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UK Company Makes Knives Without Tips As Knife Crime Wave Surges

posted by martyb on Sunday January 19 2020, @07:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the pointed-comments dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Snotnose on Sunday January 19 2020, @11:57PM (2 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Sunday January 19 2020, @11:57PM (#945556)

    Use a serrated / scalloped knife to cut tomatoes. The flat edge of a knife just squishes them. Seriously, get away from it.

    You need to sharpen your knife, assuming you meant sharp edge instead of flat edge. Yeah, serrated knives have their uses. But my chefs knife can easily slice and dice tomatos.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @04:18AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @04:18AM (#945649)

    This thread is about slicing and dicing humans, which begs the question, should the meat be marinated overnight in a sweet and sour sauce? Can the cat eat the bones without having to worry about splinters?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @12:57PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @12:57PM (#945774)

      Actually, it *raises* the question. Begging the question is something different.

      https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/53/Begging-the-Question