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Sheffield-based company Viners has produced the "Assure" range, square-ended knives which are "shaped to reduce and prevent injuries, accidents and fatalities." With knife crimes in England and Wales at their highest in a decade, a 3% increase on last year and the highest level since 2009, this new knife is intended to not be used in crimes and only in the kitchen. While anti-stabbing messages have been left on fastfood containers and a crackdown on knife crime has been tried, for which included limiting the sale of knives, so far nothing has blunted the knife based problem.
When have social problems been solved by technical solutions?
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UK Company Makes Knives Without Tips As Knife Crime Wave Surges
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I'm mentally OVERDRAWN! What's that SIGNPOST up ahead? Where's ROD
STERLING when you really need him?
(Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 19 2020, @08:11PM (5 children)
To stop this most serious of crime waves, all they need do is remove the hands from all new babies. Children with no hands will most definitely not grow up to commit violent knife crimes!
And, if that idea isn't absurd enough, you might consider removing baby's head.
(Score: 4, Funny) by pTamok on Sunday January 19 2020, @08:17PM
That seems like a modest proposal, compared to some.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday January 20 2020, @01:31AM (2 children)
Continuing on the same path, why stop at babies? Look, Runaway, based on your S/N comments, your own head can be extirpated without you losing most of your current abilities. No only the energetic burden of your body will be lighter (and so you'll pay less for food), but you'll get rid of headaches too.
To address the only useful case that is lost following your head removal, a cork in your wind pipe will be equally effective in stopping the rain going down your throat unimpeded.
(large grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 20 2020, @02:15AM (1 child)
In the words of King Leonidas, molon labe!
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday January 20 2020, @02:34AM
Yet another example your head is not serving you, not one iota.
The arguments I presented would convince any human with modicum rationality to implement the self-improvement without help or delay (grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday January 20 2020, @03:55AM
Who needs hands? [youtu.be]
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..