While that may be true , the cynic in me says it's just as likely a labelling mistake on the part of the store or store employee.
Re: Knife Free in the UK
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:38 am
by DispositionMatrix
In the wake of multiple knife-related murders in the UK's capital, activist and ex-gang member Josh Osbourne takes an in-depth look at the "code of silence". This is an entrenched mindset that regularly stops young people from going to the authorities, in fear of being labelled a "snitch".
Britain's most senior police officer attributes the recent spate of murders to austerity, drug markets, police cuts and social media, yet despite a controversial crack-down targeting drill music videos, the number of deaths keep rising.
Josh follows the grieving families struggling to find justice and answers in their own communities. He speaks to an active gang member about how reputation is a fiercely protected social capital and shame can be a gateway to violence. He learns that surviving a knife attack is no longer seen as a close call, but a badge of honour, and how the consequences of knife crime stretch beyond simply life and death. The film explores how the internet has profoundly altered the way conflicts are instigated and unravel on London's streets, and how the communities affected are reacting to this.
Shockingly, the site launched a “special offer” within hours of two 17-year-olds being stabbed to death a fortnight ago – Jodie Chesney in Romford, East London, and Yousef Makki in Hale Barns, Cheshire.
As right-minded Britons were left reeling, Facebook users spotted an advert for an “award-winning knife”.
A former Met Police chief branded the site “nauseating” and called for it to be shut down amid fears teenagers can easily get past age restrictions.
Re: Knife Free in the UK
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:54 pm
by MARS822
Man am I glad we dumped their tea in the harbor back in the day...those people are morons. Case in point, right-click any of the images in that story and get the image URL, e.g.:
Doesn't take a rocket surgeon to extract http://www.knifewarehouse.co.uk/ from that URL. So glad the site " is not naming for fear of encouraging rogue purchases"! And with no 1A protections they can call for shutting down the site with complete impunity.
The UK is exactly what the Dems dream of doing to the US.
Re: Knife Free in the UK
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:44 pm
by highdesert
Birmingham, Britain's second largest city has more stabbings than London. Birmingham is part of the West Midlands (county) in central England.
There have been 269 stabbings in the city since the start of the year [2019].
A 14-year-old schoolgirl became the latest victim of a stabbing in the region on Wednesday after being attacked with a pair of scissors in Coventry.
@scottmann4NC
Every knife sold in the UK should have a gps tracker fitted in the handle. It’s time we had a national database like we do with guns. If you’re carrying it around you had better have a bloody good explanation, obvious exemptions for fishing etc.
Re: Knife Free in the UK
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:06 am
by highdesert
His political party is taking a beating over Brexit, so stir up the fear over knives. Bet there isn't much knife crime in his constituency of North Cornwall, a rather touristy area.
Re: Knife Free in the UK
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:59 am
by HuckleberryFun
Before long all they will have left is harsh language. Then harsh language will be outlawed too.
Re: Knife Free in the UK
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:34 pm
by Eris
HuckleberryFun wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:59 am
Before long all they will have left is harsh language. Then harsh language will be outlawed too.
Sorry, but that is literally already illegal in the UK.
A man who broke an Asbo 176 times by shouting drunken abuse at strangers was yesterday jailed for 20 months for his 177th offence.
Britain’s most cussed man has been jailed for breaking an anti social behaviour order by shouting drunken abuse at strangers.
And he has been warned by a judge that if he doesn’t stop he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
George Lancelot suffers from a personality disorder which makes him swear and rant whenever he is out in public and has been drinking.
He has 176 convictions for repeated outbursts and has spent more than eight of the last ten years in jail for breaking an ASBO which bans him from swearing in public at least a dozen times.
A man who broke an Asbo 176 times by shouting drunken abuse at strangers was yesterday jailed for 20 months for his 177th offence.
Britain’s most cussed man has been jailed for breaking an anti social behaviour order by shouting drunken abuse at strangers.
And he has been warned by a judge that if he doesn’t stop he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
George Lancelot suffers from a personality disorder which makes him swear and rant whenever he is out in public and has been drinking.
He has 176 convictions for repeated outbursts and has spent more than eight of the last ten years in jail for breaking an ASBO which bans him from swearing in public at least a dozen times.
He could have a physical neurological disorder.
Coprolalia, the involuntary utterance of obscenities, profanities and derogatory remarks, is an extreme example of a vocal tic experienced by some people with Tourette's.
When the compulsion overcomes them, sufferers of the condition cannot help yelling inappropriate or culturally taboo remarks or phrases. A coprolalia sufferer might even blurt out ethnic slurs, even if they aren't racist an embarrassing and distressing situation for all involved.
Aside from Tourette's, brain injuries, strokes, dementia , seizures and many other forms neurological damage can usher the onset of coprolalia as well. It is known to be caused by brain dysfunction, but the details are, as yet, hazy. One hypothesis, described by psychologist Timothy Jay in his book "Why We Curse" (John Benjamins Pub Co. 2000), suggests that it's caused by damage to the amygdala, a region of the brain that normally mitigates anger and aggression. Because cursing is a form of verbal aggression, amygdala damage could result in the inability to control aggression, including verbal aggression, or cursing.