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Damn, I guess no new Semi-Auto for me for awhile. Maybe a new Revolver will fill the void. those seem to have gone down in price.

Another crazy thing was I was trying to work out a deal with a guy a for K98 *refurbished*. I offered him $450 which I thought was being generous for a refurbished K98 and he said he will only go as low as $650. No one still took him up on the offer.

Socialist? I'm just saying that's an outrageous price, who the hell is gonna pay that for a WASR when DPMS' for $580-$620, Sig 556s *in 7.62X39* for $1000.

Have you seen how much Romanian AKs shot up since that shooting? Once a $300-$450 gun is now a $850-$1000 gun, their reason? Supply & Demand, not much of a demand when you can find them at every gun store or pawn shop yet they still want that price.

These are all quotes of Hideaki Anno by the way.

"Evangelion is like a puzzle, you know. Any person can see it and give his/her own answer. In other words, we're offering viewers to think by themselves, so that each person can imagine his/her own world. We will never offer the answers, even in the theatrical version. As for many Evangelion viewers, they may expect us to provide the 'all-about Eva' manuals, but there is no such thing. Don't expect to get answers by someone. Don't expect to be catered to all the time. We all have to find our own answers.

Well, sort of.

Asked about the violence and uncharacteristic sex scene in episodes 18 and 19, Anno said that the scenes were necessary to develop the story and "to understand real life." He felt that children should be exposed early to the realities of life so that they do not grow up weak and sheltered and so that they will become immune to some of the harsh situations they will eventually experience. Many fans at the convention thought that this was an interesting viewpoint on his part.

I think the people who are very much involved with the Net, Mr. Anno said, have very narrow views toward life and the world. They’re always in their rooms and don’t go out very often to communicate in person. Because of their information on the Net, they feel they know everything without searching the real truths. They easily and anonymously say things that they would never say in person. Their messages are like graffiti in a public toilet. They attack other while they are staying in a safe place. They don’t have anything certain to hold on… that’s probably why they watch anime shows. (…) I would like to add and say to those fans, hey, go out and visit towns. I am 35 now and I am realizing the importance of human contact little by little…

The 26th episode that some diehard fans rejected…sure, it’s true that some fans were frustrated by the absence of continuity with the original story. But on the Internet, among other things, we have read some very scathing criticisms.
But this too is a fact: [other] viewers who watched the last episode (which registered audience records) have exclaimed to themselves, Evangelion is truly brilliant!
Among the people who use the Internet, many are obtuse. Because they are locked in their rooms, they hang on to that vision which is spreading across the world.
What you should know so as not to take anime fans for idiots
"But this does not go beyond mere data. Data without analysis [thinking], which makes you think that you know everything. This complacency is nothing but a trap. Moreover, the sense of values that counters this notion is paralyzed by it. And so we arrive at demagogy.
For example, someone mentions my name, saying, Anno is dead.5 If that person were next to me, perhaps I might hit them. On the message boards [Internet] someone can still make a rebuttal, but this remains at the standard of toilet graffiti. One does not need to sign it. It quietly arrives directly at your door. It’s so convenient that careless people use it without remorse, without stopping [for consideration]. Obviously, not all Internet users are not like that. But as it is very difficult to find honest people [in it], I simply don’t have the freedom to devote time to it. I just want to say come back to real life [réalité] and get to know the world. For example, when it was decided to redo episodes 25 and 26, the news spread quickly from Gainax’s server across the Internet. If we had not set the tone, completely outlandish rumors would have emerged. But by revealing the information, plenty of incoherent statements like they make it for the money were thrown in our faces.
I realized my own hypocrisy when I let myself be convinced that, not knowing our financial situation, this kind of talk was only fair. Whatever they say, I do not think you can see other negatives in Evangelion! (Laughter) By not paying attention to childish ideas which they are subjected to, we take the anime-fans for being stupid. They do not leave their [comfortable little] world. They feel safe. They have nothing solid in themselves on which to rely.
That’s why I tried to go to the rescue of Japanese animation. I do not say, like [Shuji] Terayama, to throw away your books and flee the city, but to go to town and meet people. Why can I say that? Well, I noticed what I was missing for me, in my heart. For twenty-one years I have been an anime-fan, and now, thirty-five years old, I notice with sorrow: I’m nothing but an honest fool (laughs)."