What does all of this mean? I went through an entire school
career as a pupil carrying a penknife.
Nobody batted an eyelid. Many lads did this - along
with bits of string, rubber bands and all sorts of other
paraphernalia.
Nobody even complained when we played
leggastretch which involved flicking a knife into grass, blade first,
and each person trying to force the other to reach a point when they could
stretch no further.
Society is now so ill-disciplined that we are all
paying the price of excessive liberalism.
