U.K.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in what may be a tragic example of “too little,
too late” action, recently announced that he has imposed a ban on ninja swords, effective as of March 27th.
Starmer imposed the ban in response to the increasing wave of knife attacks
sweeping across the British Aisles. The record-high knife-related crime rates effectively
forced the U.K. government to impose strict new measures to prohibit
citizens from owning, manufacturing, or trading ninja swords. Those found
in possession of a ninja sword will now face penalties of up to two years in
prison.
To which I say, “welcome to the party,
slowpokes.” I’ve been calling for common sense knife control, over and over again in fact, for years now. Right here on this
esteemed site. As so often happens here, you, my reader, are on the cutting
edge of information and ideas-- and are exposed to many groundbreaking notions first.
The British, like many of their
European peers, are not allowed to own firearms, so they have no safe and
effective way to defend themselves against the ubiquitous knife attacks. What’s
more, there are other vehicles, literally, that terrorists are using to kill
infidels. Based on the frequency and method of other terror attacks, Starmer,
and his fellow European leaders, may soon wish to ban the automobile. Looking
at the data, and being a good person, I am hereby publicly calling for common
sense automobile control. (I do not care at all that this position may endear
me to Seth Meyers or Jimmy Kimmel. Promise.) I propose that, going forward, no
vehicle should have a top speed of over 5 miles per hour. Moreover, they should
not weigh more than 500 pounds. And they should have software allowing anyone
in the government to shut them off or render them incapable of movement at any
time.
Hammers should also be banned, along
with ropes, baseball bats, gas stoves, weed whackers, and rolling pins. Just to
make for a safer world.
There are only two things experts say
are not -- in any way-- responsible for the increase in violent crimes:
hyper-secularism and Islamic extremism. In other words, the collapse of
Christianity and the rise of Islam, especially in Europe, are in no way related
to the rapid increase in amorality and terrorist attacks in which the perpetrators
yell “Allahu Akbar!”
Government can ban guns. It can ban
swords and knives. It can even ban hammers, gas stoves, and rolling pins. But
until it tries to stop the societal drift into the opposite extremes of
hyper-secularism and Islamic rage, the shocking violence will proceed apace.