Trying to control stabbings by banning knives that have a point on the end was bad enough.  But this is really going too far.

The BBC reported recently that the British Home Office is seeking a new design for pint glasses that it hopes may reduce the number of incidents in which people attack each other with pint glasses.  According to official statistics, 5,500 people are attacked with glasses and bottles every year in England and Wales.  (Probably more in Scotland, though maybe they just use swords.)  This public safety emergency has spurred the government into action, seeking a design that can't be used as a weapon.

Designers say they are considering two basic approaches: (1) plastic, or (2) something else.  First, glasses could be made from plastic, or could be coated with it so that the glass would not shatter into sharp pieces if broken.  Second, "[w]e could do something more radical," said one designer, "by looking at the whole shape and substance of the pint - we could come up with something that is completely different [from] glass."  Seems a lot