Thread: Australia : Student, 12, dies of stab wounds

Assuming you are not just trying to take the piss I will try and explain seriously what I mean .
Australia now has 3 generations descending from parents who did the flower power anti tradition, anti everything thing of the 60's , 2 generations further down the track we now have teenagers and young adults who have no understanding of socially acceptable behaviour , respect for property , respect for the elderly and who treat the law and the police with contempt because their parents have no concept of courtesy , consideration, respect or fear of the law , therefore the product of the union have nothing to guide them and the result is continueing chaos.

cant argue this logic and dont forget the.... WOSERS.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

It's the 'Draconian turnaround' idea that I find abhorrent. mixed with the anti socialist stuff, you sound like you want a military dictatorship installed, no doubt to 'teach all them hippies values or something'.

I dont agree.

Ok I accept you have a different point of view and I would like to hear it - all I know is that what we are doing now is wrong and proven not to work.
I use the term Draconian in the sense that it would seem so to those who are totally unused to having to respect law and order and having to abide by regulations completely foreign to their life experience.
Also strong deterrent penalties would be required to drive the point home that enough is enough - your party is over , now do it right or you won't like it - and , tell your friends.
I don't know your age group but I am now a member of an older generation and frankly I would feel safer in Bangkok at night than I would in Surfers Paradise , Sydney or Melbourne.
Juvenile gangs are terrorising the area I live in and recently a guy I knew blew his brains out on the lawn of the gang leaders home because he could no longer stand the harassment and persecution.
Mine and my neighbours situation is this , the Police cannot protect me 24/7 - the magistrates when they have the opportunity hand out "community service" penalties - we can't form a vigilante group and we are not allowed to arm ourselves with an "equaliser" ?
In this situation what would you suggest?

Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr

Two kids, not yet teenagers, lives destroyed, and you come out with this shit

Originally Posted by nedwalk

gotta agree with this too, c,mon noodles, think a bit before you try a bit of 'humour'

Looks like I may be right though.