Talk:Ilia Amitola/@comment-99.45.171.100-20170109225443/@comment-25936766-20170110020515

@Phantom: Generalizations are generally hyperboles. They're not false, the truth is just not exactly like that.

In the case of you Muricans, you are gun-crazed. You've been for centuries, actually. The close relationship between Muricans and Guns goes all the way back to colonial times, where nearly every family had at least 1.

And nowadays it's not rare to hear about yet another shooting by some crazy bastard somewhere in the States. Only made easier thanks to the right to bear arms - useful in the 18th Century, not so good in this day and age - making it simpler for people to not just be able to carry a gun without repercussions, but being allowed to have one after proving they know how to use it.

While the idea is "just self-defense", it depends completely on the citizen actually obeying that, and there's no way to prevent anyone from going on a rampage afterwards if they choose to. Best one can do is stop them afterwards. It's a flawed, outdated right, but Muricans love their guns so much the very idea of not being able to leads people to protest in favor of preserving that right.

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In the case of Japan and Lolicons, sure, it's not 100%, but still a very high amount, to the point even they joke about it from time to time. The reason, I don't know, but I assume it's related to their traditional (and outdated) values, and to their obsession with Cute after WW2 ("Kawaii" is less of a word and more of an ideal in Japan, you see).