The bleeding-heart liberals, at times they are pathetic. Their latest concern is that young children between the age of 10 and 17 are being criminalised, they feel that the system is heavy handed with to many arrests and ASBOS given.
When will they ever get into the real world, there are many children who are completely out of control,causing havoc in their communities, these youngsters are often committing criminal acts. They have no respect for authority, they would laugh at any soft measure such as "don't do it again".
Sadly children from the age of ten if not younger are very worldly and are fully capable of totally unacceptable criminal behaviour. These type of children need strong deterrent punishment, they are criminalised, but that's because they are criminals.
starrman
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"Oh yes, totally agree. Children can be criminals.
Unfortunately, what these children need, which is a re-upbringing with totally different parents and environment, just isn't possible.
These are lost kids who choose to follow their baser nature, associate with the wrong crowd, and commit crimes against any better judgments they might have.
They have no direction, probably little hope, and have become instinct-driven, desperate, neglected rabbit children running aimlessly in dirty warrens of their own making.
Their parents may have given up, may be too busy, too overwhelmed, too self-centered, too emotionally distressed, too disabled, involved with drugs and bad behaviors, depressed, confused, robotic, self absorbed, ignorant, undisciplined themselves, etc.
And have no idea how to properly raise children. Schools? The bureaucracy is mindboggling. Bureaucratic Salaries, benefits and retirement seem the main objectives.
Whatever... the kids are here, and have to be dealt with.
It seems the grownups can hardly take care of themselves, much less a large number of up and coming hooligans. So dealing with the kids may be beyond the scope of society.
What will happen? Society will decline.
Solutions?
1. License parents to have kids
2. Teach children from infancy about morals, integrity, honesty, decency.
3. Teach children from the start about saying No to their own base desires.
4. Teach children how to raise children, treat children, the responsibilities
5. Insure parents have jobs
6. Dump bureaucratic waste. Tons of money to bureaucrats and their trips/buffets.
7. Dump foster parenthood - instead, create private schools:
Private Schools
1. Clean, comfortable dormitories / rooms with complete, careful supervision
2. Lots of fun activities, full day of classes, sports, exercise.
3. The best, most natural organic food, well prepared and delicious
4. Psychological treatment as many kids are emotionally damaged
5. Separate housing for children who behave agressively
6. Absolute Prohibition of Bullying. None. Zilch. Zero.
7. Complete oversight with lots of pets, learning to raise them, love them.
8. Growing their own gardens, eating their own produce
9. Television with full Discussions afterwards so that children learn
all about the realities of the "entertainment" industry
10. Complete teaching about charity, sharing, honoring, respecting others
11. Firm but loving limits.
12. Every waking moment constant oversight
13. Learning how to become self-sufficient
14. Learning how to work, get along with others, talk to a boss
15. Learning how to deal with stress
16. Learning how to control anger by letting it "wash" over
And, much much more.
The other solution is to simply lock away the kids forever. Which, is cheaper,
easier, more cost efficient.
Do the kids deserve this punishment? Sure... they've become uncontrollable
monsters...
Sadly, most will not receive the help/treatment opportunities they need.
It's up to us, people over 18... so... what will we do?"
Meanwhile: the last thing I read about this (last year) was a proposal that the age of criminal responsibility be raised from 10 to 18 -- see the comparative European information here
http://www.crimeinfo.org....id=55&category=factsheets
but you may be thinking of the argument that ASBOs simply haven't worked?
cdin yes, there is a lot to be done.
Where are the priorities of the parents and the community as a whole?
How has the current state of the world contributed to the anti-social behavior of these young adults?
Why do they feel as if there isnt any hope but to act like raving lunatics?
And why is this acceptable by their peers?
You can never solve a problem unless you really get to the heart of why this has come to be.
I firmly believe that health isnt just about ones physical health but also about our mental and emotional health. Just like you go to a doctor if you have some type of physical issue, people should go to a psychologist to work out mental n emotional health.
Wheres georgie? I bet she could offer up some insight into this particular subject.
Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)