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In China knives are considered deadly weapons if carried/brandished in public. Same in Japan and probably Korea.
I once took a kitchen knife to get sharpened in Japan and the shop told me that it was extremely important for me to wrap the knife up in a towel and then tie string around the whole thing tightly so that it can't come loose. If the cops found me carrying an improperly secured knife, the could charge me with carrying a weapon in public.
But of course, China is uniquely dystopian, Cee Cee Pee oppression, etc etc.
This reminds me of a video that went viral on Twitter of a woman dual wielding butcher knives in China and the cops were able to apprehend her without lethal force. They used a long stick thing to lasso her leg while other officers used these plastic bins to subdue her without causing harm to her or themselves. Of course, the person who posted the video was crying about state oppression but thankfully many people came through to discuss how they handled the situation much better than western cops who would’ve beaten her to death had they not riddled her with bullets first.
Iirc that clip was posted by some Fa Lun Gong cultists and it blew up in their faces pretty bad. Makes me wonder how out of touch they are with Western society that they thought cops putting themselves at risk to non-violently apprehend an armed person was an own against China.
It's also quite common to see cops with man catchers or staves all across East Asia. Very effective tools, but it takes a lot of training and coordination to use well.
Fuck the UKKK, but I’ve seen some videos of a dozen cops apprehending a mentally ill man running around with a knife without anyone getting hurt besides some bruises probably, but all the comments were like “BRITISH COPS ARE PUSSIES BECAUSE THEY DONT IMMEDIATELY EXECUTE THE THREAT!!”
I know this isn’t what you said but I just imagined you flying all the way to Japan from somewhere in NA for the express purpose of having a knife sharpened and it amused me. Sorry, I’ll get back to lurking.
True Japanese steel is folded a thousand times and can only be sharpened in Japan by an honorable artisan.
Ahh I wasn't disagreeing with you Comrade, just adding more context. Sorry if my post came off as argumentative.
Lol or the UK: Judge says kitchen knives should have blunt tips
Chinese cleaver supremacy gang.
Why would anyone do this? If they're not out committing crimes with their cutlery, they won't need to. If they are out committing said crimes, they won't want to. Baffling.
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CW violence
Wasn’t there a spate of public stabbings/attacks In the 90’s/early 2000’s by Islamic fundamentalists? This is probably partially in response to that