• 1 Post
  • 748 Comments
Joined 2 years ago
cake
Cake day: June 7th, 2023

help-circle
  • Revan343@lemmy.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneThey're afraid!
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 hour ago

    Thank you, now that I hear it, yeah. I forgot it was a translation that I was remembering, and thus more easily misremembering.

    Edit: Though I think the first version I read was “stem” rather than “barrel”. That was probably just the translator being…flowery…though.



  • Revan343@lemmy.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneThey're afraid!
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    2 hours ago

    “Power comes from the end of a rifle” is the version that I’ve heard that comes to mind. But the point stands, it’s a metaphor, and the metaphor is about when the use of violence is acceptable, not what type of violence is used.

    And I suppose pistols are rifled.