Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

Scouts will now be a little worse prepared after they were banned from carrying their traditional penknives due to the fears of those in charge of health and safety. [More]

I don't suppose making anyone with such fears not in charge isn't an option?

And I guess the online store won't be getting much UK traffic?

This guy Dave Budd sounds like a real piece of...uh...work: an anti-knife knifemaker. Seems he was misquoted. Thanks to commentator Chris.

Then there's this from "a Scouts spokesman":

"Scouting helps to prepare young people with valuable life skills, while keeping them safe by not carrying knives."

That's true. You're preparing them for their proper role by teaching them the valuable life skills necessary to be subjects of an Orwellian nanny state.

Hey, what with the multicultural changes in Empire demographics, I wonder if there are any Sikh kids in scouting over there, and if they get a special dispensation...?

[Via Plug Nickel Times and Jeffersonian]

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