Then a small group walked through. 5 males, two in black and white hoodies (despite the heat), the rest with grubby t-shirts and all with a customary beer in hand. I was pretty sure their faces were red from the alcohol as opposed to any sun burn and I could smell cannabis wafting from them.
I sat their pretty relaxed, I didn't recognise any of them - I don't work my own patch - but I knew the local response lads would know their names by sight. One lad at the back of the group was then approached by a younger kid who then feigned a punch to the older one.
The older youth then turned to him and yelled "PUSSY" to which the younger lad replied "C**T".
My stomach tensed "Why the hell did they have to come here of all places?" I said to the missus. I watched them mooch past and they ended up 200 yards away. Long smoking papers appeared and more wafts of skunk floated by.
I put the thought of them out of my mind, a minor irritation at best and there was sun to be enjoyed.
An hour later we got our stuff together and were moving away. The group were now wandering back and our paths crossed. I paid as little attention as possible, or as much as any other human being, but did listen in to their chat.
"Which fuckin' way we going then?"
"Don't know you c**t, you fucking tell me"
"I'm goin' this way, fuck you"
"Fuck off, I'm coming with you"
They then turned on their heels and skulked off, I could smell the cannabis but also their grubby clothes - they smelt of smelly feet!!
So what does this meandering tale teach us then? Not a lot really - more likely that these shit bags are through and through utter scum. They simply have no idea how to behave in public, no idea that a sentence doesn't have to have 'fuck' included in it to add meaning. No amount of 'understanding' will change them and, in my opinion, no society should want these people created to be like this in the first place.
Glad I don't meet many of the chavs these days... ;)
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Please, please, please, can't you just drive large white lorries around and pick up these type of people to take them away for processing?
Take them to a shipping port, put the containers onto a ship, ship goes to Island, offload them with some rollup papers and whatever other crap they need and just leave them there.
The UK is really the back end of the world at the moment, scallies and chavs serve no meaniful purpose and I totally agree that no amount of reasoning will change that. Load them up in big metal containers and get rid of them.
Great post. Incidents like this are an infuriating symptom of the erosion of discipline in some of our youth which has created a spoilt generation that has become a blight on our society. It is a sad indictment that parental control and a lack of discipline are marring our basic rights to enjoy the uninterrupted pleasure of a day in the park.
An erosion of adult authority has created a generation of yobs who believe grown-ups must earn their respect. Many youngsters from aristocracy to the underclass are urgently in need of a firm hand to guide them into adulthood.
Children of this spoilt generation are used to having their demands met by their parents and others in authority, and that in turn makes them unprepared for the realities of adult life. Children are now spoilt in ways that go far beyond materialism.
We see the consequences in every area of society, from the classroom to the workplace, the streets to the criminal courts and rehabilitation clinics.
Measures introduced to protect children often have the opposite effect, undermining the powers of parents, teachers, police officers and other authority figures.
Authority is a basic health requirement in children’s lives. But, while children have become increasingly empowered in terms of legislation and rights, far from being protected, they are actually suffering in ways that could never have been foreseen.
Parental permissiveness and a lack of responsibility has to be a significant factor in the declining behavioural standards in many of our youngsters.
A 44% rise over five years in attacks on policemen by children, with toddlers becoming increasingly violent and disrespectful towards nursery school staff and a frightening number of false and malicious allegations made by pupils against teachers are all signs that the problem needs addressing at an early age.
Some of the blame for the rise of this spoilt generation must rest with the apologetic messaging such as signs in shops asking teenagers not to be offended if they are asked for proof of age when they buy alcohol.
Another example was a leaflet handed out by Her Majesty’s Court Service which said: “To maintain a safe and secure environment, we would be grateful if you would not bring your knife into court in future.”
The time has come for changes in the law to reinstate adult authority and the introduction of a mandatory citizenship service programme for young people.
There is now an urgent moral and legal responsibility for legislators to restore authority to children’s lives.
Adults must be legally empowered to deal with both their own and other people’s children without the fear that they may be confronted or prosecuted.
The police come face to face with the consequences of the spoiled generation every day on the street of the UK. - Britain now has the highest rates of child depression, child-on-child murder, underage pregnancy, obesity, violent and anti-social behaviour and pre-teen alcoholism since records began. A 44% rise in assaults on police by children is surely a symptom of a much greater disease that will follow if not treated fast.
