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April 8, 2015
The Curse of the Samurai Muramasa Blades
The ban was taken seriously by the shogun, and those caught keeping Muramasa blades were severely punished. The most notable case was that of Takanak Ume, the Magistrate of Nagasaki. In 1634, the magistrate was discovered to have hoarded 24 Muramasa blades, and thus was ordered to commit seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment). Despite such harsh punishments, there were those who continued to keep Muramasa blades, and even had the markings on these blades changed so as to avoid detection from the authorities. The Curse of the Samurai Muramasa Blades | Ancient Origins
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Which behavior should surprise no one. Humans are "smart monkeys", creatures with predictable behavior. From the Garden of Eden to the queers with cakes, the political leaders and the common masses, all doing the same thing over and over for generations, millennia. Gun control, or in this example sword control, the greed, venality, ambition all the same.
You've heard of the Seven Deadly Sins? Observation of that behavior wasn't plucked from the air, it was collated after observing human nature:
Pride
Envy
Gluttony
Lust
Anger
Greed
Sloth
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at April 9, 2015 6:49 AM