ANOTHER weekend passes and another life has been scarred by knife crime. While thousands returned home after a brilliant weekend at T in the Park, one man is seriously ill in hospital after being stabbed in an attack at the festival campsite.

The 22-year-old was knifed as he tried to break up a fight.

Unfortunately he is just another statistic.

There were 14 non-fatal stabbings reported across the UK last weekend.

Glasgow has lived with the terror of knife crime for years:from the 1930s razor gangs, for which the city was tagged No Mean City, through to the stabbings and slashings in the 1960s and the appeals by stars such as Frankie Vaughan to bring an end to the attacks.

Now Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is reported to be considering major changes to knife laws.

As well as considering forcing doctors to notify the authorities of stabbing injuries to allow police to gather information about unreported incidents, the MP has also proposed sending young offenders on workshops where they could see the consequences of knife crime, giving detailed information on what happens when someone is stabbed, the impact on the victim and the victim's family.

It could include visits to hospitals or doctors to hear from healthcare professionals about the graphic impact of knife wounds and to better understand what happens when somebody is actually stabbed.

But will it be enough?

Tory leader David Cameron says anyone convicted of knife crime should expect a jail sentence.

And Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair says the threat of jail may be one of the only ways to persuade youths to put down their knives.

So we asked: what do you think would help turn the tide of knife crime?

Would hospital visits and education turn the tide of violence?
CHRIS HARRISON, 26, student, Rutherglen: They should definitely meet the victims. People just don't know what they are doing.	COLIN DOLAN, 25, chef, Possilpark: I don't think these ideas would deter people from using a knife. A prison sentence would put people off more.	CHRISTINA BURKE, full time mother, Glasgow: They should go straight to prison.	ROSE HUNTER, 75, retired, Springburn: I think they should be heavily fined or imprisoned. Let them see the damage they are doing and then imprison them.

KIRSTY TULLOCH, 22, temp, West End: I think it is a good idea to try to get to them through guilt.

RUTH GILLBIE, 23, business support officer, Glasgow: It would be good to teach them the results of their actions. Otherwise it is easy for the culprit to detach themselves from their victim.

NATHAN SMITH, 25, student, City Centre: If someone is caught with a knife it should be taken away and they should be given a warning. The second time they should go to jail.

PHIL BREWER, 23, Student, City Centre: I think they should take them to go see knife victims. Changes are needed to see what approach works.