tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9918207.post115599125820085801..comments2023-06-01T16:38:52.121+02:00Comments on Weblog Keir Neuringer: Weekend Quotes IIIKeirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17380721582942127443noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9918207.post-1156107871646822642006-08-20T23:04:00.000+02:002006-08-20T23:04:00.000+02:00Okay you got me. Nice one. What I meant was that J...Okay you got me. Nice one. What I meant was that Japan took a huge technological step <I>backwards</I> when it began restricting guns, and then outlawed them entirely in the 17th century. According to Jared Diamond in <I>Guns, Germs, and Steel</I>, Japan's "safety in isolation came to an end in 1853, when the visit of Cammander Perry's U.S. fleet bristling with cannons convinced Japan of its need to resume gun manufacture."<BR/><BR/>What I had in mind with a second "disarmament" was its pacifist constitution (written after its own bloody flirtation with empire ended with---ta-dah!---two big American bombs.)Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380721582942127443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9918207.post-1156101902147116272006-08-20T21:25:00.000+02:002006-08-20T21:25:00.000+02:00Keir...if Japan disarmed twice, does that mean tha...Keir...if Japan disarmed twice, does that mean that they now have less than zero weapons?<BR/>rosemarie jackowskiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9918207.post-1156088504539024852006-08-20T17:41:00.000+02:002006-08-20T17:41:00.000+02:00I dunno Mickey it sounds greek to me...Rosemarie I...I dunno Mickey it sounds greek to me...<BR/><BR/>Rosemarie I'm with you on disarmament. Japan did so twice in its history and it seems to be getting by alright.Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380721582942127443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9918207.post-1156088151076085182006-08-20T17:35:00.000+02:002006-08-20T17:35:00.000+02:00Hello all...I got one for you...from Sophocles: "T...Hello all...<BR/><BR/>I got one for you...from Sophocles: "The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9918207.post-1156085497500719162006-08-20T16:51:00.000+02:002006-08-20T16:51:00.000+02:00Debs is my favorite, with Carlin a close second. T...Debs is my favorite, with Carlin a close second. <BR/>Thanks for quoting me. Yes, the entire world is in danger until the only nation that has ever used nuclear weapons is disarmed. Any nation that has already used nukes cannot be trusted.<BR/>rosemarie jackowskiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9918207.post-1156000692803742822006-08-19T17:18:00.000+02:002006-08-19T17:18:00.000+02:00Of course the Carlin one is my favorite.Have a won...Of course the Carlin one is my favorite.<BR/><BR/>Have a wonderful weekend.pissed off patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854364015577541981noreply@blogger.com