Gee, for some reason, these knife crimes are not so common in Florida, Texas etc.
Posted on 07/04/2008 12:24:01 PM PDT by Republicain
Another article which conflates “Britain” with “London”.
I live in Birmingham UK and have never been worried. London however is like Detroit, New York, Babylon and Ancient Rome all at once.
“It’s the way cowardly”
I think cowardly is the operative word.
Good point, re: the sovereign failing to uphold his end of the bargain. I would only add that voters share just as much blame for electing and reelecting officeholders who create, sustain and expand such destructive policies.
Gee, for some reason, these knife crimes are not so common in Florida, Texas etc.
Reference: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.
I wonder if you can carry a firearm in the U.K. if you cite Sharia law. Assuming you are a male with a beard whose toilet doesn’t face Mecca of course.
Maybe if the punishment fit the crime it might act as a deterrent, it's not the knives, it's the mindset that this behaviour is somehow "cool" that's the problem.
I remember when a single murder there was real front page news, how standards have fallen now.
And when they “eliminate” knives from British culture there will be a great upsurge in brick crime or piano wire crime.Inanimate objects must ultimately be banned.
Its that clockwork in the orange.
Looks like a prime time to set up a chain mail shop!
The victims need to arm themselves regardless of what the gun laws say in Britian.
The primary, some say only, role of government is to protect people from violence. Since the police can not be everywhere, the historical meaning of protection is that the government will apprehend and severely punish violent people. The government of lesser britain has taken on so many ancillary roles, that it can no longer perform its primary duty. Their government has failed completely.
“Violent crime has doubled since Labour came to power a decade ago.”
According to liberals the only causes of crime are “poverty” and/or “demographics.” Rudy Giuliani became mayor, was tough on crime, and the murder rate fell dramatically. “Demographics” they say - without offering any specifics. Liberals claim that crime can not be deterred. Liberal thinking on this matter is consistent with their thinking in general: incentives don’t matter. Of course, they are wrong. Incentives affect human behavior greatly.
I once gave an SCCA member a bumper sticker: “If they outlaw guns, can we use swords?”
Very funny then, very true now.
Then they’ll outlaw knives.
Then citizens are terrorized by rope and wire, to strangle victims. Flaming tire necklaces. And the old fashioned hit and kick to death with pipes, wood, rocks.
It's difficult to commit a drive by shooting when you are permanently stuck in nose to tail traffic...
That’s for sure
Socialists have little respect for their own national cultures, and too much respect for cultures that simply are not compatible with that natiuonal culture. Oil and water do not mix, unless some detergent is found to facilitate the process, and I submit that liberal capitalism, not socialism is that detergent.
With maybe a couple of Travis Bickells . "Are you talking to me ?"
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