Banning guns, knives, swords and (healthy) teeth was apparently not enough for the British nanny state. Now they’re out to ban the traditional pint glass you get in a pub, because they can apparently be used as weapons.
Terrific.
I think the next step to protect British subjects from violence is to encase them in styrofoam and then wrap them in bubble wrap.
Plans to replace the traditional pint glass with
one made of shatter-proof plastic will not be accepted by drinkers, the
pub industry has warned.The Home Office has commissioned a new design, in an attempt to stop glasses being used as weapons.
Official figures show 5,500 people are attacked with glasses and bottles every year in England and Wales.
If glasses are outlawed, only outlaws will have…
The Home Office Minister, Alan Campbell, said the redesign could make a
significant difference to the number of revellers who are injured.
Much like the British gun ban made a significant difference to the number of Britons victimized by armed thugs?
Aug 25, 2009 @ 05:47:26
why so upset?I think its great. Anything bad for you should be banned.Pint glasses, alcohol, cigs, transfats, guns, knives, hammers, sticks, stones, baseball bats, cars, McDonalds…Did I miss any?I think bubble and shrink wrapping is excessive, we should put everyone in a strait jacket, turn the world over to robots, oh wait; we’re not there yet.Then I woke up.
Aug 25, 2009 @ 17:12:00
Not only that, the Brits are also proposing to ban fire extinguishers. Really, all in the name of safety.What could possibly go wrong?
Aug 25, 2009 @ 18:21:50
Dammit, Aaron, I was going to post the link to your blog article about it, only to find you already here. But then you didn’t put the link.http://shekel.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-from-british-are-losing-their.html
Aug 25, 2009 @ 18:39:01
I did, but the comment system ate my lovingly crafted .html link.
Aug 25, 2009 @ 19:50:13
WTF? What can’t be used as a weapon? Why not nip this all in the bud, and just amputate a person’s hands at birth. Because if you can hold something, it can be turned into a weapon some sort.
Aug 25, 2009 @ 19:53:42
WTF? What can’t be used as a weapon? Why not just propose the amputation of every subject’s hands, because almost anything that can be picked up with hands can be turned into a weapon. Silly damned brits… Mucking with their pints might wake them up though…
Aug 29, 2009 @ 17:43:36
Soon every British citizen will be required to dress in Redman Gear for their own safety. Utterly ridiculous. At this point if the British people aren’t up in arms about this then honestly, they deserve the foam-packed existence they are headed toward. I feel badly for my British friends who understand the need for self defense and honestly appreciate a good weapon or two.