I must admit, as I read this story there were tears in my eyes…
Where ever you’re from and who ever you are it’s worth taking time out to look at this. It really makes you think what kind of a society you live in.
For me, it’s not just the fact that a family like this exists. It’s more that the safe guards were not there within our society to protect a young girl and her parents from this kind of evil. If anything, the current social habitat nurtures people like this. I just don’t believe that the ASBO is the answer. It’s a weak answer to a tough problem.
The authorities had been informed that a problem existed between the two families but like a little child saying, “what’re you going to do about it?” the Connor family realised that there was little the police could do to stop then and continued their campaign of hatred.
The parents are unfit to be parents and as a consequence their children are unfit to be members of our society. The more we let this go on, the bigger the problem is going to get. You can issue ASBOs till doomsday it’s blatantly obvious that it’s not the answer to this problem.
I think there’s a need for a two-fold approach to this problem:
i) We need to send out a clear message that this behaviour will not be tolerated within our society and those who continue in this fashion need to be removed from society.
ii) We need more state influence in the life of teenagers. There are large numbers of parents out there who are struggling to cope with bringing up their children. Whether it’s because of less or no support from partners or lacking the parenting skills required to control their children, we need to face up to the fact that certain areas of society have a problem with this. It’s not something to be ashamed of but I think it should be the government’s duty to support the family unit before supporting wars in far off lands and a larger stockpile of nuclear warheads.
As I mentioned in an earlier article on this blog, it should be society’s responsibility to bridge the parenting gap that currently exists. By engaging kids in a full curriculum of activities within the community, they won’t have to hang about on street corners and simple problems can be solved with simple solutions.
I just can’t understand the lack of common sense or creative policy making within our government and the opposition parties. Enough is enough…
Monday, December 18, 2006
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3 comments:
It doesn;t seem to have got as much publicity as the Ipswich murders, but just as horrifying.
Your views and the style of writing gives me the distinct impression you are just another New Labour lackey.
Scottish of course which probably explains the knee-jerk pathological hatred of Margaret Thatcher.
For your information (you are almost certainly too juvenile to actually remember her Premiership, Margaret Thatcher was liked by many people but, far more importantly, she was respected too.
Even those who disagreed with her policies knew they were introduced with the well-being of the UK as the motive.
I challenge you to name ONE Labour Minister who commands the respect of the UK public - just ONE.
Hmm, a realist eh!
Well, you're obviously entitled to your opinion but I don't see how criticising the policies of the current government makes me a "New Labour Lackey"?
Maggie had authority but you have to concede that she did lose the plot eventually? As for being Scottish, I think the scots liked her about as much as she liked them so it's only fair that she holds the knife that's so close to all of our hearts.
On the last point I think John Reid and Gordon Brown are reasonably respectable chaps. Don't want to stir up scottish raj talk though...
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