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Sceptical of knife epidemic 9:42pm on 07 Jul 2008 ignore that first bit post #8 about the correction of the stats typo. that was meant to be for another blog written by the same guy. the rest of the post applies to this article
Sceptical of knife epidemic 9:35pm on 07 Jul 2008 the man corrected his typo with the stats. give him a rest. so often with these things stats and numbers can be altered or spun as to make things sound better, or to sex them up to give channel 4 a reason have cherry blair parading around on tv of an evening. i do agree with the blog though, it does make you wonder why it is that so many incidents of violence happen in inner cities. poor areas? there are plenty of poor areas around the smaller towns away from the big cities. broken homes? im from a broken home, iv turned out fine, as has my brother. what is it that inner city areas have, or havnt got that make knife attacks so common(if you belive all you read) i agree whole heartedly with post 5 robby67. about sensationalist media reports, headlines all look more exciting when it reads, teens run riot. or knife crime on the rise. i think that fuels the fire far too much. just report the facts, not pointless rhetoric that gets all the weak minded scared to leave their homes. its like global warming, or ecstacy in the 90's, the reality is far less dramatic that the headlines. but if we want to make a difference then we need to stop this scare mongering.
Knives, guns and teens 9:21pm on 07 Jul 2008 just so you get a measure of who i am, im a 6'2 white 22 year old male from a town in north wales with a population of about 10,000 people.

a fair few people have mentioned tough jail sentences for carrying a knife. sound in principal but...surely then u wud have to look at wether or not jails actually do their job of reformation, rehabilitation and education? i mean, that is the job of the prison system isnt it? and if a 'youth' with a knife got jail time, the fact that they had a knife in the first place would tell us they dont give much regard to the laws, so then surely prison would not be reasonable choice. i once carried a knife, purely with the specific intention to go and stab someone. as soon as i left the house i realised how stupid i was being, and promptly put the knife back in the kitchen draw. its all very well shouting from the rooftops to lock them away and throw away the key, but that doesnt solve the problem, only moves it on.

whilst statistics look good written down, its never as black and white as that. theres a whole host of different shades of grey inbetween that cant be put into neat soundbites.

im not gona sit here and spout a loud of solutions because there are so many variables. whilst confronting the parents, or educating the people carrying may work for some it wont work for all.

living in north wales, the danger of knife crimes or people carrying knives is pretty much non existent. iv never been threatened with one or seen someone carrying one, and that includes all the times iv been to manchester or liverpool (friends and relatives to visit) in some of the rougher and nicer areas. iv only been to london once, hated it, never been again(i hasten to add, thats nothin to do with violence, i just hate the city).

the fact is, that the majority of groups of young kids who hang around on the streets do so, purely to hang with their mates. i did that, im sure most of you did that. it doesnt mean that they will knife you and rob you. whilst im sure it is a problem in some areas, it doesnt mean that the whole of the british youth needs to be tarred with the same brush. and throwing money at the problem or simply saying MANDATORY SENTANCES will not sovle the problem. its like being overweight, it didnt all appear overnight. so it wont all go away with some quick fixes. it will take a long time and a lot effort from everyone who wants it to change. but what we can do, is stop this hysteria of crying wolf. it doesnt help. and if you let your kid play out of an evening, your not a bad person, its just normal. everyone stop spouting rhetoric and actually look around at the problem, it probably isnt as bad as we are being lead to believe

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