Knifecrime Island's "It Doesn't Have To Happen" campaign-aimed at reducing the number of, yes, knife crimes-is launching a new round of advertisements in hopes of convincing Britain's stabby youth to leave their knives at home when they hit the town. Also, "a music video called Don't Shank Just Skank, featuring members of the taskforce and artists including Donaeo, Rollin' G, and DJ Luck and MC Neat, aims to spread the anti-knife message through music and dance." The BBC helpfully explains that "the track is based on the dance craze skank and the slang term for knife, shank." I'm not a huge skank fan (the dance craze, obvs, not the fine American skanks that set our nation so far above the mother country), but I don't hate this. I mean, it's got a good beat and you can stab to it. (Hahaha, get it?) Anyway, Britons, I heartily endorse Donaeo et al's message here: You should not shank. Remember, we're all in the same gang.
Friday, October 2, 2009
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why does this remind me of mars attacks?
Really? Because it reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzye7gZOlXQ
"Look! They're making the international sign of the donut!"
Lukas Haas? works in the donut? anyone?
They'd probably shoot more if guns were legal or readily available. We'd probably stab more if guns were illegal and less readily available.
Look at it as the road not taken.
Sunny side of life!
Why not just ban knives?
They pretty much have (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/ukpga_20060038_en_6#pt2-pb6). But with Jamie Oliver on tv slicing and dicing there's a thriving blackmarket.
It's a turf war/On a global scale
You can't just say, no stabbing!
You need to put forward a substitute, like paintball or laser tag.
MC Neat? How nifty!
If you banned knives they'd only use broken bottles and glasses. We're creative that way.
In fact, I think I'd rather get knifed than be "glassed" in the face with a broken beer glass.