YOBS MORE DANGEROUS THAN HITLER
Peter Broadbent lists a couple of recent unpleasant yob crimes, and as usual, lays the responsibility directly on Tony Blair's shoulders. Last week, someone blamed Blair for teenage pregnancies. What an evil incompetent man our re-elected Prime Minister must be.
Lord Bingham, Britain's most senior law lord, writes
' Britain has one of the most punitive societies in western Europe' The fact is that in this country, criminals have more chance of ending up in jail than anywhere except America. The prison population has grown sharply under this government, which has taken very many measures to curb juvenile crime in particular, not least ASBO's, which I believe were effective in the St. Mary's Square area of Brixham where Mr. Broadbent hails from.
The truth is that you can pass as many laws as you like, but no government can stop low level yobbism. You can never police every bus, every street corner, every dark alleyway 24 hours a day. Unfortunately, British society is becoming more thuggish and lawless. Binge drinking is a British disease. Teachers, policemen, firemen and doctors are routinely abused, but of course it is always somebody else's fault, not ours.
The next time you see kids (or anyone else) dropping litter, or hear them using fould language in public, and yet do nothing about it, you are encouraging ever worse behavior. I find that a polite word often does the trick, but rudeness only begets rudeness. It is our society, and we all have a duty to protect it at every opportunity, not just expect the law to work miracles.
Hitler tried to destroy our society, but failed. Yobbism may not fail, and is therefore a greater danger than Natzism, because few of us are willing to fight for it.
Tell me what you think. I have no monopoly on the truth
