links for 2008-05-30

• Blog: Education is key to tackling knife crime
  It’s been widely reported that most of those carrying weapons today are doing it out of fear, not intent. It is bullying in its most extreme form.
• Government launches hard-hitting campaign designed at discouraging young people from carrying knives
  Graphic images that form part of a fictional medical lecture over treating stab wounds show gaping wounds and knives, and a screwdriver, embedded in victims’ bodies.
• 15 and counting « Black Pearl
  I’m sick and tired of people blaming communities: “There aren’t enough youth clubs”, “There isn’t much for youth to do.” My take on that? Absolute rubbish.
• ‘Bring back the death penalty for knife crime’
  Roger Gale, the Tory MP for North Thanet, said that bringing back capital punishment for murder was the only way to deter people from carrying knives, short of banning all tools and kitchen utensils that could cause harm.