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My boring Saturday reached its climax when I caught myself reading the Myanmar Times. The official newspaper from Burma (undoubtely approved by all the dodgy military individuals that form the government of that country).
It is a fairly boring newspaper. I read an article that says:

OFFICIALS from the Yangon Division Buses Control Committee (Yangon and Highway) are urging bus workers and passengers to be alert for suspicious packages on public transport and in bus terminals.

“We have instructed bus staff not to open suspicious packages or bundles, but rather immediately inform officials of their presence,” said committee secretary Myat Hla.

The alert was issued following the detonation of six small bombs in Yangon on April 20.

“We have told bus ticket sellers not to sell to anyone without a national ID card, and to write each passenger’s ID number on the bus seating plan and on the ticket,” he said.

He said that at the highway bus stations, police and military personnel check passenger IDs against the seating plans and at the entrances and exits of the terminal buildings.

“The security teams inform us if they find any bus lines breaking the rules,” said Lieutenant Colonel Tin Nyunt. “For example, if a bus line sells multiple tickets under a single ID card, we will suspend the bus line from running for seven days.”

Full article

Well Charles Clarke has already said that ID cards cannot stop any terrorist attacks, but the point is who is behind those bombs, why are they not saying anything?

By the way, Aung San Suu Kyi will stay in jail. Emails to appeal against the decision can be sent directly to Senior General Than Shwe.

Knives are on the news a lot recently. We have at the moment a knife amnesty underway at the moment which means people can dispose of their sharp weapons with no questions asked.
In the meantime a schoolboy was stabbed to death in London last week for no reasons at all. And today apparently a man was stabbed to death on a train in Cumbria.

I've always been a city dweller, I've met people that claim to carry knives including quite a lot of women, I don't normally associate with them when I have a choice as I don't like any kind of weapons and I don't see why anybody would carry any if not with the intent of hurting someone which is not something I particularly want to do. I use a knife to butter my toast.
I've often been told it's for self defence because "everyone" carries them, but then again I'm not dealing drugs or involved with any criminal activity and if I get mugged chances are that any weapons in my pockets would be used against me or if I'm really lucky stolen from me.
I might be completely naive but I'm never felt that unsafe, even in my youth, to feel the urge to carry a knife. Have things gone so bad and as usual I've not noticed?
Do I need to send my daughter to archery classes?