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

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: 2) by DrkShadow on Monday January 20 2020, @04:58AM (1 child)

    by DrkShadow (1404) on Monday January 20 2020, @04:58AM (#945664)

    By going outside, you could (perhaps inadvertently) cause a death! Let alone suggest you try to operate a vehicle.

    Therefore we should make it illegal to go outside. Obviously. Eliminate the edge cases, eliminate the problem!

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday January 20 2020, @05:18AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 20 2020, @05:18AM (#945673) Journal

    By going outside, you could (perhaps inadvertently) cause a death!

    See? This is why your parents trained you for some long years before letting you go on your own. You can still (perhaps inadvertently) cause a death, but the risk is deemed acceptable.

    Invest that much time in training as an electrician/plumber under supervision (it's called apprenticeship in most of the civilized world) and chances are nobody will object to you performing repairs to your own power circuits or pipes, even if you can still could (perhaps inadvertently) cause damages.
    Heck, you may even get a job doing those repairs for others too (that is usually called "certified trade/professional" in most of the civilized world).

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