It’s interesting you are saying it’s 6" like that’s not a bad thing when the law in the UK is no longer than 3".
I guess if it is plastic the sentence seems a bit harsh, but you would also get in trouble for a plastic replica gun that looked realistic. Seems like he has plenty of priors which is probably more the issue.
All in all, not oniony.
EDIT: It doesn’t seem plastic
Important to note that this wasn’t just a prop. The blade was sharp.
O I completely understand that, it’s not really an issue. My point is that prohibition doesn’t work on humans, people will be violent with or without tools to do violence. Education and social support is the best way to decrease violence, not trying to continuously remove the next weapon people create or use.
Yeah, 6” is basically a kitchen knife. I carry a fairly large pocket knife by most standards, (a Smith & Wesson Black Ops 3) but it’s only 3.25 inches long. That 6” blade (plus the hilt) isn’t something you’re going to be able to fit into your pocket, and I certainly wouldn’t consider carrying one around on a day-to-day basis. It’s fine as a novelty letter opener, but it should stay at your desk.
Not very populated in comparison though. If you take Birmingham, it’s got around 1.5m people. London / Greater London has around 8m / 12m. So higher instances are noteworthy.
It does though. If you have massive amounts of knife crime, the context makes sense. If there is none and one person does it, it’s all about the person.
Either way, walking publicly with a big sword claiming it’s a fidget spinner substitute is BS.
Many studies have looked into this, culture etc. For example how people conducted themselves in say Nazi Germany or during the Rwandan genocide.
Simply trying to understand how so many folk can commit such atrocities.
Knife crime is viewed differently in areas with high amounts of it. It’s more shocking in an area it doesn’t exist. In an area where folk growing up knowing or seeing people being stabbed, it’s seen very differently.
I don’t think juries should necessarily take it into consideration, but understanding situations, it’s quite relevant. If you’ve stepped into both poor and rich areas, you’ll understand the differences.
So it sounds like individualist ethics then, just with the cultural surround taken into account in how the numbers affect that individual’s perception of the crime? Something like that?
I thought you were saying the ethical value of the individual act was a function of purely the number of times it was happening in an area.
Kinda like how “we have record amounts of crack smoking so let’s punish crack smoking harder” is an example of what I mean by “individualist ethics becoming collectivist ethics on account of specific numerical thresholds”.
Fair point, and no on the last point. Legalise weed, tackle gangs and help addicts get the help they need. Punishment doesn’t always work on crime. Without some element of reform.
Of course knife crime is pretty high here and if anything, police are a little weak on it and it has got out of control because jails are too full.
In some parts of the UK, it is genuinely scary to walk around and even looking at some young folk wrong is the best way to end up in an ambulance.
Just because YOU murder every living thing on every thieves guild quest doesn’t mean everyone else does. Burgling doesn’t imply violence. Robbery maybe, but the humble burgle does not.
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