[Newsbot]

Title: Frenzied attacker knifes 14 in Tokyo
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: RUEZ
Date: 2008-06-08 03:01:42

[stemmer]

Now the lefties will be screaming for a knife registry/ban...!!!!

[Ripcat]

stemmer wrote:

Now the lefties will be screaming for a knife registry/ban...!!!!

How many would be dead or injured if that crazy fuck had a gun of some type?

[RUEZ]

He killed seven people and injured 10. It just goes to show you, that if you take away the guns people will still find a way to do their evil.

[ManifestDestiny]

RUEZ wrote:

He killed seven people and injured 10. It just goes to show you, that if you take away the guns people will still find a way to do their evil.

Ruez come on dont you know its not the people that are evil its the guns and knives!

[ManifestDestiny]

Ripcat wrote:

stemmer wrote:

Now the lefties will be screaming for a knife registry/ban...!!!!

How many would be dead or injured if that crazy fuck had a gun of some type?

He would be the only one dead if another law abiding citizen had a gun and shot him.

[sandorski]

ManifestDestiny wrote:

Ripcat wrote:

stemmer wrote:

Now the lefties will be screaming for a knife registry/ban...!!!!

How many would be dead or injured if that crazy fuck had a gun of some type?

He would be the only one dead if another law abiding citizen had a gun and shot him.

Very unlikely.

[tritium]

Concealed handgun permits should be legal in Canada.

Then again I believe in capital punishment too.

[CommanderSock]

It just shows how much safer Japan is than the US or Canada. 7 dead and its Front page on almost every news outlet across the world. 7 dead in the US or Canada wouldn't even make the back-pages of the national paper, perhaps front page local. So dont give me that shit about gun registry bans again, it just shows how low our standards are when it comes to tolerating crime.

[commanderkai]

CommanderSock wrote:

It just shows how much safer Japan is than the US or Canada. 7 dead and its Front page on almost every news outlet across the world. 7 dead in the US or Canada wouldn't even make the back-pages of the national paper, perhaps front page local. So dont give me that shit about gun registry bans again, it just shows how low our standards are when it comes to tolerating crime.

You must be kidding right? A one man, seven dead killing spree? That'd be fucking huge news basically everywhere and there would be major coverage. The Sniper attacks in Washington had huge coverage, and I'm sure I can point to other stories. I have no idea where you get your information if a stabbing spree wouldn't make a pretty high page in the newspaper.

[CommanderSock]

Japanese violent crime is far lower than that of Canada, US or even northern Europe. Japan is a country where government "grants" priviliges, they are not a "right". They can be taken away as quick as they can be given.
I always stand by my beliefs that we do not need concealable firearms in our society. There is no need.

[commanderkai]

CommanderSock wrote:

Japanese violent crime is far lower than that of Canada, US or even northern Europe. Japan is a country where government "grants" priviliges, they are not a "right". They can be taken away as quick as they can be given.
I always stand by my beliefs that we do not need concealable firearms in our society. There is no need.

I understand violent crime is lower in Japan, but that does not mean none occurs. The Yakuza are violent bastards, just like any US or Canadian gang. These types of random murders, like these series of stabbings would easily be reported on CNN, CTV, Fox, CBC and whatever else, but a gang murder would barely touch local papers, just like a Yakuza murder against another member wouldn't even touch their major papers.

Japan lacks the diversity of Canada or the US, which means no ethnic minorities that feel left behind or oppressed, which causes many of the gangs in Canada or the US, which gives them another advantage.

Plus, I don't see why you're against concealable firearms when it has shown in cases that they can save lives from deranged gunmen.

[CommanderSock]

commanderkai wrote:

CommanderSock wrote:

Japanese violent crime is far lower than that of Canada, US or even northern Europe. Japan is a country where government "grants" priviliges, they are not a "right". They can be taken away as quick as they can be given.
I always stand by my beliefs that we do not need concealable firearms in our society. There is no need.

I understand violent crime is lower in Japan, but that does not mean none occurs. The Yakuza are violent bastards, just like any US or Canadian gang. These types of random murders, like these series of stabbings would easily be reported on CNN, CTV, Fox, CBC and whatever else, but a gang murder would barely touch local papers, just like a Yakuza murder against another member wouldn't even touch their major papers.

Japan lacks the diversity of Canada or the US, which means no ethnic minorities that feel left behind or oppressed, which causes many of the gangs in Canada or the US, which gives them another advantage.

Plus, I don't see why you're against concealable firearms when it has shown in cases that they can save lives from deranged gunmen.

An interesting pause for thought. Did you know Koreans make up the majority of the "foot soldiers" of Japanese gangs. This is because Koreans have difficulty fitting into Japanese society and find it difficult to find jobs. A rebellious way for them, to express themselves, similar to blacks in the US and natives in Canada. In a way, it doesn't really matter what colour people are, they will find something to be prejudiced against.

I say this is a registered gun (rifle) owner, and a proud member of a northern ontario gun club, we do not need concealable weapons in our society. Not in OUR society. We dont need people with temper tantrums shooting up shopping malls and having gunfights in subways. Not in OUR society.

[bootlegga]

commanderkai wrote:

I understand violent crime is lower in Japan, but that does not mean none occurs. The Yakuza are violent bastards, just like any US or Canadian gang. These types of random murders, like these series of stabbings would easily be reported on CNN, CTV, Fox, CBC and whatever else, but a gang murder would barely touch local papers, just like a Yakuza murder against another member wouldn't even touch their major papers.

Japan lacks the diversity of Canada or the US, which means no ethnic minorities that feel left behind or oppressed, which causes many of the gangs in Canada or the US, which gives them another advantage.

Plus, I don't see why you're against concealable firearms when it has shown in cases that they can save lives from deranged gunmen.

Japan may be a more homogeneous society than Canada, but don't for a second believe that they don't have any ethnic minorities that feel left behind or oppressed. Japanese of Korean descent are most definitely looked down upon.

Quote:

Officials at the Canadian embassy in Japan say they're concerned about comments made by the mayor of Tokyo and they're asking for a clarification.
Mayor Shintaro Ishihara told soldiers at a base in the city that they may be needed to control foreigners if a natural disaster strikes.

Tokyo's Korean community has also taken note of the comments. In 1923, 8,000 Koreans were lynched after a powerful earthquake struck. A false rumour had spread that the Koreans were poisoning wells.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2000/04/1 ... 00411.html

Then there's the burakumin...but that's another ball of wax.

As for the Yakuza, you need to stop watching Black Rain. The Yakuza are for the most part tolerated and ignored. The police hardly ever raid them and they run the country's pachinko shops with very little interference. Even the 'pink industry' (prostitution) is run largely by them and ignored for the most part. The best story I read about the Yakuza when I lived in Japan was that they went to a Communist party office to collect a debt and threatened the Commies with knives. That was when one of the Commies pulled a gun and shot two gangsters!

[Mr_Canada]

CommanderSock wrote:

It just shows how much safer Japan is than the US or Canada. 7 dead and its Front page on almost every news outlet across the world. 7 dead in the US or Canada wouldn't even make the back-pages of the national paper, perhaps front page local. So dont give me that shit about gun registry bans again, it just shows how low our standards are when it comes to tolerating crime.

Bolshivik!

3 were killed in Medicine Hat like, a year and a half ago.

Nation-Wide news for months.