[HPFGU-OTChatter] Will the Madness ever end?

[Kathryn]

There's a *huge* difference. You can find somebody, somewhere,
calling for a ban on just about everything.
  




Yep you're right it's not the government, they're calling *on* the
government. Quite different. But it's not just 'some doctors' it's some big
professional body of doctors (I forget which one though).

And they only want to ban really big kitchen knives with sharp points - they
even consulted a group of chefs apparently, who told them that big knives
don't need points because anything requiring a point xan be done with a
small knife. Their point being if you stab someone with a short bladed knife
you're unlikely to damage anything vital. Of course I suspect that if they
succeed then the number of fatla knife wounds will decrease - and the number
of fatal scissor wounds and head wounds from being hit with big saucepans
etc etc will increase. It does seem rather a defeatist attitude though - we
re incapable of decreasing domestic violence so lets invest our time and
energy into banning knives instead ...

K

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