The Abe Assassination

[lomotil]

This assassination of Shinzo Abe will rock the psyche of many Japanese right off the Richter scale for a very long time.
He was Japan’s longest serving PM, an individual able to actually form a government which did not collapse after a few month like many Japanese PM before him.
His nationalist, revisionist and remilitarizing stance for Japan had a unifying effect which helped to neutralize the psychological effects of Japan‘s defeat in 1945.

This blow to Japan comes at a time during a ravaging pandemic, economic problems, a massive deficit and rapid declining population. Japanese women have lost the desire to reproduce with Japanese men so that deaths outnumbers births and more diapers are now sold to geriatrics than neophytes.

The murder of Abe will give Japan pause and an intensified feeling of hopeless in already dark and gloomy times.

 

[Samranchoi]

I have had three differing opinions in Abe. First, from someone on their 40’s, she like him although thought it not appropriate to marry your first cousin. Second, from someone in their late 70’s, he said he was just ok and nothing special. And then from a women in her mid 70’s, she didn’t like him and you can start with him at the bottom of the barrel. All three are Japanese, born and raised, but one lives in Canada, one in the US and the other still in Japan. It is a sad day in Japan as something like this, shooting, is rare from what I have been told

 

[Frankfooter]

I have had three differing opinions in Abe. First, from someone on their 40’s, she like him although thought it not appropriate to marry your first cousin. Second, from someone in their late 70’s, he said he was just ok and nothing special. And then from a women in her mid 70’s, she didn’t like him and you can start with him at the bottom of the barrel. All three are Japanese, born and raised, but one lives in Canada, one in the US and the other still in Japan. It is a sad day in Japan as something like this, shooting, is rare from what I have been told

I heard that last year there was only one murder by gun in the entire country.

 

[Valcazar]

Can't find good data for last year.
There were only 9 in 2018, to give you a sense of proportion.
I would be surprised if it was just one in 2021, but it wouldn't be an obviously ridiculous statement.

 

[nottyboi]

Let this be a lesson to all the dickheads that mindlessly voice their desire to see Trudeau killed. What would that do to the psyche of Canada?

 

[y2kmark]

Can't find good data for last year.
There were only 9 in 2018, to give you a sense of proportion.
I would be surprised if it was just one in 2021, but it wouldn't be an obviously ridiculous statement.

Reported as one by CBC, and they are really good on fact checking. Handguns are illegal in Japan and have been for years. As a group (and yes, it's a generalization, but there's evidence) Japanese are just a lot less likely to act out. This particular guy apparently dedicated his life for quite awhile to producing this gun and getting the opportunity to use it. Wonder how he got his ammo? Can't wait to hear that he was an Antifa mole of some kind, seeing as how Abe was a friend of DJT...

 

[lomotil]

I heard that last year there was only one murder by gun in the entire country.

This was a political assassination, the means by firearm or crude firearm has no relevance to North America style gun violence.
The accused learned how to make firearms during his time in the Japanese Military and probably could have carried out this murder in other ways as well.

 

[Frankfooter]

Reported as one by CBC, and they are really good on fact checking. Handguns are illegal in Japan and have been for years. As a group (and yes, it's a generalization, but there's evidence) Japanese are just a lot less likely to act out. This particular guy apparently dedicated his life for quite awhile to producing this gun and getting the opportunity to use it. Wonder how he got his ammo? Can't wait to hear that he was an Antifa mole of some kind, seeing as how Abe was a friend of DJT...

I heard that stat on CBC as well.

 

[mandrill]

Reported as one by CBC, and they are really good on fact checking. Handguns are illegal in Japan and have been for years. As a group (and yes, it's a generalization, but there's evidence) Japanese are just a lot less likely to act out. This particular guy apparently dedicated his life for quite awhile to producing this gun and getting the opportunity to use it. Wonder how he got his ammo? Can't wait to hear that he was an Antifa mole of some kind, seeing as how Abe was a friend of DJT...

https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/former-japanese-pm-abe-shot.787846/#post-7557335

You is not pay attention, fren. They is already say it too much, yeah.

 

[mandrill]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545786144134430721

 

[Valcazar]

Well here we go.
Someone with a grudge against the moonies.
Possibly part of a splinter cult (the Sanctuary church) at war with the Moonies.
Damn.
We'll see if this reporting holds up.