Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I remember a scifi novel of an anarchist future society where everyone > carried a light sabre (pre Star Wars). Everyone was extremely polite > and crime was virtually non-existent. > That did not work out well in pre-modern Japan where the samurai carried swords. There were severe penalties for using them. Granted it was safer than most other medieval societies, especially for women travelling alone. It did not work out well in the 19th century "wild west" where people often carried pistols. Actually, in most towns such as Tombstone it was against the law to carry guns. In Canada it was against the law in all towns and cities back then. They had a much lower crime rate, and a lower murder rate. - Jed
