The effects of climate change are hitting Japan hard.
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To get a gun in Japan, first, you have to attend an all-day class and pass a written test, which are held only once per month. You also must take and pass a shooting range class. Then, head over to a hospital for a mental test and drug test (Japan is unusual in that potential gun owners must affirmatively prove their mental fitness), which you’ll file with the police. Finally, pass a rigorous background check for any criminal record or association with criminal or extremist groups, and you will be the proud new owner of your shotgun or air rifle. Just don’t forget to provide police with documentation on the specific location of the gun in your home, as well as the ammo, both of which must be locked and stored separately. And remember to have the police inspect the gun once per year and to re-take the class and exam every three years.
A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths (via buttension)
see, that’s gun control
you don’t take away a person’s right to bear arms
you take away a person’s ability to abuse their arms
i mean it’s high maintenance but i really think it’d be worth it if it saves lives
(via vintagedressesandavocados)
Japanese citizens can own guns — once they’ve proven they know how to responsibly use them and store them. Once they’ve proven they’re fit to own a gun. For some reason, this completely reasonable notion is considered ~TYRannY~ ~affront to LIBERTY~ in the United States.
(via thebicker)
Why would you even want to own a gun in 2014
(via candysphynxprincess)
In Japan, radiation creates monsters (Godzilla) and in America radiation creates superheroes
Shockingly, it’s almost like Japan and America have very different narratives surrounding nuclear fallout. Now, if we all think very very hard, maybe someone could think of why this might be.
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- japan ≠ korea ≠ china
- pakistan is not in the middle east
- most muslims aren’t arabs
- geishas are not prostitutes
- mexico is a very small part of latin america
- there are 54 countries in africa
- china has 56 different ethnic groups and none of them eat chop suey
blended is set in africa but is centered around the ONE WHITE FAMILY
the new godzilla movie starts in japan, and focuses on THE ONE WHITE FAMILY, then moves to california so it can focus on EVEN MORE WHITE PEOPLE
i just think it’s amazing the hoops hollywood will jump through in order to keep white people as the core of every movie and by amazing i mean fucking horrendous
- hollywood: now which one of these white people should we cast to play a japanese character with a japanese name living in japan
“You often feel tired, not because you’ve done too much, but because you’ve done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
— Alexander den Heijer
If your apology involves degrading yourself, calling yourself shit or insulting yourself, its not an apology, try again.