People don't kill people, knives kill people.

Griff · 02-11-2006, 06:15 AM

Clarke By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent
Published: 09 February 2006
A five-week nationwide knives amnesty is being launched in the summer in an attempt to drive down numbers of stabbings.

The war on inanimate objects continues.

Troubleshooter · 02-11-2006, 08:37 AM

Wow, won't be long before all that is left to assault people with is books.

wolf · 02-11-2006, 10:43 AM

I believe that they're already working on naughty words control.

anonymous · 02-11-2006, 11:28 AM

I have hidden a cache of books in my home just in case.

Griff · 02-11-2006, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

Wow, won't be long before all that is left to assault people with is books.

Burning ones at that.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-11-2006, 12:09 PM

If they really got serious about this here (heaven forbid), and put U G out of business, wonder how he'd feel about Bush then?

02-11-2006, 01:21 PM

Yet one more use for the multi-volume and thick OED. A nice big Webster's dictionary can stop a line backer in his tracks when thrown properly. And how about those big coffee table books with all the glossy pictures inside? I vote that all public libraries be shut down at once!

Aliantha · 02-11-2006, 07:38 PM

Over here it's illegal to carry a pocket knife on the street (if the cops really want to bust you). It's also illegal to carry a concealable weapon (hence the knives thingy) which includes any handgun. It's also illegal to own a semi-automatic weapon - unless you're a farmer and can show just cause for having one.

I've never seen anyone using a book as a weapon. Mostly they just carry their knives anyway - concealed in their pants or jackets etc. I guess crime rates aren't as bad here as they are in the US and some other areas of the world though. We did have a gangland murder a couple of weeks ago though. That was pretty exciting. They don't happen here very much.

02-12-2006, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I've never seen anyone using a book as a weapon.

What??? You skipped 7th grade?

Aliantha · 02-12-2006, 06:36 PM

hahaha...nope. In 7th grade I got in trouble from my teacher for bringing a copy of The Thorn Birds (a novel by Colleen McCullogh - one of our foremost authors) to school with the 'dirty bits' (love scenes) highlighted for the other kids to read.

Lunaephiliac · 02-18-2006, 01:50 PM

People don't kill people, death kills people.

02-11-2006, 06:15 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	People don't kill people, knives kill people. Clarke By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent Published: 09 February 2006 A five-week nationwide knives amnesty is being launched in the summer in an attempt to drive down numbers of stabbings. The war on inanimate objects continues. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-11-2006, 08:37 AM	#2
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Wow, won't be long before all that is left to assault people with is books. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

02-11-2006, 10:43 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I believe that they're already working on naughty words control. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-11-2006, 12:09 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If they really got serious about this here (heaven forbid), and put U G out of business, wonder how he'd feel about Bush then? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-11-2006, 07:38 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Over here it's illegal to carry a pocket knife on the street (if the cops really want to bust you). It's also illegal to carry a concealable weapon (hence the knives thingy) which includes any handgun. It's also illegal to own a semi-automatic weapon - unless you're a farmer and can show just cause for having one. I've never seen anyone using a book as a weapon. Mostly they just carry their knives anyway - concealed in their pants or jackets etc. I guess crime rates aren't as bad here as they are in the US and some other areas of the world though. We did have a gangland murder a couple of weeks ago though. That was pretty exciting. They don't happen here very much. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-11-2006, 11:28 AM	#4
anonymous Operations Operative Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: in hiding Posts: 578	I have hidden a cache of books in my home just in case.

02-11-2006, 01:21 PM	#7
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Yet one more use for the multi-volume and thick OED. A nice big Webster's dictionary can stop a line backer in his tracks when thrown properly. And how about those big coffee table books with all the glossy pictures inside? I vote that all public libraries be shut down at once!

02-12-2006, 06:36 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	hahaha...nope. In 7th grade I got in trouble from my teacher for bringing a copy of The Thorn Birds (a novel by Colleen McCullogh - one of our foremost authors) to school with the 'dirty bits' (love scenes) highlighted for the other kids to read. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-18-2006, 01:50 PM	#11
Lunaephiliac Nice people frighten me. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle. Yes, it's raining. Posts: 47	People don't kill people, death kills people. __________________ Well, obviously no one is going to give you a nickel every time something common happens, so stop using that idiotic phrase. Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished, persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. -Mark Twain

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