- Jun 24, 2004
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Apparently it's illegal to carry a knife there without a "good reason."
near the end of the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5178720.stm
EDIT: lol, not to turn it into a flamefest, but sad, you can't even use FM transmitters for ipods and crap in the UK either: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5180958.stm
near the end of the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5178720.stm
and then they have all their other stuff like a national license plate tracking system. I normally don't care about all the whiny privacy and rights crap here in the states, but the last few years the UK has been looking pretty lame.Meanwhile, Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker said the government would continue working with police to spread the message that carrying knives "without a good reason" was against the law.
EDIT: lol, not to turn it into a flamefest, but sad, you can't even use FM transmitters for ipods and crap in the UK either: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5180958.stm