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A judge has proposed a nationwide programme to file down the points of kitchen knives as a solution to the country’s soaring knife crime epidemic.
Last week in his valedictory address, retiring Luton Crown Court Judge Nic Madge spoke of his concern that carrying a knife had become routine in some circles and called on the Government to ban the sale of large pointed kitchen knives.
[...] He said laws designed to reduce the availability of weapons to young would-be offenders had had “almost no effect”, since the vast majority had merely taken knives from a cutlery drawer.
[...] He asked: “But why we do need eight-inch or ten-inch kitchen knives with points?
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Knives are too Sharp and Filing Down their Points is Solution to Soaring Violent Crime, Judge Says
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(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday June 02 2018, @07:13PM (2 children)
There is an assumption here that "whatever is necessary" is known at the time. These "hard men" might not know it, and as time goes on and international relations get more complicated, there's less chance of them knowing. How many times has Armageddon been averted by someone making the "soft" choice *not* to fire missiles at what appears to be an incoming salvo?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 03 2018, @12:03AM
Oh Azuma... That's not the soft choice, it's not the choice of a coward going along to get along. [theguardian.com] You'll often be reprimanded for making the correct decision and all social progress has relied on people cutting against the grain. That doesn't mean everyone cutting against the grain is making social progress, it does mean "toxic masculinity" in the broad use is utter bullshit.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday June 03 2018, @01:22AM
What's necessary isn't just known, it's usually blindingly obvious. That's beside the point though. If "hard men" were as dangerous as you seem to think, we'd be up to World War 3^96 by now instead of trying to avoid 3. Willingness != eagerness.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.