UK Knife culture

There's always been violence in UK and elsewhere, now the media is just more far reaching through things like the Internet and therefore people all over the world know about individual knifings etc. in UK.

Steel Tomb,

I understand why you're upset about the army chap being arrested but those 'citizens arrest' - type situations can be quite tricky from the point of view of the law book. The smart thing for him to do in that situation would have been to just to call the cops and consult them first. Not saying I accept any type criminal behaviour by hoodlums wielding knives etc.

You should also be proud of your country, your overall level of violent crime is in the end quite low. When I visited London I never had feelings of being threatened by potential violence.

[SUBMAN1]

We could use the politically correct logic of the current day here and say its the object (in this case, the knife) that is causing a will to violence.

-S

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

We could use the politically correct logic of the current day here and say its the object (in this case, the knife) that is causing a will to violence.

-S

Actually that is correct. The other day I grabbed a knife to cut some meat and next thing I know, I was stabbing my neighbour. We should outlaw knives and pointy objects. And cars. And planes. And heavy, blunt instruments. And bad words. Anything that can hurt people.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Actually that is correct. The other day I grabbed a knife to cut some meat and next thing I know, I was stabbing my neighbour. We should outlaw knives and pointy objects. And cars. And planes. And heavy, blunt instruments. And bad words. Anything that can hurt people.

I bet you violently cut up that meat too, didn't you? Haven't you heard what PETA has been saying for ages? Shesshhh!

-S