James Christie wrote:
In message net.com,
Roger T. may have written...



They are a product and reflection of our society and of their parents.
They're not going to to be the offspring of wealthy, attentive
parents, I
wager, but the offspring of the those parents who couldn't give a damn
(and have probably never talked to them nicely in their life). We need
more information before we can draw any conclusions about how to deal
with
it... but actually catching the culprits would be a good start!


It's societies fault. It's their parent's fault. It's the environment's
fault. It's the school system's fault. It's everybody's and
everything's
bloody fault but it's not their fault.

With attitudes like that, no wonder many kids are like they are.

Funny, when we used to beat the crap outta kids who did this sort of
thing,
kids didn't do this sort of thing.

I've a feeling that there's a correlation in there somewhere.

I should think so Roger. When I was a lad (now theres a cliche!), I
would never contemplate breaking windows, vandalism by way of graffiti,
or mugging/attacking OAPs. As not only was I aware from a young that
such a thing was inherently wrong, but I also knew that if I did, not
only would I get a hiding from my father but I'd probably get one from
the person I'd committed said act against!

Don't tarnish all youths with the same brush. How often do you read in
the paper "a group of under-18s took the bus normally with no
commotion"? Just because one bunch of idiots caused chaos doesn't mean
that all teenagers are automatically guilty. I'll think you'll find that
most teenagers today still actually know that mugging pensioners is wrong!

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London