On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:57:10 -0400, Mike Ross
wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...ds/7518983.stm

"An event thought to feature knife-throwing at a town festival has been changed
after the mother of a stabbed girl complained.

The knife-throwing, which the council said would have been an illusion, was to
be held at an event in Walsall.

But Karen Ross, whose daughter was Rosie, 16, was stabbed to death in
Birmingham's Centenary Square in May 2001 said she was dismayed.

"People are trying to get knives off the street, not on them," she said.

"I was really dismayed when I read [the council] were putting on an
entertainment in the street involving knives.

"It goes against everything that everybody else is campaigning about.

"We are trying to get knives off the streets not put them on the street."

Councillor Louise Harrison, cabinet member for leisure and culture said: "In
light of recent comments, we have decided to ask the company to replace their
show with an alternative street theatre performance."


I despair, honestly.

Mike

If her girl was stabbed to death as part of a knife throwing event I
could understand her outrage.