Showing posts with label amnesties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label amnesties. Show all posts

Monday, 15 September 2008

Amnesties don't solve everything, so stop saying they do, because they don't.

To combat knife crime in my area, the police announced a knife amnesty. After a month, stabbing related deaths were down 40%, but choking on whole carrot related deaths shot up a whopping 1800%.
Evidently they haven't learned their lesson, because they've just announced a clampdown on drug use, which will entail a spoon amnesty. Now I have to move house so I can use a full set of cutlery without fear of imprisonment. Hell in a handcart.