"Penetrated"?! Was that intentional? It seems cheap and callous in this context. Might you consider "permeated" instead?

Here's an example of a politician using free press in the wake of a tragedy. From the IotD on the raw sewage flood in Gaza:

Mom will cope like Mom's have always coped....sometimes well, too often not.
This is nothing new, remember Cain and Abel?

Once the knife registration gets underway, and then becomes a ban and confiscation, all you'll be able to eat is porridge ... and cold porridge at that, since you can get a nasty burn on the roof of your mouth if you heat it too much.

knives don't kill people, lack of oxygen to the brain caused by massive blood loss kills people

What knife registration?

The one discussed here.

I was only being mildly facetious.

That is insane!

Next thing you know the Brits will be walking to work and school because they can't be trusted with a car.

Brits? If we are going by stereotypes then Asians and women should be up there.

*runs away*

We've had restrictions on possessing blades in a public place for a long time. I seriously doubt any further tightening of the law is likely. Knives are too important/useful as tools for stuff other than slashing/stabbing people or animals. The legislation was originally tightened up to deal with the 'switchblade' culture amongst gangs (especially in the East End of London and Manchester's Hulme and Moss Side) and for a long time knife crime stopped being so much of a problem. It's kind of creeping back into the culture again now. Guns are also getting more common, amongst teens and gangs, but knives tend to be the weapon of choice. We do get the occassional nutter with a samurai of course.

Not when the link is to a BBC article abouts Brit Doctors, proposing Brit lawmakers pass Brit laws to control Brit knives owned by Brits which the Brit doctors did almost 2 years ago.

Yes, and I believe I started that thread.
UT, we need a "busting with pride" emoticon. ;)

No, and I think you're right. :)

Am I wrong to assume this was facetious? You do know that many Brits already walk to school and work?

There is already strict legislation about who can drive a car -it's the driving test- which is much harder that the ones over here, by all accounts. I've only taken the Michigan one, but I can tell you it's definitely harder than that, and Brits I communicate with in other states say the same. Furthermore, the toughness of the British driving test is a common gripe for American expats in the UK.

They really should be reversed -the British roads are so crowded, you will never need to know how to rejoin a freeway from the hard shoulder -it's no different from pulling out of a space in a parking lot! Whereas here, it appears that indicate then pull out from stationary is the custom. only time I ever see turn signals used! ;)

/how's that for topic drift? -we now return to your original programming, nothing to see here, move along.....