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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 Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:00AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:00AM (#946134)

    Humans seem to have about a 1-in-80 rate of sociopathy at least among males

    No. Psychopathy is 1%, Sociopathy (ASPD) 3% and NPD 1% with some overlap. That is not 1-in-80 for individuals we would generically call "sociopathic" so where are you getting that figure from?

    In Iran it is illegal to be homosexual so they have the highest rates of transgenderism in the world. The rates of NPD in the LGBT community are... ouch! [nih.gov] So there's over half the LGBT community with an abusive personality disorder. I attempted to discuss this with you before, now I'll just say be careful where you point your finger - and take care of yourself.

  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:31AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:31AM (#946148) Journal

    Yikes, so sociopaths are even more common than I thought? That explains a hell of a lot.

    Where were you going with that last paragraph though? That seems like some kind of underhanded sneak attack following some complete non-sequitur. If you have something to say to me, say it outright. And, as you've said, careful where that finger points...

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