It happend on 20 March 1995, during rush hour. It killed 13 people, severely injuring 50 (some of whom later died) and causing temporary vision problems for nearly 1,000 others. Its leader, whose name I’m not gonna mention (you can read it if you want), was executed on July 6, 2018 by hanging.
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I remember that. That was wild and sparked my interest into cults
How many have you been in now?
You earn more as a leader but have more fun as a follower. ~ Creed
MAGA is an interesting cult. Any advice on how we can destroy that one?
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Oh boy. Gonna have to see a supermassive Waco go down, huh?
“Yeah, cults are really fun, but I have a sixth sense about when the fun is over. You know, when there’s gonna be an FBI raid or mass sooey, or blend up beavers and put it in the town’s water supply.”
~Francine Smith
It is wild to see a TIL about something you saw on TV as a kid and remember being referenced multiple times over the years. Not a diss on OP, just a realization that fuck I am and old person now.
lol, I scrolled down here to post the same. TIL I’m old.
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I highly recommend Haruki Murakami’s “Underground”, which is a non-fiction work where he compiles stories from the survivors and those who responded.
I remember it happening and learning about it, but I didn’t fully understand Aum or japans culture.
Balloons, Umbrellas, and Doctors. Not the best combo
@IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol For those interested: ‘Underground’, Murakami’s dive into the abyss afterwards, is bone chilling good.
In other words, after attack, the perpetrators got to live another 23 years
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Innocent people still get murdered by the state. Just look at Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Plus throw Georgia in there.
That’s why the death penalty is abhorrent. Even one innocent person murdered by the state is too high of a cost to bear.
Which doesn’t mean we should make it so more innocent people die.
by hanging? what year is this
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Except chemicals aren’t “uncruel” and neither is the electric chair. The only difference is the spectacle for the viewers. The person sufferring doesn’t “go out without pain” or anything.
Tbh the way they’ve arranged the actual execution doesn’t sound too bad at all. Quick and painless. The worst part (or best, depending on who you ask) of the capital punishment in Japan is the fact the they never tell the prisoners the date of the execution, so they spend years, even decades in prison waiting for their final day until on the day itself they get know it’s their last one. That’s way more brutal than the hanging imho.
