Sign 2.5 of the impending apocalypse:

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:08 am

Government cracking down on the little guy and the anime fan and their obsession with katanas

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... rai105.xml

CloudNineGT · Post by **CloudNineGT** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:18 am

Actually it sounds kind of reasonable, and it doesn't mean you can't obtain a genuine article so it really hurts nobody but the kind of person I hate.. which is the kind of law I can get behind.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:32 am

A shame they aren't banning Japan as well.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:46 am

They are not banned in UK aready?! What is the Home Office thinking?! It, like, totally goes against HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES!

Burnov · Post by **Burnov** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:37 am

So this is what happens when you ban firearms...

Am I surprised?

Not in the least.

Stupid people have it in their minds that getting rid of implements of harm is the solution. They haven't the slightest clue that it's the proclivities of society as a whole that determine the commonality of violence in any capacity. If anything, it's just going to force those willing to commit such acts to do so in more gruesome ways, as evidenced in the article.

How long before they start banning steak knives? Forks? Really sharp pencils? Scissors?

Oh my.

Sharpened sticks!

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:31 am

Burnov got it right.

williamnixon · Post by **williamnixon** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:50 pm

Burnov wrote: Oh my. Sharpened sticks!

Yeah, ban them! I've got a friend who got hurt by one.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:33 pm

One MP recently warned that they were being used by criminal gangs as the preferred weapon of choice after guns.

They ain't banning handguns though

British politics and logical reasoning are immortal enemies to each other.

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:36 pm

You can have my sharpened stick...when you pry it from my cold dead hands.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:25 pm

Kashluk wrote:They ain't banning handguns though

huh?

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:41 pm

Handguns are totally legal in the UK obviously

:sinn fein:

T-900 · Post by **T-900** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:58 pm

Oh gods... Found this a few days ago.

I cannot believe the police are backing this... Anyone with a chunk of steel and a grinder can make a functional 'sword'... These cheap replica blades would break in half if you swung them side-on in a strong wind, and they're making a big deal out of banning them.

Haven't they noticed every family home in the country has between 2-10 high quality weed knives up to and beyond a foot in length?

That you can buy yourself a razor sharp felling axe, a 25" long machete, or a battery powered drill at any DIY store, all of which could kill within a matter of seconds?

That it's not exactly difficult to sharpen yourself a wooden spear out of a branch, or to sharpen any piece of scrap metal to a killing edge?

Discriminating against collectors is simply an easy way of keeping the paranoid public happy for a few more years while further restricting the freedom of the individual...

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:49 pm

Shivs don't kill people, people kill people.

williamnixon · Post by **williamnixon** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:47 pm

People do kill people, but the government kill people who kill people.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:06 am

Also the French get retarded with its own citizens:

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/06 ... /index.php

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:33 pm

France is a crime against humanity.

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:49 pm

I sort of start understanding those people who give up LIFE for things like WoW, furries/beastiality or self mutilation.

williamnixon · Post by **williamnixon** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:12 pm

Dreadnought wrote:I sort of start understanding those people who give up LIFE for things like WoW, furries/beastiality or self mutilation.

I bet you do.

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:07 pm

williamnixon wrote:
Dreadnought wrote:I sort of start understanding those people who give up LIFE for things like WoW, furries/beastiality or self mutilation.
I bet you do.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:46 pm

jetbaby wrote:Also the French get retarded with its own citizens:

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/06 ... /index.php

That totally makes sense to me.