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So in Japan you are the cool kid when you come with a knife to a gun fight ;-) I like that attitude.

by JepZ 9y ago

m3kw9 9y ago
In Japan, the person with the gun would be known as bringing a gun to a knife fight.
- notyourwork 9y ago
  He/she would also probably be known as undefeated.
  - DoreenMichele 9y ago
    There are no places to practice. From what I gather, even Japanese Yakuza cannot hit the broad side of a barn.
    - Cyph0n 9y ago
      Japan is small, but I'm sure there are still plenty of uninhabited natural areas. Just setup a few cans and fire away.
      - DoreenMichele 9y ago
        If they wanted to make it realistic, he'd pull out a gun and shoot it and miss! Or the damn thing wouldn't fire. That would be realistic. (They all laugh). https://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/yakuza-3-review.html https://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/yakuza-3-review.html
    - halbritt 9y ago
      Japan produced an IPSC champion some years back. In Japan, he trained exclusively with an airsoft pistol and only ever fired a gun when he came to the US to compete.
      - notyourwork 9y ago
        Wow, that is incredible.
  - jwfxpr 9y ago
    Firstly, I think your comment reveals an assumption that victory by any means is a universal value, which it certainly is not. Secondly, I think your comment reveals a classical misunderstanding of the tactics required to maintain a position of superior strength. As the article makes clear, using a gun would elicit scorn, thereby risking the antipathy of one's allies, a grievous situation indeed. You really think that a lone gunman against 20-50 skilled hand-to-hand combatants mortally dedicated to his demise would remain 'undefeated'? I think at best the gunman succeeds in the first encounter, with the advantage of surprise, and the shock of his willingness to dishonour himself, his gang, and his adversaries. Thereafter, having made himself honourless, he no longer need be treated with honour.
    - notyourwork 9y ago
      I think you are reading too far into my comment, it was a joke.
BoorishBears 9y ago
“A gun in Japan would earn the wielder scorn,” Beck says, “not respect.” Right from the article.

So in Japan you are the cool kid when you come with a knife to a gun fight ;-) I like that attitude.

by JepZ 9y ago

So in Japan you are the cool kid when you come with a knife to a gun fight ;-) I like that attitude.

m3kw9 9y ago

In Japan, the person with the gun would be known as bringing a gun to a knife fight.

notyourwork 9y ago
He/she would also probably be known as undefeated.
- DoreenMichele 9y ago
  There are no places to practice. From what I gather, even Japanese Yakuza cannot hit the broad side of a barn.
  - Cyph0n 9y ago
    Japan is small, but I'm sure there are still plenty of uninhabited natural areas. Just setup a few cans and fire away.
    - DoreenMichele 9y ago
      If they wanted to make it realistic, he'd pull out a gun and shoot it and miss! Or the damn thing wouldn't fire. That would be realistic. (They all laugh). https://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/yakuza-3-review.html https://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/yakuza-3-review.html
  - halbritt 9y ago
    Japan produced an IPSC champion some years back. In Japan, he trained exclusively with an airsoft pistol and only ever fired a gun when he came to the US to compete.
    - notyourwork 9y ago
      Wow, that is incredible.
- jwfxpr 9y ago
  Firstly, I think your comment reveals an assumption that victory by any means is a universal value, which it certainly is not. Secondly, I think your comment reveals a classical misunderstanding of the tactics required to maintain a position of superior strength. As the article makes clear, using a gun would elicit scorn, thereby risking the antipathy of one's allies, a grievous situation indeed. You really think that a lone gunman against 20-50 skilled hand-to-hand combatants mortally dedicated to his demise would remain 'undefeated'? I think at best the gunman succeeds in the first encounter, with the advantage of surprise, and the shock of his willingness to dishonour himself, his gang, and his adversaries. Thereafter, having made himself honourless, he no longer need be treated with honour.
  - notyourwork 9y ago
    I think you are reading too far into my comment, it was a joke.

BoorishBears 9y ago

“A gun in Japan would earn the wielder scorn,” Beck says, “not respect.” Right from the article.