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RE: another stabbing
April 25, 2014 at 12:06 pm
It's just more economical to stab someone. Bullets are so expensive these days.
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RE: another stabbing
April 25, 2014 at 12:27 pm
At least with knives no innocent bystanders get killed, too.
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RE: another stabbing
April 25, 2014 at 12:31 pm
You will not see calls to ban knives because it is obvious to just about everyone that the utility of knives outweigh the risks that sometimes they will be used nefariously.
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RE: another stabbing
April 25, 2014 at 4:53 pm
There is a deeply psychological component to choosing your murder weapon. Using a knife is deeply personal and allows the killer to "feel" the carnage they cause, as opposed to a gun, which is highly impersonal.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell