Britains Knife Culture - not helped by eBay.
By admin | Posted in Living | 2 Comments so farThe UK is in the middle of a knife pandemic, kids and youths are running amock knifing anyone. To add to yob culture, booze drinking culture, and other good natured things you can add knife culture to the list of problems. The thing what baffles me in this country is, is why can you buy knives at all other than knives you need to chop an onion?
Now the (y)U.K. is stuck in a vicious circle of teens carrying knives. The problem is this has been going on for 10 years, but has got worse and worse.
eBay are not an ethical company - I’ve dealt with them in the past and they only care about profit, they say they care about fraud but do little to stop it. But back to the main point look at this and look at what exactly you can buy on eBay with no ID - no nothing!
Check this description:
“THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE ULTIMATE HUNTING KNIFE. IT LOOKS FANTASTIC AND IS EVERYTHING YOU EXPECT FROM A TOP QUALITY HUNTING KNIFE. GREAT FOR FISHING , HUNTING AND ALL OTHER OUTDOOR PURSUITS. ”
Makes me laugh this country. Fair enough if you do “hunt” you should have to produce a licence to buy one. If I owned this place I’d put an instant ban on eBay for selling knives.
I dont want to say that taking away the right to carry a knife is the wrong thing to do. But it is not the right way to control kids with knives. I belive that problem children are the result of problem parents. Parents need to be the source for correct living and responsibility. Without proper guidance and a pinch of *tough-love* kids will develop their own ruleset and often times conflict with the laws and customs of the country they live in.
I do not think that eBay can be held responsible or blamed for running a completely and purely for-profit company. I would find it a hard bite to chew if somebody told me eBay was intended to be non-profit. So yes, they dont care about the kids with knives problem. But I am sure they would stand by the idea that people need to monitor their childrens activities online and outside the home.
Removing people’s rights is not the answer to a problem. Address the source of the problem, not the symptoms.
eBay would sell ‘crack to your moma’ if it could. If I was CEO of eBay I’d ban knife sales as I’d consider the wider marco facts happening in today’s society.
I agree with your comment about parents, but what can you do? If there was a way to stop these parents producing offspring I’d be up for that idea.
Something else to consider:
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=stab+proof+vest