A dad, his son and a knife
This morning we heard the Mayor of London and the head of the Metropolitan Police urge anyone who knows someone carrying a knife to report them to the police.
Soon afterwards, a listener rang us to tell us that he's advised his 17-year-old son to carry a knife for his own protection. Here is Paul - have a listen.
Do you understand why he's done what he's done?
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The only people that fear the law these days are those law abiding people that the police can pursue for otherwise inconsequential indiscretions against political correctness, and punish with fines.
If the moral law abiding public cannot protect themselves or defend themselves theft and violence without fear of prosecution, then the flip side of that is that the law must provide the protection and defence.
Clearly it is not currently capable of fulfilling this role, as further evinced by the fact that people will no longer give evidence in trials without anonymity, and that large areas of our cities and towns have become no go areas at night.
I understand this father's plight but I suspect that after this call it will be just a matter of time before his sone is arested for carrying a pool cue!
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This man is a loony .
I ask you a question are you going to have him back on when his son is either sentenced to Life for Murder or is being buried as a victim of murder.
Why didn't you point out about the danger of people who carry weapons being more likely to end up the victims of those weapons.
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This is Farther is so naive if he thinks his son who has been beaten up a number of times can take any weapon and use it affectively and or be pro-efficient with it.
Weapons used in defence are the tools of professional soldiers. Professional soldiers are highly trained in close quarter hand-to-hand combat.
And even then I doubt any soldier would risk taking three or four men on single handed in hand to hand combat with or without weapons, they would do what their training and instincts told them – they’d run off, put distance between them and the threat.
The idea that anyone can fight off any more then one aggressor with a pool cue is ridiculous and if you’re the underdog – which in this case the poor Fathers son is then all you are going to do is get a even bigger kicking.
Send the boy to self defence classes – which will teach him to defend himself properly and in due course and the lessons will get him off the streets as well as building up his confidence so the boy isn’t not bullied so much if at all.
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Hello Victoria. Today's show was good and the interview with the knife dad was very interesting stuff. Clearly a very frustrated, if misguided, man. One of your strong points is, I guess, the empathy you show in stories that have a strong human interest angle. Clearly lots of listeners like your (excuse the cliche) human touch. There's definitely a need and a place for this quality in an interviewer.
I happen to like the harder, newsy stuff which sometimes you do well. I once mentioned your interview with a BBC boss woman some months back. It's up to you and your team to work out the balance over a three hour show. I just throw in my tuppence worth. Some of your defences are entirely correct. So this is me acknowledging that fact. But hey, like you need my approval.
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It seems to me that the law (police) never acts in a procative manner. Will the police wait until the poor lad is beaten to death. I visit England at least twice a year and form what I am seeing a small populaton of youth seem to be getting out of hand. Something something must be done to arrest the situation. In my country if you are caught with a knife it is confiscated by the police and off to the courts you go.
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Hello "squonk"
Thanks for posting; I did talk to Paul about the stats showing that those carrying a knife are more likely to have that knife used on them. It didn't seem to matter to him.
Hello Billiejoe
Thanks for your constructive criticism. I like the harder newsy stuff like you - as an interactive audience-led programme our main aim is to give listeners a platform. I hope that between us, when guests like the Home Sec or leader of the Oppostition come on, we are fair and robust with them. I'm less likely to be quite so robust with a listener who voluntarily rings in after I have invited them to. Listeners are unused to being on the radio and I wouldn't "interview" them in the way one might a politician/police officer/union rep etc
Kind regards
Victoria
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Feel very sorry for the dad who was obviously at his wits end with the lack of support from the authorities, and the ability of the yob to carry on attacking people without any fear of punishment
Dont agree with advising his lad to carry a knife at all, but I do understand his frustration
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