England: Stabbed, Gutted and Bleeding Out  By: Warner Todd
Huston  Most haughty Europeans look down their nose at we
“violent Americans.” They sniff the air at the ugly American and
assume that they are, one and all, more “civilized” than we
gauche colonials. Look at all the gun violence in America, they
say. They tsk. tsk us for the deaths by gun. Certainly they are
better than we?  Now shocking news emerges out of England this
month. It is estimated that 25,000 stabbings have occurred in
Jolly, more civilized ol’ England in the last 12 months alone.
You read that right, there have been 25,000 incidents of knife
violence in England in the last year.  Worse, those numbers
generally only include incidents where blood is drawn.  The
count includes only murders, stabbings where blood is spilled
and knifepoint muggings. If less-serious crimes like threats or
illegal possession were included, numbers would be far higher.
And what is the government doing? Well, in truth it doesn’t
matter a bit what they are or are