• catloaf@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    The article conveniently fails to mention whether it was sharp (extremely unlikely, the cheap steel used for these can’t really hold an edge), and even more conveniently crops out the tip of the “blade” so we can’t even see if it was pointed (also extremely unlikely, toys like this almost always have blunted tips).

    This isn’t a weapon, it’s a toy. Sure, you could hurt someone with it, just like you could hurt someone with a baseball bat.

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      3 months ago

      I reckon the police wanted to bust him for some other reason. The Master Sword was just their excuse.

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            3 months ago

            The term crime lost a lot of its meaning somewhere between 10 commandments and now…

            I guess dude committed a crime here but most people prolly would not really care.

            While others commit bigger crimes and we care, nothing gets done.