The call to ban kitchen knives in Britain

[TWBARRETT]

Stabbings are increasing year to year in Britain.

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/british-doctors-call-for-ban-on-long-kitchen-knives-to-end-stabbings/

 

[JayMan]

Best comment:

PS: The British can't cook anyway so the loss of cooking knives will be hardly noticed.

 

[josh2600]

Holy shit, I thought that was an "onion" kind of site or something, so I googled it an found the same thing on BBC. w t f

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4581871.stm

 

[Taka]

I guess this isn't a new idea in England.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4581871.stm

Let's just ban hands then we don't have to worry about what people use to assault each other because they won't be able to hold anything.

 

[Messala]

Well, they banned toothpaste over there a long time ago too, right?

 

[japollner]

Best comment:

I was in the grocery store today and saw they had an "English" section in the ethnic foods aisle.

Contents? Jordan almonds, tea biscuits, tea... stereotype much?

 

[Zappa]

I was in the grocery store today and saw they had an "English" section in the ethnic foods aisle.

Contents? Jordan almonds, tea biscuits, tea... stereotype much?

What about crumpets, eel pie, kidney stew, spotted dick and blood pudding ????

 

[taggart]

You know what was really funny? I was thinking of starting a thread today that said we should start campaigning to ban knives since they are used in violent crimes. Once we show antis the stats, they will realize how foolish banning guns are since knives are also dangerous and we can't ban those. Looks like I've underestimated stupidity.

Let them ban knives. In 5 years from now, they'll want to ban baseball/cricket bats. 5 years after that, they will ban all stick like objects unless made out of wood, less than 1cm thick, and less than .3m long (sorry, have to use metric since I'm talking about the brits). 5 years after that, they will ban rocks and bricks. 5 years after that, we can only pray that chtulhu will rise from the sea and swallow them up seeing they can no longer resist him, even with primitive weapons.

 

[drgrant]

It's not like someone can't take one of their gay cripple knives and put a sharp point on it somehow. You also don't need a long knife to stab someone, either.

-Mike

 

[taggart]

It's not like someone can't take one of their gay cripple knives and put a sharp point on it somehow. You also don't need a long knife to stab someone, either.

Ain't that the truth. I'm pretty sure knives are banned in prisons, but that doesn't stop people from getting stabbed with toothbrushes.

 

[JayMan]

I seem to recall baseball bats being banned in Poland.

 

[Infinite Jester]

I was in the grocery store today and saw they had an "English" section in the ethnic foods aisle.

Contents? Jordan almonds, tea biscuits, tea... stereotype much?

Don't forget this

 

[taggart]

I seem to recall baseball bats being banned in Poland.

I had to look that up. You are right

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_(weapon)

In countries where baseball is not commonly played, baseball bats are often first thought of as weapons (e.g. in Poland, baseball bats or similar are defined as weapons by law, so have been illegal to carry or possess)

 

[Infinite Jester]

 

[Zappa]

Like Ted Nugent said "we can prevent drownings too by banning water"

 

[Jason Flare]

Stabbings are increasing year to year in Britain.

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreen...-ban-on-long-kitchen-knives-to-end-stabbings/

I have to admit I know where they're coming from. This year my wife wanted a new kitchen knife so I went to Different Drummer Kitchen in Pittsfield, MA. All the knives were locked up in a case and the one she wanted was $285.00. I said, "screw this." and went to the sporting goods store and bought her a handgun instead.

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Stabbings are increasing year to year in Britain.

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreen...-ban-on-long-kitchen-knives-to-end-stabbings/

I have to admit I know where they're coming from. This year my wife wanted a new kitchen knife so I went to Different Drummer Kitchen in Pittsfield, MA. All the knives were loocked up in a case and the one she wanted was $285.00. I said, "screw this." and went to the sporting goods store and bought her a handgun instead.

- - - Updated - - -

Stabbings are increasing year to year in Britain.

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreen...-ban-on-long-kitchen-knives-to-end-stabbings/

I have to admit I know where they're coming from. This year my wife wanted a new kitchen knife so I went to Different Drummer Kitchen in Pittsfield, MA. All the knives were loocked up in a case and the one she wanted was $285.00. I said, "screw this." and went to the sporting goods store and bought her a handgun instead.

 

[montemuscle1970]

The first article seems to be recent, but the reference to the BBC one seems to be from 2005. Is that right? What are the recent stabs...oops Freudian slip...STATS on this?

 

[Lank]

we are fuct

this will come to post america

 

[oleironsideperks]

You know what was really funny? I was thinking of starting a thread today that said we should start campaigning to ban knives since they are used in violent crimes. Once we show antis the stats, they will realize how foolish banning guns are since knives are also dangerous and we can't ban those. Looks like I've underestimated stupidity.

Let them ban knives. In 5 years from now, they'll want to ban baseball/cricket bats. 5 years after that, they will ban all stick like objects unless made out of wood, less than 1cm thick, and less than .3m long (sorry, have to use metric since I'm talking about the brits). 5 years after that, they will ban rocks and bricks. 5 years after that, we can only pray that chtulhu will rise from the sea and swallow them up seeing they can no longer resist him, even with primitive weapons.

QUIT GIVING THEM IDEAS!

 

[el duderino]

Ain't that the truth. I'm pretty sure knives are banned in prisons, but that doesn't stop people from getting stabbed with toothbrushes.

Ya but they don't have toothbrushes in England.

 

[taggart]

Ya but they don't have toothbrushes in England.

Good point.

 

[TimMcG74]

They consulted 10 top chefs from around the UK, and found such knives have little practical value in the kitchen.

None of the chefs felt such knives were essential, since the point of a short blade was just as useful when a sharp end was needed.

OMFG. I'm speechless.

 

[Andreas]

They consulted 10 top chefs from around the UK, and found such knives have little practical value in the kitchen.

None of the chefs felt such knives were essential, since the point of a short blade was just as useful when a sharp end was needed.

That's a load of shit.
As someone who worked kitchens for many many years, my main prep knife was a 10" chef, and I almost never used a paring knife... what a PITA it would be to have to switch off constantly.

I bet that either they're lying, they paid off said "chefs"... or those "chefs" really are Chefs..... celebrity chefs who never do a bit of actual work in their lives.

(Not to mention the fact that not a single person I ever worked a line with was anti-gun.)

 

[ARV]

It's not like someone can't take one of their gay cripple knives and put a sharp point on it somehow. You also don't need a long knife to stab someone, either.

-Mike

British self defense training:




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[Pilgrim]

I want to see the 'chef' cutting a slice off of a huge ham or a nice big roast beef. It will be really comical to watch him hack away with a sub 2 inch round end paring knife.

 

[not new guy]

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