Mobs attack XinJiang, PRC police station

solarz

solarz

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Red___Sword said:
To your personal experience, I really believe they (the security services) got you figured out before you present your ticket, and to their own past experience dealing with foreign passengers who "knows their own rights" which pretty much would takes time to arguing that certain personal properties are not proper to consider as contraband - would causing annoying trouble just to get their ass finally boarding, on top of most certainly language / communication problems - The equivalent smartass security officer(s) would simply rather take his chance and let you boarding the train with your nunchuks, while trust you would behave.

- That dosn't equal to "they let you take certain things to aboard".
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LOL, I like how you assume that I look like a foreign passenger.

You're wrong.
 
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airsuperiority

Captain
solarz said:
LOL, I like how you assume that I look like a foreign passenger.

You're wrong.
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I guess Red Sword's meaning is how if you've lived in your local city all these years, you can tell right off the bat if the person you've met is another local or from out of town, regardless of his lingual abilities. It's kinda like when I go back to HK, they can always tell I came back from another country even if I speak 100% fluently without accent, wear like them, don the local fashion sense, hairstyles, and other characteristics.
 
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Red___Sword

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airsuperiority said:
I guess Red Sword's meaning is how if you've lived in your local city all these years, you can tell right off the bat if the person you've met is another local or from out of town, regardless of his lingual abilities. It's kinda like when I go back to HK, they can always tell I came back from another country even if I speak 100% fluently without accent, wear like them, don the local fashion sense, hairstyles, and other characteristics.
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Thanks air. Solarz, no bash intented, I fully aware you not only a Chinese ethnic but also made some frequent re-vist to certain parts of China which in a sense you could call home. What I trying to say is that, if one day the security personnels trying to filter "suspects", you would pass, merely need any in depth inspection.

Wether their "filtering" is good or bad enough, is depending on the general society's feeling of the seriousness of civil breaches and security gains. In other hand, if you are familiar enough, you would know what kinds of "exotic goods" from all walks of life, people brought over with them, to boarding a public transport - nunchuks brought by "people like you" (no bash intent here), really means little.

Although I would like to point out that, airport, is a different story in China - you would not try at first place, also, right?
 
solarz

solarz

Brigadier
airsuperiority said:
I guess Red Sword's meaning is how if you've lived in your local city all these years, you can tell right off the bat if the person you've met is another local or from out of town, regardless of his lingual abilities. It's kinda like when I go back to HK, they can always tell I came back from another country even if I speak 100% fluently without accent, wear like them, don the local fashion sense, hairstyles, and other characteristics.
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Maybe if they interacted with me for more than 10 minutes, but from the 30 seconds it takes to go through a train station security check? No way.


Thanks air. Solarz, no bash intented, I fully aware you not only a Chinese ethnic but also made some frequent re-vist to certain parts of China which in a sense you could call home. What I trying to say is that, if one day the security personnels trying to filter "suspects", you would pass, merely need any in depth inspection.

Wether their "filtering" is good or bad enough, is depending on the general society's feeling of the seriousness of civil breaches and security gains. In other hand, if you are familiar enough, you would know what kinds of "exotic goods" from all walks of life, people brought over with them, to boarding a public transport - nunchuks brought by "people like you" (no bash intent here), really means little.
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Well, my original point of disagreement with you is that the security checkpoint let me carry nunchuks aboard a train because I'm a "foreign passenger". Instead, I think nunchuks are simply allowed on trains.
 
bladerunner

bladerunner

Banned Idiot
solarz said:
Maybe if they interacted with me for more than 10 minutes, but from the 30 seconds it takes to go through a train station security check? No way.
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Im assuming you bought the nunchucks in China, because theyre different to what you could get back in Toronto unless youre one of those dudes that carry them whereever you go;)

As a seasoned traveller of many years, I avoid buying stuff unless the item was really unique, as I dont like getting bogged down with heaps of luggage.
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solarz

solarz

Brigadier
bladerunner said:
Im assuming you bought the nunchucks in China, because theyre different to what you could get back in Toronto unless youre one of those dudes that carry them whereever you go;)

As a seasoned traveller of many years, I avoid buying stuff unless the item was really unique, as I dont like getting bogged down with heaps of luggage.
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I bought them at the Shaolin Temple :D

So you could say they're a souvenir.

And apparently, nunchucks are illegal in Canada...

Did some more digging:

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Possession of Nunchaku is illegal in a number of countries including Norway, Canada[20], Russia and Spain. It is considered a prohibited weapon.[21] In Germany, Nunchaku have been illegal since April 2006, when they were declared a strangling weapon.[22][23]
In the United Kingdom for many years it was thought legal for anyone over the age of 18 to buy and possess nunchaku, although public possession is not allowed unless transporting between a place of training or private addresses. However, following a case brought by Strathclyde Police and the Procurator Fiscal heard at Glasgow Sheriff Court on the 10th February 2010, a Sheriff ruled that nunchaku fell into the category of a prohibited weapon as defined by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988 Section 141 (n). If, and only if it were upheld by a senior court, this ruling would have the effect of making it an offence to import, manufacture or sell nunchaku in the UK. It would also criminalise hundreds of thousands of martial arts enthusiasts who own a set of nunchaku. Their usage was, in the 1990s, censored from UK rebroadcasts of American children's TV shows such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons and films.[24] The UK version of the Soul Blade videogame was also edited, replacing Li-Long's nunchakus with a three-sectioned staff. In Hong Kong, it is illegal to possess metal or wooden nunchaku connected by a chain. It can be possessed by obtaining a license from the police as a martial arts instructor. Any rubber nunchaku are allowed. However, possession of nunchaku in Mainland China is legal.
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LOL
 
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siegecrossbow

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Ahem, we can start a nun-chuck/martial arts thread if anyone is interested.
 
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