Dana White on Pawn Stars (Full Clip)

The penis mightier than the sword

~ Kenny Florian
 
Darric said:
Like 3 times. Think this is the first thread where TS put a video though..

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But I won't watch Dana do anything... Fuck the goof.
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I put up the previous thread with the video. :)
 
Yesterday there was a thread about this, but no video.

I think this wasnt posted yet, so there you go. It looks as bad as it sounds.



I hope this shit is all fake and set up as bad as it looks and he didnt actually dropped all that cash on this. 30k for one sword.... are you kidding me?! Based on the seller saying it was owned by a 1600 samurai general?! lol no proof... just his word.

Must be nice having that much money that you dont even care... you just look at something and you buy it not matter what
 
The guy spends my whole college tuition on a bloody sword...

I wish I had that kind of money

:(
 
Nice looking sword. I definitely think Dana made the right decision.
 
LMAO 40 grand for a sword! That's like a Clay Guida fight.
 
EGarrett said:
It prompts discussion relevant to the UFC because it reveals information about how much disposable income Dana really has compared to what fighters get paid, how he negotiates and so on.
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If it prompts that discussion how come everyone in the thread is talking about swords.
 
Buff said:
Those swords were in families for centuries, something considered to. be worth way more than money, and they were passed down through generations of warrior after warrior - even if the owner was defeated Japanese honor said that the sword should be returned to the family. Obviously this was only a code amongst warriors, but when the war came, an enormous amount of swords went to the soldiers that were fighting in it... When they were killed, the Americans looted their bodies for personal gain, a war crime forbidden by the Geneva Convention, and took thousands of swords back to America as souvenirs, largely unaware of either their significance, or value... Most of these swords ended up in the hands of collectors and art dealers, who are now selling them for up to millions to the rich and famous.

There is a charity in Japan that buys these swords from the collectors to return to the families they were stolen from... A lot of shame was brought to families that lost their swords, a lot of suicides, a lot of stigma that still brings shame to families today...

For us they're just cool things to have in your house, to the Japanese they were stolen from, it's their entire family history which is traceable through the various trinkets, inscriptions and decorations on many of them... And now centuries of tradition are lost, and the only people that benefit are rich wankers like Dana, and scumbag 2nd hand dealers who sell the spoils of war crime.
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Damn, I didn't even think about that. They wouldn't want the swords restored too, right?
 
Blank7 said:
Damn, I didn't even think about that. They wouldn't want the swords restored too, right?
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Maintaining a sword is part of the ownership... They would have been pristine going into the war after centuries of respectful care by the families that owned them - it's being stolen by a GI, tested out on a coconut tree, not cleaned or oiled before sheathing, and then being shoved in an attic or cupboard for the last 60 years that it would need restoring from...
 
Buff said:
I mean I hear that, but looting was illegal back then - The litany of Japanese war crimes made it seem excusable back then, but with the memories of the war faded, and the desire to be reconnected to their family's history still burning strong, the ethical thing to do is give the swords back.
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Yeah I'm sure the Japanese are giving back all the shit they looted from other Asian countries. Same could be said about the UK, don't they have a millions of dollars worth of Chinese artifacts they looted from China during the opium war.
 
Apollo33 said:
Yeah I'm sure the Japanese are giving back all the shit they looted from other Asian countries. Same could be said about the UK, don't they have a millions of dollars worth of Chinese artifacts they looted from China during the opium war.
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War crimes are war crimes dude... And yes, there is a shitload if stuff in The British Museum that shouldn't be there, but slowly a lot of that stuff is making its way back.

Without too much effort each sword is traceable back directly to the individual that should he the lineal recipient of it... The swords are unique in that respect because it's not a theft from society but from individuals, by individuals - not to mention that almost of the ones that came back were either sold for pennies and found, and are now kept on exclusive sects where regular people can't gain access to them anyway.

If it was an artifact it would be very different, I'd say do what you want, but when it's something as sacred as the sword is to the family bereft of it, still causing pain to this day, it takes a different turn morally.
 
what's better a weapons room or a room for star wars figures?
 
You guys sound poor. It´s only $70k dammit
 
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