Fear of knives (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)
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Every two months the Forest Flava Press Gang, a group of 30 budding journalists picked from schools across the borough, write Youth Flash for the Waltham Forest Guardian. This month the subject is knife crime.
Fear of knives
12:07pm Friday 24th October 2008
By Dan »
Fear can be a powerful emotion.
It can affect people in so many different ways. And the compulsion to avoid death is surely stronger than any other compulsion we humans feel. So it’s only natural to be scared of something potentially deadly… a knife, for instance.
Knife crime is something we all have to deal with. It’s becoming more and more common on London’s streets and as a result, people are feeling less and less safe.
Young people in particular begin to carry knives so that they can feel safe, and it becomes a vicious circle. Statistics show just how much worse the situation becomes if you carry your own knife, stating that you are more likely to be stabbed if you are carrying a knife.
The answer here is simple; don’t carry knives.
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