Re: [HIST??] Culture shock

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:56:06 -0700 (PDT), John Atkinson
<johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Saying that being small impairs their fighting ability
>hasn't been valid since the 19th century when the
>Japanese finally got over their moronic obsession with
>blades and adopted real weapons.

It was hardly a "moronic obsession". There were entirely good reasons
for the
Tokugawa shogunate outlawing guns in the 17th Century. Since they didn't
have
any contact until the late 19th century with anyone else, guns weren't
necessary. There wasn't anything moronic about it.

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