• archaeoraptor@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    According to knowyourmeme, this is a photo from a 2018 session of Japanese Parliament. The guy in the center is calling for a vote on a controversial bill, and a bunch of opposition party members are attempting to physically prevent him from doing so. Apparently this is a thing they do in the Japanese Parliament sometimes?

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      1 year ago

      From the article:

      It should be noted that physical altercations are not exactly a rarity in Japanese Parliament

      I’m actually surprised. Not because I believe Japanese are passive and peaceful, very false stereotypes.

      But this one got me by surprise. Backstabbing and assassination - I could see it, brawling not so much.

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        1 year ago

        If you look up politicians brawl or something on an image search, you find a lot of these photos from all around the globe… I didn’t know that was a thing. What a pathetic display.