@[email protected] to United [email protected]English • 11 days agoNinja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before banwww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNinja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before banwww.telegraph.co.uk@[email protected] to United [email protected]English • 11 days agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
You think you are in the 21st century think about the 16th century. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_hunt
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•11 days agoWhy are they banning knives and swords category by category (e.g., zombie knives, ninja swords) instead of a broader ban?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-211 days agoTo just piss off a small group at a time. It’s quite effective if you want to roll out unpopular things, keep the scope small and start with obvious things that most people agree with, then keep expanding using previous legislation as foundation.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•11 days agoThey are responding to crimes being committed. This helps, and minimises the scope of the law. But, it doesn’t solve root cause.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoBecause you don’t want to take the risk in case Excalibur is still out there somewhere.
Why are they banning knives and swords category by category (e.g., zombie knives, ninja swords) instead of a broader ban?
To just piss off a small group at a time.
It’s quite effective if you want to roll out unpopular things, keep the scope small and start with obvious things that most people agree with, then keep expanding using previous legislation as foundation.
They are responding to crimes being committed. This helps, and minimises the scope of the law. But, it doesn’t solve root cause.
Because you don’t want to take the risk in case Excalibur is still out there somewhere.