(UK) Terror weapons taken off Coventry's streets

[mordechaianiliewicz]

I've given up on Britain ever being a decent place again. I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong, but I think the place is populated by a combination of bliss ninny cowards, dumb but viscious criminals, and a handfull of decent folks.

Decent folks are the lowest number here, and I suggest the ones that know what liberty is leave now. Your country is gone, but we need help here. We have bliss ninny trash here.

(sorry fot the rant)

 

[chorlton]

cosmo, maybe I should have been more specific. What kind of area - country, city, suburbs...
There is a problem with the attitudes within the British establishment, I agree. However, unless you've seen it all first-hand, recently, it would be wrong to write-off a whole population (unless of course you believe everything the media tells you...).

 

[Cosmoline]

I don't think the UK is a lost cause. Actually I think the best thing that can happen is for the socialists to enact all of their dream legislation. A completely disarmed populace "protected" by 24/7 ubiquitous surveillance and heavily armed police squads with itchy fingers. I think the last of the shotguns should be taken away as well as any scary looking kitchen utensils. Only then will the stiff-necked john bulls finally wake up. As it is they can always point to the exceptions and see mental refuge in the fact that the state isn't going to take THEIR shotgun or THEIR knife.

Why? Because I still have faith in one class of people in the UK--THE CRIMINALS. They remain inventive, intelligent and exceedingly violent. The more the state cracks down on the ability of the law abiding to defend themselves, the more liberties the yobos and yardies will take. In time "A Clockwork Orange" will become stark reality, and the violence will become so extreme no amount of statistic cooking will be able to cover it up.

What kind of area - country, city, suburbs

All kinds. From the bayous of SW LA to urban SE Portland and suburban Vancouver. I never thought twice about having a knife. I probably lost a quart of blood to the thing over the years, but I had a lot of fun carving.

 

[LAR-15]

So are they going to ban all knives except those 'particularly suitable and generally recognized for culinary purposes'?

 

[Dragun]

carried a knife since i was ten years old as did all my brothers. my kids (3 boys and 1 girl) have had knives since they were 10. none of us have ever stabbed one another or anyone else. a knife is a tool made to cut things and make life easier. nothing more, nothing less. it is inanimate and doesn't care what it cuts. what 'you' decide to cut with 'yours' is up to 'you'. maybe if the UK would enforce punishment on people instead knives, they would stop cutting other people. as it is, they will just use something else like an evil wrench or maybe a #3 philips head screwdriver. i heard those are pretty evil...

now the people who would never go around cutting other people have no way to protect themselves from those who do. good thing the bad guys are all listening to the law and turning their knives.

in America, if you cut someone 'you' get punished, not the knife.

 

[Autolycus]

This is to funny. I can't believe how sad it is when the government is actually disarming the people of kitchen utensils. When are they going to bann broom sticks, wrenches, razor blades, baseball bats, hockey sticks, golf clubs, and just ban wood. Table legs are now assault weapons. I am hoping that our country never gets so crazy and assinine but I think it will soon.

 

[sacp81170a]

Don't know whether this is true or not, but I remember hearing or reading somewhere why Chinese food in general consists of bite sized chunks of whatever. It seems that after the Mongols conquered the Chinese, they outlawed the personal possession of knives as a method of arms control. The Chinese were allowed one communal knife per certain number of families, and in consequence, if you wanted your food cut up, you had to do it before you cooked it with the one knife in a central location. So, maybe British cooking will improve if this happens.

 

[ACP230]

I guess the Brits don't read Kipling any more.

The Gods Of The Copybook Headings would just give them all a headache.
Probably should be banned as a "horrifying" poem, too.

The grudging respect I had for the Brits is certainly gone now.

 

[confed sailor]

this seems a bit silly. to make a knife requires a material that can take and hold (for atleast one use) an edge, and something abrasive to give it that edge.

dont convicts in our prison system make shanks from compacted paper and toothpaste? im sure those are non-magnetic.

another unenforceable law that will succeed because of passive compliance of British "Subjects"

oh by gorry, it will be a real horrorshow time, with our flashy britvas, and great bolshy boots, ending the night with a bit of ludwig-van's 9th

(not a i hate england rant, just a statement of sad sad fact)

 

[Str8Shooter]

Well, if you want to see just how far things have gone in Britain, read this article:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/...3102.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2004/10/31/ixop.html

It appears you're not allowed to carry ANYTHING that could be used as a defensive weapon, nor can you attack an intruder in your own home.