That's just ridiculous. You could easily cut a water melon with a Chinese cleaver for example. A longer thinner would work just fine.

> If you want to prevent homicides, you prevent WHY > they happen, not WHAT they happen with. If you > want to manage crime, and your population, you > work on the WHAT. I fully agree with that. But the point is people aren't garroting each with guitar strings. They ARE however walking around with kitchen knives.

I would say, England is MORE democratic the for example the USA. American elections depend mainly on MONEY. Rich people essentially buy themselves into office with PR advertising campaigns. US elections arent based on issues but on Personality. The UK is going that way unfortunately but it is certainly less so. As for going to war with the US well that was to do with tax (money), control and power. Just like thee IRAQ war.

> When did we as a race become so afraid to die we > won't let ourselves live? We are not. Someone suggested away to reduce deaths by stabbing. That's it!

This is kind of ridiculous. You can cut a water melon with a flat ended knife. And someone is much much more LIKELY to survive and kicking that being stabbed. BUT ITS NOT MY SUGGESTION!

> Maybe you guys might want to figure out why the > "young people" are pissed off and do something > about it? Yes that's very true.

So we should just accept young people murdering each other with knives ? I don't have much to say to that.

The point of the doctors argument is that the point of the knife is NOT NECESSARY or USEFUL. The people who are dying are not "Fuck wit perpetrators" they are young people. Many of them being bullied. Are you suggesting we start killing British teenagers who carry knives ? Sorry but that would be at best dysfunctional. The thing is here no one seems to have a useful alternative.

Well yes that is the point. Non pointed knives can still kill someone but it takes a lot longer. It actually says that in the article. I don't deserve liberty or safety ? Thats a bit harsh. Its NOT my suggestion. I do happen to think it makes some sense. If you have a good suggestion for stopping the deaths then please state it. I was only pointing out THE UK IS NOT ON THE VERGE OF BANNING KITCHEN KNIVES.

The difference is I believe that a long pointed knife is a very fast efficient way to kill someone, and young people are killing each other more and more. You end "this crap" when you come up with a good way to save peoples lives. Its easy to criticize but unless you have a better way to prevent knife crime I dont think you have much to add to the debate. "UK doesn't have proper health care" What does that have to do with it? Anyway from my experience the heath care in the UK in general has been VERY VERY good.

No I am not trying to justify it. I was trying to point out we are NOT on the verge of a ban of kitchen knives. Its just a suggestion from a group of doctors. I don't see the big deal.

Well the issue is how do you reduce deaths due to stabbings? One way would be to reduce access to long pointed knives. I would be happy not to have a pointed kitchen knife if it would save only one life. Anyway its just a suggestion from a group of people who deal with the stab wounds and deaths related to these knives.

Actually the UK is NOT at the verge of banning kitchen knives. A group of Doctors suggested the ban of POINTED kitchen knives. By the way very few people in the UK actually wants fire arms to become legal. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/46266/Ban-kitchen-knives-to-save-lives-says-doctor