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(BBC) Sad There can't even be one: England bans samurai swords   (news.bbc.co.uk) divider line 280
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Huskadoodle 2008-04-05 09:40:18 PM  
So now only evil Samurai will have swords.

and Nijas

 
strangeguitar 2008-04-05 09:46:22 PM  
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Pissed.

 
Yesdog [TotalFark] 2008-04-05 10:35:20 PM  
Has there been a rush of hari-kari in the UK that I was not aware of?

 
King Something [TotalFark] 2008-04-05 10:52:18 PM  
Huskadoodle: Nijas

That's either RACIST or FIAL.

 
shidekigonomo [TotalFark] 2008-04-05 11:45:38 PM  
250 year isolation of Britain ensues

 
R.A.Danny [TotalFark] 2008-04-05 11:55:48 PM  
If they could have guns the swords wouldn't be such a threat.

 
PhiloeBedoe [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 12:23:15 AM  
Swords will cut you wide open.

 
JerseyTim [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 12:30:39 AM  
I'm sorry, that's S words.

 
King Something [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 12:37:28 AM  
JerseyTim: I'm sorry, that's S words.

SABER!

 
Snarfangel [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 12:53:20 AM  
Next up: Harsh language and disapproving looks.

/Don't make me raise an eyebrow.

 
Guy Innagorillasuit [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 01:04:56 AM  
PhiloeBedoe: Swords will cut you wide open.

Trip Fisk?

 
akuma976 2008-04-06 01:29:11 AM  
www.c64gg.com

England Banned the word Ninja before too.

 
viccellini 2008-04-06 01:30:16 AM  
www.anime.com

/is not amused

 
brassknizz 2008-04-06 01:30:17 AM  
Exemptions will cover swords which are used for re-enactments or antique weapons kept on display by collectors.

So... you can have one as long as you pretend you're a collector.

 
phlegmmo 2008-04-06 01:30:47 AM  
"I won't 'ear of it."
granitegrok.com

 
kmt11 2008-04-06 01:31:38 AM  
Alf Hitchcock?

 
vgss 2008-04-06 01:32:36 AM  
Carrying a sword in public is already illegal.

Doesn't that mean that walking to the curb to throw it out and comply with the law is illegal as well?

 
The_Sponge [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 01:32:49 AM  
Dear English citizens,

I'm sorry you guys are getting screwed over like that.

Sincerely,

The_Sponge

 
log_jammin [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 01:33:00 AM  
you guys don't get it. They don't want samurai swords. They don't have a samurai sword culture like the US has. and does anyone NEED a samurai sword? no. A samurai sword is only for one thing. To KILL!

Anyone who is upset about this is obviously a sword nut with a small penis.

 
likwidflame 2008-04-06 01:33:03 AM  
This doesn't sound like a problem with swords. It seems to be a problem with youths.

Seriously, if your youths are getting out of control, you need to arm everybody else with swords.

Gosh.

 
JesseL [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 01:33:32 AM  
I've got the katana that was surrendered to my Great Grandfather in WWII. Sadly it hasn't been well taken care of for the past 60 years. Any sword-nut Farkers have any leads on how/where to get it properly restored?

 
tehotherbilly 2008-04-06 01:33:56 AM  
The sword gord in the stone.

 
Donald_McRonald 2008-04-06 01:34:11 AM  
Last month a gang of youths, one armed with a samurai sword, attacked a 15-year-old boy in Newry, County Down.

Wielding a samurai sword with one arm has gotta be tough.

 
soupart 2008-04-06 01:34:34 AM  
THERE CAN ONLY BE NONE

 
Dangleberry Alliance 2008-04-06 01:35:04 AM  
Before all you samurai sword fans chime in I have to ask..
Have you ever seen a person really stabbed by a samurai sword?
I mean a human being stabbed with deadly force.
Just wondering
...

 
Uncle Karl 2008-04-06 01:35:27 AM  
JesseL: Any sword-nut Farkers have any leads on how/where to get it properly restored?

Japan?

 
Maximum Leader 2008-04-06 01:35:31 AM  
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"Frylock, Highlander wasn't a movie; it was a documentary filmed in real-time!"

/I am immortal!

 
Sayter 2008-04-06 01:36:08 AM  
its not a Samurai Sword. its a goddamn Katana.

 
Skepticfool 2008-04-06 01:36:12 AM  
WTF are they gonna ban steak knives next????

/ owns a samurai sword

 
RaptorRed 2008-04-06 01:36:13 AM  
Good! Now the young ruffians will be forced to use a proper English weapon like the Cutlass!

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NotSubby 2008-04-06 01:36:35 AM  
This is going to send someone into a www.hollywoodteenmovies.com

 
Zuel 2008-04-06 01:36:50 AM  
Geez, what an island of sissies they are becoming.

 
log_jammin [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 01:37:39 AM  
Dangleberry Alliance: Before all you samurai sword fans chime in I have to ask..
Have you ever seen a person really stabbed by a samurai sword?
I mean a human being stabbed with deadly force.
Just wondering
...


HA!

 
Uncle Karl 2008-04-06 01:37:52 AM  
Skepticfool: WTF are they gonna ban steak knives next????

/ owns a samurai sword


I think they already did. Hell, they banned batons. Yeah, that's right, they banned wooden clubs, AKA sticks.

 
Calvin Coolidge 2008-04-06 01:37:57 AM  
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It's for homeland security your safety the good of the country.

 
GungFu 2008-04-06 01:38:16 AM  
log_jammin: Anyone who is upset about this is obviously a sword nut with a small penis.


In America, one can compensate a small penis with a gun.

The UK should compensate by having battered Mars bars instead of Samurai swords.

 
cpux 2008-04-06 01:38:26 AM  
Wait, they're still fine in Scotland, right? TFA just mentions England and Wales.

 
Occam's Chainsaw [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 01:38:43 AM  
See? We farking told you! When you take away all the guns, man will use swords to kill one another.

Expect large kitchen knives and heavy, blunt objects to be the next on the nanny state list.

/I'm heavily invested in the bubble wrap industry, so I'm getting a kick out of these laws...

 
Maximum Leader 2008-04-06 01:39:01 AM  
Dangleberry Alliance: Before all you samurai sword fans chime in I have to ask..
Have you ever seen a person really stabbed by a samurai sword?
I mean a human being stabbed with deadly force.
Just wondering
...


Google "Inejiro Asanuma", I'm sure the video is out there.

/Not a sword nut

 
peachpicker [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 01:39:06 AM  
FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!!11!

 
hovsm 2008-04-06 01:39:42 AM  
haha! This is so idiotic it's actually hilarious. Is a ban on killing people not enough that they have to ban every s word or tool, lead pipe, or bottle? Will there be a ban on liquids next? TSA will soon approve of England. Perhaps cutting to the chase and banning crazy people will do them some good?

 
Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 01:41:22 AM  
:-/

 
FightDirector 2008-04-06 01:41:48 AM  
Boy howdy, Therion's gonna love this.

Also, it's a friggin katana. Or a tachi, depending on how it's mounted. There's no such animal as a "samurai sword". For people as stuck up about language as the English are, you'd think they could use the right term for it.

I'm glad to see there's at least going to be exemptions for drama. As a fight director myself, I must admit this sort of kneejerk ban worries me, and I feel for my friends in the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat Choreographers. They already have a huge problem doing modern drama that includes firearms and knives (in fact, only the RSC is technically allowed to perform plays using even blank-firing guns), and now they start banning swords? R&J's gonna be fun as a pillowfight between Romeo and Tybalt...

 
Uncle Karl 2008-04-06 01:42:00 AM  
Occam's Chainsaw: Expect large kitchen knives and heavy, blunt objects to be the next on the nanny state list.

Already banned.
Not kidding, look it up. They banned batons/clubs/heavy sticks and carrying knives in public. Yes, that includes your swiss army knife in your pocket.

 
log_jammin [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 01:42:06 AM  
GungFu: The UK should compensate by having battered Mars bars instead of Samurai swords.

you don't get it. They don't want battered Mars bars. They don't have a battered Mars bar culture. and does anyone NEED a battered Mars bar? no. A battered Mars bars is only for one thing. To KILL YOUR TASTE BUDS!

Anyone who is upset about that is obviously a junk food nut with a small penis and is fat.

 
skinink 2008-04-06 01:42:35 AM  
Sweet Lucy was a dancer, but England wouldn't chance her, because she was a Samurai.

 
ihyln 2008-04-06 01:42:37 AM  
england is ripe for invading!

/then we can tax them without representation

 
EL_FABREZ 2008-04-06 01:42:56 AM  
Sayter: its not a Samurai Sword. its a goddamn Kitana.

FTFY

 
Skepticfool 2008-04-06 01:43:00 AM  
Now I know the end is near.. All this political correctness and nany state crap needs to stop LOL its all over the world, either people are not civilized or too much so. Men , time for an anger smoke

 
colatf [TotalFark] 2008-04-06 01:43:07 AM  
I have a couple katanas as part of my collection. Thankfully, I'm not in England, so I don't have to give them up. How can they prove somebody is not a collector? Do you need 2 or more katanas, and then it's okay?

I would not like to live in a culture where only ninjas wearing black could brandish katanas at will. The ninjas wearing white are being neutered. Michael Dudikoff would be restricted to rubber bands and staples, and that's not a world that I want to live in. What do you people think has been keeping us all safe from terrorism the last few years? I'll tell you: Dudikoff. Because I sure as hell haven't seen a movie of his, since he made that documentary "American Ninja." Have you seen one? That's right.

/is drunk
//no, really, really drunk. just got home from a bbq.
/// I had vegan schnitzels! but I weakened and put cheese on them.
/V I was drunk then, too. that was hours ago.

 
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