British Harry Potter Actor Stabbed to Death

You mean to tell me that you are skewing a childs death to imitate, make fun of, and otherwise take jabs at gun laws and law enforcement? In a country you dont even live in?

He's a one-trick pony.

dlowan wrote:

He's a one-trick pony.

You're absolutely correct, I have not turned as many tricks as you have.

the reporter's spin on this topic is pathetic

I'm not skewing anything. Just taking the reporter to task.

The Sunday Times
May 25, 2008
Harry Potter actor stabbed to death in mobile phone vendetta
Dominic Tobin and Dipesh Gadher

A teenage actor who is to appear in the new Harry Potter film was stabbed to death in the early hours of yesterday during a fight at a bar.

Robert Knox, 18, was murdered outside the Metro bar in Sidcup, southeast London, as he tried to protect his brother Jamie, 17, from a knifeman.

The attack, which left three other people with serious stab wounds, took place just a few miles from where Jimmy Mizen, a 16-year-old altar boy, was murdered two weeks ago while trying to shield his older brother.

Yesterday it emerged that Knox and Jimmy had played for the same rugby club in Sidcup.

Last night, Robert's parents, Sally, a buyer for Marks & Spencer, and Colin, who is thought to work in advertising, paid tribute to their son in a statement.

"Rob was kind and thoughtful and would always help out others; he would always spend his last penny on other people instead of himself," they said.

The life and soul of the party, he was very outgoing, loved sports and would always strike up a conversation with people. He was respectful to others and adored by his family and friends."

Knox, who overcame bullying as a child to break into acting, had just finished filming a small part for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which is due at cinemas in November. He plays a Ravenclaw student called Marcus Belby.

Knox was a former pupil at Beths grammar school in Bexley, whose alumni include Steve Backley, the former Olympic javelin thrower. He is the 14th teenager to be violently killed in London since the start of the year.

Police said the killing was not gang-related and yesterday, as friends laid flowers at the murder scene, close to Sidcup railway station, Lee Bentley, manager of the Metro bar, said the attack appeared to have been triggered by a row over the alleged theft of a mobile phone.

"Nine days ago, a guy came to the bar and caused trouble," said Bentley. "He accused [Knox's friend] Dean Saunders of stealing his phone and hit him in the face. We cleaned up Dean and barred the man."

But the man, who is black and in his twenties,

A teenage actor who appears in the next Harry Potter film was stabbed to death trying to protect his younger brother from a knifeman yesterday.

The above sentence was written to redirect your thoughts. The killer was not a murderer, he was a "knifeman." This is so you understand that knives are bad, and will more readily agree to the suggestions of the author.

"Until teenagers are more frightened of the law than of each other, our task is hopeless. We cannot persuade them not to carry knives when they know they face a very slim chance of any penalty if they do, but the real chance of being defenceless when attacked if they do not."

Secondly, the police must use stop-and-search. Gang members and others holding knives must be made to feel there is a real chance they will be apprehended and severely punished.

I carry a pocketknife (and more) all the time.
Apparently just the knife would be a crime in GB.... What a joke.

you're spin on this topic is pathetic

cjhsa & omsigdavid - Why don't you two just get a room?

They just don't get it, nor do they seem to care. Many of them weren't raised around guns, may never have fired one, never hunted, think it's barbaric, while they snack on corporate "meat". It would be like me wanting to outlaw some cheese I've never tasted, because someone said the milking practices were cruel to the animals. They aren't thinking it through.