Respect for law and order and authority is fading rapidly as parents and schools fail in their duty to their children. The criminal justice system including the police are then just one of the groups of agencies that deal with the fall out. The empowering of children, however well intended, has served to undermine the authority of parents, teachers, police officers and other authority figures.
If the Government that assumes power on May 6th are to start the task of fixing our society, then surely there is no better place to start than here. By instilling some firm handed forgotten disciplines within the "spoiled sector" of our youth, there will at least be a glimmer of hope that the UK may once again be a pleasant place to live.
If it is down to our politicians to start the ball rolling, we shouldn't hold our breath.
You know, I am getting more than a little fed up of reading that parents must take the blame for their children's bad behaviour. Sure, there are parents who don't care, or who see nothing wrong with their offspring behaving badly, but I'm willing to bet they are in the minority.
The truth is that parents have NO back-up any more.
You said as much, Crime Analyst....
"An erosion of adult authority..."
"...undermining the powers of parents..."
"Adults must be legally empowered to deal with both their own and other people’s children without the fear that they may be confronted or prosecuted."
while in the same post...
"Children are now spoilt..."
"Parental permissiveness..."
"...parents and schools fail in their duty to their children."
I was a single parent from when my child was a toddler. My child is now in the third year of university and will come out with a 2:1 if not a first.
Yes I had problems with him and at times the temptation to just 'let it go' was very strong. I didn't and even now I remember the moment I heard my child say to another "When Mum says no, she means it."
Howevr I know that my job would have been so much easier with backup - I would have welcomed (reasonable) comments from, say, fellow shoppers if my son was acting up, if only to demonstrate to him that I wasn't the only person in the world who thought his behaviour unacceptable!
And then there was the media, particularly TV. I'll just give one example - I've already gone on far too long. The 'comedy' series My Family. Such a great success, such an awful example of parents behaving more like children than adults.
No backup from society and a media bent on portraying authority firgures as foolish or wicked... It's a wonder any children grow up to be responsible members of society.
So what you doing in the park thought you had a run to do?
Good Time?
I was relaxing before! However my legs don't work so well now.... :)
Single parents who manage, despite all the odds and pressures, to bring up children that become well adjusted and responsible young adults should be applauded.
It is true that despite all their efforts, some parents simply cannot control their offspring. Some kids seem destined to self destruct however much support their parents provide.
It is also true that the present system is simply inadequate in providing support for those parents who need outside support.
There are however, a growing number of parents who couldn't give a damn about their kids or the mayhem they cause. These are the underclass, in whatever numbers they represent, that are a real threat to the communities they inhabit. These are the the target families the political parties speak of, for many of whom, only the toughest treatment and the full force of the criminal justice system will have any lasting effect.
Frontline police officers have to deal with these families every day and must cream with frustration when the system fails to support their efforts.
I have two kids now 16 and 18, who were a challenge through our marital break up, but despite our differences, my ex wife and I agreed that we would strive not to relinquish our desire that our children should grow into decent young people. Both did well at school, and other than a few minor off the rail moments, they have done us proud. Some might say we were lucky, others might say that we accepted our parental responsibilities, despite our circumstances and did everything we could to ensure our kids were not part of the blight on our society, but a bouns to it.
The ministry of justice figures suggest that youth offending peaks for males at 17, with 6% cautioned or convicted of an offence at court. As might be expected, the numbers involved in criminal activity reduce as the age bands get higher.
The most recent prison population stats shows that 2102 (3%) prisoners were 15-17 and 9775 (12%)were 18-20 at date of conviction.
The Youth Justice Board issued a report that said that a crime is committed every two minutes by British youths.
224,000, 16% of people convicted at all courts in 2008 were aged between 10 and 20 years of age, with 6% being in the 12-17 age groups.
All of this suggests that youth crime remains a problem in the UK. Delinquency such as that witnessed by Disgruntled on these pages is all too commonplace these days and there can be little doubt that it is the thin end of the wedge, and that it will be many of these very same characters that will be committing low level crime (if not already doing so) escalating up to offences of a more serious nature, as the failing CJS system continues to allow the feral youths we are referring to, to laugh at authority figures and the justice system as if it were a joke.
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