Chain whip

Chain whip is a weapon used in certain Asian martial arts. It is made of little metal rods connected by little chains, with a handle at one end and a metal dart at the other. It appears that the chain whip was first used in battle during the Jin Dynasty (265-420).

In a perfect world, we wouldn't need chain whips. Or any weapons at all, for that matter. But this world is far from perfect, and so we do. We need chain whips, and guns, and bombs, and swords in order to defend ourselves against other people's chain whips, and guns, and bombs, and swords. But those people only have chain whips, and guns, and bombs, and swords to defend themselves against our chain whips, and guns, and bombs, and swords.

All this leads me to one conclusion.


Do not be at the business end of a chain whip.
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