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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
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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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  • (Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Monday January 20 2020, @01:33PM

    by jmichaelhudsondotnet (8122) on Monday January 20 2020, @01:33PM (#945795) Journal

    People fight over scarce resources, always.

    Not considered: making resource less scarce

    People fight over meaningless misunderstandings in the heat of the moment.

    Not considered: Training in non-violent conflict resolution, training in mediation, training in facilitation

    People fight over what color they are and territory.

    Not considered: Multicultural activities to foster community among diverse groups

    BEST SOLUTION UK MINDS CAN THINK UP:

    Knife design modification, for some knives, voluntary inclusion in program. Good job well done. /s

    Here is a tip if your entire society looks like the left hand side of this diagram, you are going to have a lot of fighting, amongst the poor desparate people kept intentionally ignorant and belligerant, with whatever weapons are available, which will likely soon be club-level tech at the rate we are going.

    https://archive.is/dmjdm [archive.is]

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