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View georgenorman's Profile georgenorman Flag 28 Sep 23 12.50pm Send a Private Message to georgenorman Add georgenorman as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

The suggestion earlier on the thread was anyone under 25 is fair game.

Anyone who looks suspicious, regardless of their age or race, is fair game.

 

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View eagleman13's Profile eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 28 Sep 23 1.00pm Send a Private Message to eagleman13 Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add eagleman13 as a friend

Its now hit the mainstream, pretty girl as well RIP . . . [Link]

 


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View Nicholas91's Profile Nicholas91 Flag The Democratic Republic of Kent 28 Sep 23 1.17pm Send a Private Message to Nicholas91 Add Nicholas91 as a friend

Originally posted by eagleman13

Its now hit the mainstream, pretty girl as well RIP . . . [Link]

It's when you see the picture you realise that this was just a kid and how horrific it all is. It's incredibly sad. RIP.

 


Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

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View Spiderman's Profile Spiderman Flag Horsham 28 Sep 23 1.21pm Send a Private Message to Spiderman Add Spiderman as a friend

Originally posted by madcap_v2

There isn't the police numbers to support a full stop and search initiative but I think the threat of a stop and search + appropriate punishment (15 years+) for being caught with a knife/weapon would be enough of a deterrant, certainly an improvement on the current situation anyway!

You are not wrong there!

 

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View Spiderman's Profile Spiderman Flag Horsham 28 Sep 23 1.22pm Send a Private Message to Spiderman Add Spiderman as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I used to work in Rothschild House in the Whitgift Centre some 40 years ago and it looks like things have really changed since those days

Same time as I was working in Lunar House. Swift half in the Forum at lunchtime

 

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View eagleman13's Profile eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 28 Sep 23 1.27pm Send a Private Message to eagleman13 Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add eagleman13 as a friend

Originally posted by Spiderman

Same time as I was working in Lunar House. Swift half in the Forum at lunchtime

Aha, that was you was it! I used to work behind the jump there back late 70's+.

 


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View rikz's Profile rikz Flag Croydon 28 Sep 23 1.36pm Send a Private Message to rikz Add rikz as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

Why are people so convinced that harsher punishments would deter crime? There is little evidence that this is the case.

The social consequences of all under 25s being stopped and search, as well as being a practical impossibility, would be horrendous and probably do more harm than good.

It's a minefield of an area with no easy answers, but progress is surely made by tackling the root of the issue (ie. how a teenager ends up carrying a machete to begin with) as opposed to locking them up for longer once they get to that stage or indeed creating an entire generation of people with issues with the police and authority.

We know what the issue is, broken families, the welfare state has made it so easy for single mothers, the father won't provide so the state will. On top of that we live in a society that pretty much celebrates fathers abandoning their kids while demonising single mothers.

Another problem is the black community is treated as a whole. There's a massive difference between black British, black Caribbean and black African l, culturally. In my experience its black Africans who tend to come from traditional families, with traditional values who put an emphasis on how important education is. Many black professionals tend to have African names in this country. Its not by luck that Africans tend to be fairly religious while British and Caribbean tend to be atheist.

Look at British Indian and British Chinese, both have traditional Conservative values. Both are on average the highest earners in the country.

 

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View Spiderman's Profile Spiderman Flag Horsham 28 Sep 23 1.40pm Send a Private Message to Spiderman Add Spiderman as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

What steps have the government taken to tackle the root issues?

What do you consider the root issues to be? I am no expert but I suspect being accepted as a gang member is seen as “the way forward” for many.
A few years ago I worked with a chap who lived in Croydon, one evening he went for a takeaway and, for no reason, he was set upon by a gang of black youths. He was severely beaten, spent 1 week in hospital, 3 months off work due to mental health issues as a result. The police attended and basically said he was a victim of a gang initiation. I suppose he was lucky that no knives were involved.
The subject is a political hot potato which no MP whatever persuasion wants to tackle in fear of being branded a racist.

 

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View SW19 CPFC's Profile SW19 CPFC Flag Addiscombe West 28 Sep 23 1.46pm Send a Private Message to SW19 CPFC Add SW19 CPFC as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Yeah, like that hasn't been done to death.

People just don't like the answers.

Edited by Stirlingsays (28 Sep 2023 12.38pm)

It hasn't, because it's never been properly funded in England. In Scotland, different story. And like Portugal and drugs, it works.

 


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View SW19 CPFC's Profile SW19 CPFC Flag Addiscombe West 28 Sep 23 1.49pm Send a Private Message to SW19 CPFC Add SW19 CPFC as a friend

Originally posted by rikz

We know what the issue is, broken families, the welfare state has made it so easy for single mothers, the father won't provide so the state will. On top of that we live in a society that pretty much celebrates fathers abandoning their kids while demonising single mothers.

Another problem is the black community is treated as a whole. There's a massive difference between black British, black Caribbean and black African l, culturally. In my experience its black Africans who tend to come from traditional families, with traditional values who put an emphasis on how important education is. Many black professionals tend to have African names in this country. Its not by luck that Africans tend to be fairly religious while British and Caribbean tend to be atheist.

Look at British Indian and British Chinese, both have traditional Conservative values. Both are on average the highest earners in the country.

Poverty has a pretty big role to play.

 


Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

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View SW19 CPFC's Profile SW19 CPFC Flag Addiscombe West 28 Sep 23 1.53pm Send a Private Message to SW19 CPFC Add SW19 CPFC as a friend

Originally posted by madcap_v2

There isn't the police numbers to support a full stop and search initiative but I think the threat of a stop and search + appropriate punishment (15 years+) for being caught with a knife/weapon would be enough of a deterrant, certainly an improvement on the current situation anyway!

Yep

 


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View georgenorman's Profile georgenorman Flag 28 Sep 23 1.56pm Send a Private Message to georgenorman Add georgenorman as a friend

Originally posted by SW19 CPFC

It hasn't, because it's never been properly funded in England. In Scotland, different story. And like Portugal and drugs, it works.

Drug problems are worse in Scotland than England.

 

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