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03-20-2013, 04:02 PM
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It's also about the gun culture. Guns are part of American culture. The idea of armed citizens is part of America. Japan and most of the Asian countries have never had the idea of individual citizens with means of practical self defense. Sure, they've had plenty of revolutions where the common man take up arms but in extreme cases and in modern times it isn't like China or Japan is going to have another revolution. Even Japan is not officially allowed to have a real military technically.
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03-20-2013, 05:43 PM
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True, and further more, suicides are independent of means.
Japan is an interesting case study in regards to sucide, for the culture is not historically steeped in guns, mind you guns were originally outlawed there as a method to ensure the samurai were able to thier master's bidding unopposed, but also has a culture that, while it doesn't romanticize suicide, views it more favorably than western culture. And the JSDF boys and girls are very good. They would have given the Soviets pause.
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03-20-2013, 07:49 PM
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03-20-2013, 07:54 PM
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03-20-2013, 08:03 PM
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"There's a fine line between not listening and not caring...I like to think I walk that line everyday of my life." Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle Psalm 144:1 “It is always wrong to use force, unless it is more wrong not to.”
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03-20-2013, 10:17 PM
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Eh, the Georgia defense force didn't just roll over.
They did pretty well with what they had. Shot down a couple of Backfire's and exacted a fearful toll on Russian Frontal Aviation. but, people seem to forget, the modern Russia army got a lot of experience in Chechya, and Putin has spared no expense in re-equipping them. Not the shell of a force they were in the early 90s.
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