UK Street Crime Rise Blamed on iPods

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday July 20, 2006 @12:14AM from the disarmed-populace-has-nothing-to-do-with-it dept.

CNET reports that the British Government today attributed the country's 22% rise in street crime to iPod robberies. This has hit CNET close to home. Guy Cocker, a CNET (Gamespot) journalist based in London, was mugged last week. The muggers held 'a semi-automatic weapon to the back of Cocker's head and told him, "we're taking all your stuff"'. CNET's solution to the problem is suggestions on how to conceal your iPod from attackers. These include 'The gaffer tape method,' 'The Coke can method,' and 'The Christopher Walken method.'

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Re:Thank god in a contry by cayenne8 · 2006-07-20 05:28 · Score: 0, Flamebait

"a knife is a sharp object and you arent allowed to carry knives in the UK either."
You're kidding, aren't you? You mean you can't even carry a pocket knife over there? What if you need to cut something...while in the city or out fishing (I use knives a lot when fishing)...
Wow...I had no idea that by law, the general populace was left so vulerable.
Interesting.

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