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Are we a 'walk on by' society? (Merged)
LP ROBINSON
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TERRIFIED Brits would rather “walk on by” than confront louts as yob culture spirals out of control.
New research has branded the UK the most loutish place in Europe, with one in four children involved in fights last year.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/144322/Britain-is-the-lout-capital-of-Europe/
Do you feel safe walking on our streets? Have you ever been the victim of loutish behaviour? Or have you stepped in to stop loutish behaviour?
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Yes.
I feel very safe walking the streets.
Then again, I don't read the scaremonger rags.
Gutter scare mongering press or other words "printed toilet roll"
The Daily Star should take a look at its journalists ( apologies to real journalists for using the same name for their staff) on a night out or even in the office before calling anyone else a lout.
The only thing they understand is a good kicking .... sad but true
It takes sometimes 20 mins for plod to respond to a 999 call of an intruder on the premises which is a joke ..... so our numbers have been passed around the area as the response is faster
That is if it's scaremongering or less a figment of moral panic than some like to acknowledge.
Yes.
No.
Never needed to.
You mean act like a lout and go around beating kids up because they happen to be wearing hoods?
Lynch mobs, the perfect example of the yob culture we are trying to avoid
edit: and i don't mean the urban dictionary definition of 'Handbagging'. :cool:
People in this country are apparently far more likely to ignore, for example yobs smashing up a bus stop, or one person assaulting another than our cousins in Europe.
Why do we think this is? Is our silence perhaps in a way condoning, even encouraging aggression and anti-social behaviour?
Are the authorities in a position to put a stop to aggression and anti-social behaviour? Is it even their sole responsibility?
If not, what can they do to encourage a greater level of direct action from the general public in order to make our society a safer and more pleasant place to live?
I would always go and try and help someone in a bad situation but getting involved if it is damage to property is just daft, go past phone the police and report it, it is the best solution.
Good question. In countries like Singapore, which has a very low crime rate, the police and local communities seem to join forces. This is an excerpt from a publication I read some time ago on that very subject:
Whether UK society is too far gone for such an approach to be effective is the big question. However, speaking personally I'm the type of person who can't walk by if I see someone being victimised or beat up. I don't endanger myself unduly but I have taken risks on occasion to prevent people being assaulted. I don't understand the mentality of people, for example, who will drive around an unconscious body in the road.
Not victim, but have been the target.
Yes.
Could be a confidence trick.
The Police say to ignore it. I caught a flower thief a few years ago and the Police where not interested. I even told them where he lived but no,stolen council flowers and the money I had paid for them via council tax where not considered important, despite theft being theft!
It's time that A) normal people were given the power to dispense justice, and
Kids wearing hoods are not breaking the law.
These are the ones we target ...... what they wear is of no consequence ....what would you have people do ?
Yeah I can just see it now you and two of your mates see a guy hassling another guy, you wade in and give him a seeing to, then snakes comes along with three of his mates see you beating on some guy he wades in and starts beating on you then someone else with five of his mates....ad infinitum.
A totally stupid solution.
What would I have people do, do what they are meant to do now inform the police, get involved if necessary but don't give people beatings and expect to get away with it.
Well if you flag it up - as this article did - it's likely to be dismissed within five seconds as scaremongering. It seems victims of anti-social behaviour, violence and intimidation are between a rock and a hard place.
And that's where it all goes wrong. When it comes to this sort of anti social behaviour the the law has shown itself to be either innefective, misguided or tied by legislation. So people get angry, frightened and desperate and do' stupid things'. Blame the system that's fostered this whole balls up.
You've been having tea with Meggie Pops again!
That's what I don't understand.
Phone boxes, bus-shelters. It's all glass. Where I used to live they were getting smashed in on a regular basis, but at least also replaced on a regular basis as well.
But why glass? It's just inviting trouble.