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I, for one think the world would end up as a better place if we were all allowed to carry around katanas(always a good thing anyway) and decapitate people guilty of gross stupidity.
For the sake of public order, there would have to be a few ground rules.
1: You have to draw the katana in front of them, to eliminate the possibility of it just being a limited brainfart. if their self-preservation instincts keep them alive, they get to live, likewise, if they draw their katana and kill you in self-defense, there willbe no charges against them.
2: You can not swing if they offer an apology for being dumb, but they have to at least listen to your reasoning, and promise to not be stupid that way in the future
3: The killing has to be caught on video tape, with audio, to be sure that you didn't break the rules
The Ent-nil vs DS2 thread is what brought this to the front of my mind for the ten billionth time, and motivated me to post it.
I realise this is nowhere near a perfect solution, and so am asking for your help in refining it.

No, the entire point is that stupidity should be lethal in sufficient quantities.
Okay, can we have a compromise, that if you get hit in the head 20 times with a bokken, you can be decapitated? we can carry both a bokken and a katana around, I guess, darn it.

consequences wrote:No, the entire point is that stupidity should be lethal in sufficient quantities.
Okay, can we have a compromise, that if you get hit in the head 20 times with a bokken, you can be decapitated? we can carry both a bokken and a katana around, I guess, darn it.

Exactly...there is more PAIN involved in beating a person to death with a bokken.

True, but the entire point of this was that t was a revision of the old feudal Japan rules, where if a peasant failed to greet a Samurai properly, the Samurai was required to cut his head off on the spot.

Remember that even a peasant properly taught in the arts of the Jo could easily disarm a swordsman.

Can you guess my opinion on this?

Keevan_Colton wrote:Can you guess my opinion on this?

Probably.

Keevan_Colton wrote:Can you guess my opinion on this?

Toss flowers at mean people?

"Death will come swiftly!"

Yup, but you know what? The rules aren't liberal enough and the idiots won't be killed off fast enough. Mass idiot hunts should be organized with money paid for each idiot killed. And the part about them promising not to be stupid again, I don't think they should get away with that, they should be kneecapped with a ballbat to encourage them to reform. Oh yes, and the videotapes will be made into a movie or TV series and I get to keep all the profits since I was smart enough to think of it.

I'm moving to Japan and starting a lobby for this.

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I'm moving to Japan and starting a lobby for this.

If Japan is like it is in MegaTokyo, I'm going with you.

Hehe, there would be so many decapitation videos on Kazaa like two weeks after the samurai law... so like .. basically you want stupid people executed ?

There would be far too mcuh blood in my area.

A good portion of my doing...would do wonders on my stress level though.

Welcome all to the sharp side....

I play with swords...but just Katanas...and some fencing and sabers.

Not nearly as much as Keevan...but enough to kill a good many laymen.

Ghost Rider wrote:I play with swords...but just Katanas...and some fencing and sabers.

Not nearly as much as Keevan...but enough to kill a good many laymen.

Doesn't take much to smack somebody with a large sharp object

consequences wrote:I, for one think the world would end up as a better place if we were all allowed to carry around katanas(always a good thing anyway) and decapitate people guilty of gross stupidity.
For the sake of public order, there would have to be a few ground rules.
1: You have to draw the katana in front of them, to eliminate the possibility of it just being a limited brainfart. if their self-preservation instincts keep them alive, they get to live, likewise, if they draw their katana and kill you in self-defense, there willbe no charges against them.
2: You can not swing if they offer an apology for being dumb, but they have to at least listen to your reasoning, and promise to not be stupid that way in the future
3: The killing has to be caught on video tape, with audio, to be sure that you didn't break the rules
The Ent-nil vs DS2 thread is what brought this to the front of my mind for the ten billionth time, and motivated me to post it.
I realise this is nowhere near a perfect solution, and so am asking for your help in refining it.

I prefer to bring back the days of the old-fashioned pistol duel. But that's because I tend to be more of a marksman than a swordsman. Though I am trying to improve. I own a pair of wood practice swords suitable for honing both Japanese-style techniques, and more western techniques. And I shall shortly be the owner of a scimitar, and that's because I like the look of the weapon, and I think it works well for the kind of bladework I'd be interested in.

Exonerate wrote:

Ghost Rider wrote:I play with swords...but just Katanas...and some fencing and sabers.

Not nearly as much as Keevan...but enough to kill a good many laymen.

Doesn't take much to smack somebody with a large sharp object

Does take skill though to cut off a head in single swipe

which I can do to the traditional Japanese straw dummy.

Didn't you know I AM the Chef Ronin

I'm seeing that no one thinks you're crazy for this idea... I'd be careful about suggesting it to your Congressman, however.

This would be a great law, then wouldn't people get involved in a non public black market stupidity?

Samurai law, huh? We ninja don't obey samurai law.

Anyway, a jo-staff is superior to a katana in many ways and I would rather carry a jo than a katana. And if I did own a katana I wouldn't waste it on the necks of idiots, it would be better to break their necks with a jo. Much cheaper.

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster your side, kid"


Namely


SCREW KATANA! I'M GETTING A MAGNUM!!!!