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Crazy to think he was murdered.
Edit: the president, not the dog.
Thank you for the edit, because I was about to commit a hate crime.
Yeah the president can go fuck himself I guess.
Well yea he was assassinated for a very good reason, there's a reason his approval ratings TANKED after people found out why the guy killed him.
Yeah that is why I kind of despise outrages. It comes not at the sign of trouble, but at the sight of drama. In this case it waited up until it was no longer even that much of a thing while it poisoned politics for over 2 decades.
The guy did nothing of positive note, it was plain bloody revenge and people cheered for it, at least that is what you are saying.
It helped expose a lot of government connections to the moonies, so something positive came out of it. Abe kinda sucked anyway. The conservatives have held power in Japan for literally like 60 years (minus a couple years right before the 2011 tsunami).
Amazing execution, good cause, excellent effects. I like it.
The reason is even crazier
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Shinzo_Abe
Tl;dr the killer held a grudge against this religion (cult) which Abe helped spread in Japan. His mother had given all of the family's money to them and basically ruined the entire family's lives.
And succesfully using a makeshift gun at a rare occasion of Abe visiting his town. The whole story reeks of wtf moments. Reddit was mad when it started to uncover.
As an American I both respect and fear that man's ability to redneck engineer a working gun and kill a president
Surprisingly enough, makeshift guns are plentiful and incredibly ingenious. Some are even made with completely out of the box thinking.
I've seen guns made from these, steel pipes turned into single shot rifles and even muzzle loaders.