spendius wrote:This isn't Britain folks. Nothing like. Sure it happens but Darfur and the region where the earthquake took place in Pakistan are on another level.
There's a firm's sportsground a few miles from here which is used in the summer holidays to provide fun for kids. They are bussed in with their Mums and all have a great time I'm told. Hundreds of them.
Individual cases prove very little. And they certainly don't give a true picture of Britishness. One can't start talking eugenics on the basis of a few individual cases.
"See them kids faces smile
Up and down the midway aisle
Following the dusty old fairgrounds a-calling."
Why the worry about portraying Britain in a bad light, spendi?
Methinks you either live in jolly ol' Chipping Norton, or you wear rose tinted specsavers.
There are many, many young people like the aforementioned, in our cities.
...and I wouldn't worry about the odd American looking in....it's probably worse over there. All their trends tend to hit us about ten years after they appear over there.
New York now appears to be cleaning up it's act. Hopefully, that means that our cities will be much more liveable in about 2015.
Go and sit in an inner City Magistrates Court waiting room, or a job centre for a day (Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester, London....take your pick) and come back to us.
