Comments on: Pic: Knives In Ads http://www.psfk.com/2008/11/pic-knives-in-ads.html Ideas & Trends Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:02:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Floyd Hayes http://www.psfk.com/2008/11/pic-knives-in-ads.html/comment-page-1#comment-208980 Floyd Hayes Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:07:32 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/11/pic-knives-in-ads.html#comment-208980 I ask my Brit friends about this all the time. They tell me it's mostly over-blown Daily Mail driven hype. Yes, there seems to have been a lot more knife crime in recent years. It's hardly new, kids have been cutting each other up for decades and decades. Glasgow being particularly known for it. It will continue if the powers-that-be keep teaching us two things from birth: 1) Do what we say 2) Might is right. Anyway, have a look at this interesting article about Victorian Gangs of Manchester: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/oct/22/hoodies-victorian-manchester-gangs I ask my Brit friends about this all the time. They tell me it’s mostly over-blown Daily Mail driven hype.

Yes, there seems to have been a lot more knife crime in recent years.

It’s hardly new, kids have been cutting each other up for decades and decades. Glasgow being particularly known for it.

It will continue if the powers-that-be keep teaching us two things from birth:

1) Do what we say
2) Might is right.

Anyway, have a look at this interesting article about Victorian Gangs of Manchester:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/oct/22/hoodies-victorian-manchester-gangs

]]> By: Jess http://www.psfk.com/2008/11/pic-knives-in-ads.html/comment-page-1#comment-208899 Jess Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:36:18 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/11/pic-knives-in-ads.html#comment-208899 Hmm. Part of me feels like the media outcry against the glamorisation of knives is allowing us to avoid the real issue, namely, that a lot of young British people feel so disenfranchised it's a miracle it took them this long to discover the most accessible item with which you can create havoc. For some reason I can't help but think of this piece by Ben Goldacre from the guardian, about the way in which we glamorise the effect of supplements on our kids health and academic achievement because we don't want to engage with serious issues like the breakdown of the family unit. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/01/pharmaceuticals.drugs Same thing - we focus on knives in the media or violence in video games because they are quantifiable and easy to regulate. The other stuff - not so much. Hmm. Part of me feels like the media outcry against the glamorisation of knives is allowing us to avoid the real issue, namely, that a lot of young British people feel so disenfranchised it’s a miracle it took them this long to discover the most accessible item with which you can create havoc.

For some reason I can’t help but think of this piece by Ben Goldacre from the guardian, about the way in which we glamorise the effect of supplements on our kids health and academic achievement because we don’t want to engage with serious issues like the breakdown of the family unit.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/01/pharmaceuticals.drugs

Same thing – we focus on knives in the media or violence in video games because they are quantifiable and easy to regulate. The other stuff – not so much.

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