On 10/08/2012 01:19 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 10.08.2012 01:37, schrieb Darren New:
>> On 8/8/2012 10:57, Warp wrote:
>>> The idea has its merits. It's difficult for a totalitarian oppressive
>>> state to form if its citizens have the firepower to resist.
>>
>> It has also been pointed out that Japan (supposedly) avoided invading
>> continental USA during WW2 because everyone and their uncle had a hand
>> gun.
>
> It's much more likely that they avoided invading continental USA because
> they just couldn't fuckin' reach it. Not with any force worth noting at
> least.

Or the fact that it's 18 times bigger than them.

Or maybe they just didn't /want/ it?

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