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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @01:15PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @01:15PM (#945785)

    The problem must be racism and if you think it's anything other than racism, you must be a white supremacist [unherd.com]

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @08:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @08:11PM (#945940)

    The problem is stupidity, sadly it often manifests itself as racist dickheads. You should get educated properly, get some historical context. Maybe you will even be able to get a date when you stop being an alt-right dumbass.

  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 21 2020, @12:15AM (2 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 21 2020, @12:15AM (#946086) Journal

    Racism is one expression of the problem. The problem is something deeper and more primitive than that: simplistic tribalism, a hyperactive, cancerous ingroup/outgroup mentality. That is, to say the least, maladaptive in a globally-connected world.

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    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:04AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:04AM (#946137)

      That is, to say the least, maladaptive in a globally-connected world.

      Not maladaptive; homo. [dictionary.com] Like attracts huh?

      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:32AM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:32AM (#946149) Journal

        Am I bothering you by existing or something? Or by having better experiences with women than you?

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        I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...