Posted on 01/01/2005 1:43:36 PM PST by TERMINATTOR
Singing in the rain, singing in the rain...
Oops - Anthony Burgess, rather.
Pointed stick? Oh, oh, oh. We want to learn how to defend ourselves against pointed sticks, do we? Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you eh? Well I'll tell you something my lad. When you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come crying to me!
I hate you.
let them implode in their own pudding!
Weird timing for this article. I'm not sure if it is old or not, but certainly David Blunkett was kicked out of office earlier in December (he had an affair with a married woman and hurried along a visa for the nanny of their illegitimate child).
As to banning the selling of blades over four inches in length to minors - I'm not too concerned with this. We don't let them vote, we don't let them drink, etc. You don't get full rights till you reach the age of majority and in the UK that is 18. We have real problems at the moment with kids stabbing each other (I am a govenor of a school here and can vouch for this).... I am going to wait to see the actual wording of the legislation before I criticise this one too much.
Now he couldn't even say: "Watson, better bring your pointed stick along".
http://www.viceland.com/issues/v11n11/htdocs/anarchy.php
Dear Yanks,
How many people have you heard of who got "ashtrayed" (breaking an ashtray over somebody's head) or "canned" (ripping up a can of lager and rubbing it over somebody's face a hundred times until their face looks like a crossword)? Probably not that many, because you've never lived in Wigan, North England, where the only guns you can buy are air pistols that can barely kill mice at point-blank range—unless you get them converted (pictured here).
Casual violence is a lot more popular in Britain than in America because guns are so much harder to buy. British people are so in awe of American culture and all the amazing guns they see in Hollywood that they are making weapons out of the cupboard beneath their mother's sink or out of the stationery cupboard at school.
Well as anybody that has seen the movie "Shaun of the Dead" can tell you, the cricket bat can be a very dangerous weapon, especially when you're fighting off legions of the undead.
"What if someone attacks you with a pointed stick?"
You are allowed (currently) to protect yourself with a pencil.
Nicely done, gentlemen.
Well, let's not forget that common window panes can be broken into a half-dozen or more long, sharp blades. It's time we faced the necesity of banning window glass, and bottles too for that matter. Why it wouldn't be impossible for a determined criminal to kill you with a can top so maybe we ought to outlaw can openers too....
Armed teachers, staff, and any other adult who wishes to be, ought to solve that knife problem. It's done wonders for Israeli schools. After a few of those punks got blown away, I'm sure things would settle right down. The remaining students, would probably become a lot more attentive in class too. ;)
Banning knife sales to minors, will only stop the good kids from buying them. The ones with criminal intentions will ignore the "ban", and buy them on the street, or steal them. This article is at the top of the list at AF.com, so I'd guess it's for Dec., or January.
" I wonder when Britain will outlaw lead fishing sinkers."
We already know that PETA wants to get rid of fishing. So, I'm sure it's only a matter of time.
"Let the law-abiding people arm and protect themselves from the anti-social predators amongst us and the problem will rapidly subside."
But knives kill people, semaj. What on Earth are you thinking? :)
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