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Sunday, February 11, 2018

The Sword and the Gun

I was just now reading in a Facebook post about a man who entered a church in Java and threatened parishioners with a sword. I could not help but think, of course, how preferable a sword is to a rifle or a machinegun, as we see in America. In the attached video, people were throwing their motorbike helmets at the man waving the sword about. In short, self-defense is rather more possible when you're facing a man with a sword. I commented that in America, perpetrators use rifles, to which I received the following reply: 

Ya itu gobloknya pemerintah Amerika ... penduduk sipil bisa megang senjata. Kalau di Indonesia seperti itu sudah banyak sekali orang mati karena alasan agama. Untungnya di sini sangat sulit mendapatkan senjata api.

Which means, Yes, this is the stupidity of the American government. People can easily get weapons. If it were like that in Indonesia, many people would already be dead because of religious reasons. Luckily, in Indonesia, it is very difficult to get a weapon. 

Yup. Couldn't have said it better myself. It's a no-brainer. Or should be so, anyway. 

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