• kleeon [he/him, he/him]
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      3 months ago

      Under no pretext should ninja swords be surrendered. Any attempt to disarm the peasants must be frustrated, by force if necessary.

      • theposterformerlyknownasgood
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        3 months ago

        Disarm the shinobi, surely?

        Rise up you burakumin, you have nothing to lose but the honor of your ninja clan.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 months ago

      England is still more or less feudal and medieval on a legal, cultural, and psychic level.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    3 months ago

    Can't own nunchuks

    Can't own ninja swords

    Good luck dealing with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Hero Turtles

    • plinky [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 months ago

      he is declaring war on toledo as well

  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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    3 months ago

    Do you think they were originally talking about banning swords, but then some consultant told them it would lose them votes with guys who have like replica lotr swords in their houses, and is there any way we could do this a little more racistly?

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      The venn diagram between guys who have replica lotr swords and guys who have katanas is going to be a near circle

      Much more likely it's to protect people who still have like, actual swords that their grand-grand-grandfather-uncle used to stab poors with or whatever. I mean it is england

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        3 months ago

        near circle, because I have never quite been able to justify throwing down cash for a katana even though I dearly want one.

        Much more likely it's to protect people who still have like, actual swords that their grand-grand-grandfather-uncle used to stab poors with or whatever. I mean it is england

        there was a case where three guys with guns broke in to some dude's house, the dude pulled the ancestral sword off the mantle and fought them off, and was then prosecuted for, idk, knife crime or whatever the fuck Brits think the law is. Absolutely wild. Probably a corner case, but it was just unbelievable to me. There's no castle doctrine or unlawful use of force or duty to retreat here, the guy was outnumbered and the assailants had fire arms. I simply cannot imagine anyone looking at that situation and saying that fighting for your life was unreasonable or criminal. I really hope it was just a made up sensational tabloid thing or something, I can't imagine how utterly crushing it would be to survive such a horrific situation only to have the fucking Monarchy drop the book on you.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 months ago

    only fools study the blade, anyway. my sixth demon poison dart technique has always been the ultimate martial power. the streets of Slough are MINE.

  • TraumaDumpling
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    3 months ago

    'ninja swords' aren't even a real thing in history (much like with the 1-handed medieval flail mace, or the concept of 'chivalry', it was more or less invented by early unscientific 'historians' and writers romanticizing their past for usually nationalist reasons) so maybe they are just obsessed with keeping swords historically accurate lol

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 months ago

      "Wouldn't happen to have a straight bladed short single edged sword with no hamon and a square guard now, would ya? That's a crown offense, you're get an ASBO lad. It's katanas or nothing."

      idk if I'm doing England, Australia, or the US Midwest there.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    3 months ago

    Luckily I invested in pirate swords. Parliaments are now battlefields. Brings my French "74" alongside Westminster