[mtbopfuyn]

Back in my day, all the guys carried pocket knives and that mainly to clean their fingernails, but machets are taking it to a whole new level.

[PissAndVinegar]

“Mr Falconer says police and governments are afraid to publicly identify the problem because of a misguided sense of political correctness.

“Because there’s often an ethnicity factor getting involved, particularly where there’s gangs and weapons combined, I think there’s a lot of political correctness and super-sensitivity about whether or not by nominating gangs and weapons in the same breath, and then being asked were they any particular groups involved, and then you start talking about specific ethnic groups,” he said. “

crap...Aus was one of the last bastions of commonsense. The rancid viral infection of political correctness is taking hold, this is not good.

[Otaku6]

I would suggest using a Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguisher and aim for the face.

[DirtyPigpen]

They need to ban those horrible knives.

[PapaBear3625]

"Because there's often an ethnicity factor getting involved, particularly where there's gangs and weapons combined,

Is the newest euphemism to avoid saying "members of the Religion of Peace"?

[Eagle Eye]

That's not a knife!

ok, someone had to say it!

[MrEdd]

Whats next, a board with a nail?

[dfwgator]

"That's not a knife. Now this is a knife."

[csn vinnie]

The problem is knaves, not knives; gangs, not guns.

[Gideon T. Reader]

Never bring a knife to a gunfight!!!
Make sure that the caliber of your primary handgun starts with 4!
If THAT is not possible try to have the slide of your handgun read 9X23!
Have two handguns if possible. Three, if you are not planning any swimming.
Each bullet has a trial attorney attached.
If you HAVE to shoot someone(HAVE to)shoot them well in order that conflicts in relating what occured are mitigated.

I still carry each day. Most days two. And a utility folder as well(Emerson Mini-Commander)
No need or demand to retreat from trouble, but it is wise to do so. If you cannot, well,...better to be prepared.

[flat]

“He got a full-on whack with a baseball bat in his left eye, and at this point it will be months before we know whether he will keep that eye,” she said.

Also on the weekend, this time in Melbourne’s outer east, a 15-year-old boy was stabbed in his stomach and arm during a brawl that broke out after gatecrashers invaded a party at a suburban house.

fair dinkum?

Those wild and crazy aussie, teen wackos...

just blowin off steam.....kids will be kids...

otoh...machetes will be machetes.....i guess