How Britain is Eating Its Young

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Drogue
The article is exaggerating, but there are some very valid points there. It's not just the old who feel threatened, Chav culture is quite frightening even in areas that aren't the largest hotspots for it.

Personally, I find it annoying rather than frightening.

Standing at a bus stop and some scrawny runt in trackies and baseball cap decides to punch you and runs back to his friends laughing and boasting. What do you do? You could go over to the group and kick the **** out of him, but other than giving you a moments satisfaction it isn't a good idea.

I see it mostly as a phase too. Once these kids from a fairly decent background grow-up and start life in the real world (jobs, living in their own place etc) they tend to normalise towards 'respectable' behaviour. I can't talk for those from poorer backgrounds....

[Slaughtermeyer]

Originally posted by Sirotnikov

military service builds character

Agreed. Here's exactly the kind of character that service in the IDF builds:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=363483

To be fair, there are exceptions, some soldiers have enough character to disobey IDF orders and to do what is right:

http://www.seruv.org.il/Signers/386_1_Eng.htm

http://www.seruv.org.il/signers/TalBeloeng.asp

[Sir Og]

Originally posted by Dauphin

Standing at a bus stop and some scrawny runt in trackies and baseball cap decides to punch you and runs back to his friends laughing and boasting. What do you do?

Are scenes like the one you describe common in Britain nowdays. I saw similar stuf in a movie about footbal hooligans (The Football Factory) but I figured that these hooligans are a minority.

[Dauphin]

It's happened to me. It's happened to one of my friends. It happened to one of my dad's friends when he got out of his car to pop into a newsagents.

All three events occured in exact same part of town by the same bus stop. The area is pretty affluent (houses cost in the region of $1 million). It also acted as a catchment for pikeys (the caravan travelling kind) a few weeks ago. There is something about that area it seems.....

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Sir Og


Are scenes like the one you describe common in Britain nowdays. .

Never experienced it, personally speaking.

Then again, I wear biker jackets and tend to look a bit evil when in bus queues.

[Jon Miller]

This probably relates to the delayed adolesence/childhood thread.

JM

[C0ckney]

Originally posted by Sir Og
Are scenes like the one you describe common in Britain nowdays.

never happened to me. although i wear trackies and baseball caps a lot myself and know a lot of the youngsters where i live. i never take the bus either.