Laws for thee not for me
Comment on Anon is a Japanese peasant
mech@feddit.org 13 hours agoIt was made a capital offence by law in 1602 by the Edo government.
Previous laws regarding murder didn’t cover it?
Gladaed@feddit.org 8 hours ago
Uruanna@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Before that was the warring period. So effectively no.
baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours ago
samurai sometimes owned land and were part of the aristocracy, at the very least being retainers of lords and thus being a more privileged class and caste.