Noel Gallagher of Oasis claims pot and videogames partly responsible for knife crime in UK
Posted on July 5th, 2008 by bile Tags: Gordon Brown, guns, knives, Liverpool, London, marijuana, Sarah McDonald, skunk cannabis, UK, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, United States, videogames, violent crime, violent video games, warfare state, welfare stateThe Oasis guitarist said it was a “pity scumbags are taking over our streets”, and claimed video games were partly to blame for violence.
He said: “In my day, status was trying to be somebody, do you know what I mean, not trying to kill somebody?”
The star said knife crime was a problem across the UK, not just in London.
The 41-year-old added: “I was up in Liverpool for a week a couple of weeks ago and even on the news there it’s every single night.
“I don’t even know what Cameron or Gordon Brown are going to do about it. I was watching a documentary on Panorama and another one about kids carrying knives and violence.
“One of the lads, a little lad, made a telling comment.
“The guy said, ‘Do you not think there’s anything better for you in life?’
“And he said, ‘Yeah, there probably is but I’ve never known anything else’.”
Gallagher also revealed that he and partner Sarah McDonald were worried about their children growing up and said they talked about knife crime in bed at night.
“People say it’s through violent video games and I guess that’s got something to do with it.
“If kids are sitting up all night smoking super skunk [cannabis] and they come so desensitised to crime because they’re playing these video games, it’s really, really scary.”
Eighteen teenagers have been murdered in London so far this year.
In response, the capital’s Metropolitan police force have set up a task force of 75 officers, dedicated to fighting knife crime.
My theory? The warfare/welfare state is sucking the responsibility and drive out of these kids and they have nothing to strive for. That is what is leading to the increase in knife crime. That and the ban on guns probably doesn’t help as it makes it easier likely to get a knife to commit your violent crime then a gun. At least for the lower end crime. I’m not claiming guns aren’t still relatively easy to get. In any case… if videogames and pot made kids want to stab people… the USA would have several million of them running around.
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July 5th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Wait I’m sorry, what were we talking about? I was too busy stabbing my neighbor to death.