texts.

[Penguin]

Was the "swords into plowshares" passage ripped out of the guy's bible?

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

Anyhow I agree, ban all the holy books as they are constantly used by people as an excuse to be real <censored> to each other.

Nahh, better than banning books is banning the idiots who use the books for their ****ed up behaviour!

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Platapus

For the same reason someone shoots someone with a semi-automatic rifle that looks like a military weapon and they call it an "Assault Rifle"

Granted. However it is easier to convert a semi-auto into full-auto than to convert a cheap junk blade into a katana!

[TarJak]

Banning nutjobs would be easier.