Doctors' kitchen knives ban call

BBC news ^ | May 26, 2005

[Mark was here]

I guess I should have searched, but this is wacky enough for a third go-round, eh?

Your ok, just thought you would like to see more. It is a pretty lame idea to ban knives, soon we will all be in straight jackets in rubber rooms where we will be safe.

[NickatNite2003]

Oh and just as a point of reference...during
all those wars in humanitys past, fought with
swords...like the Crusades, and the scaracins,
the Mongols and such...the fighters that were
actually taught how to fight...were taught to
'Hack & Slash' rather than stab...Stabbing was
harder to accomplish, and your blade could get
stuck in the enemies body as his muscles tense
up around the blade in his body...Besides, a
'hacked up' opponant, was just as likely to bleed
to death in short order, or pass out from loss of
blood, if you didn't kill them outright. Fools
wasted their time and energy parrying and parrying
until they could stab.

[NickatNite2003]

Anohther bit of weapon history: A blade does
not have to be a large pointy tip knife to be
a dangerous weapon and be able to do massive
internal injuries.

Take for instance: Have you ever watched old
movies, where women would wear large weird
hats? They would keep those hats in place, with
'hat pins*.

What these hat pins were, as well as a way to keep
a womans hat in place, was as a defensive weapon.

They were like huge needles, somewhere in the area
of 5 or 6 inches long, and if a woman were attacked,
she could stab her attacker, and if the pin punctured
a lung or an organ, even if the person didn't die
right away, there was a good chance they would die
in a few days time from internal bleeding, or
some other reason brought about by being stabbed
with the little 5" long needle. If they didn't
go to a hospital, if the doctor of the time knew
how to do surgery...knowing fll well, what caused
the wound...a womans hat pin....

[bill1952]

Cojones.

[bill1952]

How does one chip the flint to make the sharpest edge?

[bill1952]

A new and improved Clockwork Orange.

[melt]

Geez, that was a close call. I was worried that Britain might outlaw box-cutters. Whew! Praise Allah!

[John Filson]

They argued many assaults are committed impulsively, prompted by alcohol and drugs, and a kitchen knife often makes an all too available weapon.

So the real cause isn't the availability of sharp edges within reach. It's substance abuse. Maybe the good doctors are nipping a few drops, too?