200 children arrested for car crimes in past two years

“@tohnyjohn.

No hard feelings . i think we both got crossed wires, i thought you were slating me for something ive never done, you thought i was in favour of child beating (far from it mate)
I apologise if i came across as agressive, i am far from that, i guess seeing it typed in a message can come across differently than saying it face to face.
If you ever met me youd see i was not agressive, mellow, and all i want is a peaceful life, lol, not a chance of that on here hahaha.
I even agreed with one of your other posts so i have no malice mate, i guess being put in the category of a no hoper got to me.
Perhaps i havent got the intelligence to put into words how i feel and sometimes come across wrong, i cannot do nothing about that.
Anyway give you a green arrow :)
Lets hope for a brighter future, im more worried of what kind of open world my grandson who is 12 is going to look forward to when he leaves school :(”

“Here's an example of the sort of thing I mean, from Friday april 6th almost a week ago,

http://tinyurl.com/dx7muvj

[FOSTER children from the Potteries have helped produce a film about life in the care system.
Luke Potter is among 10 teenagers who wrote and produced Once Upon a Time in Stoke-on-Trent.]

How many people have commented to praise these 10 youngsters who hardly had the best start in life, for this achievement?
NONE a big fat Zero, Says it all about the attitude of 'some' people,”

“NO, gerbstoke, "MOST" kids today are NOT "an utter disgrace" Lots are, but "lots" is a long way short of "most" and miles away from "all"
The problem is, "207 youngsters arrested for car crime in the past 2 years" makes the headlines and gets the hang em burn em flog em mob waving their torches and pitchforks in a frenzy,

"several 10s of thousands of youngsters behave themselves and stay out of trouble" Never gets to be the headlines, even though it's JUST as true as the headline above, and thus the perceptions of the,... erm, shall we say 'less cerebral' of us?, are easily distorted.

Think I'm wrong? fair enough, But, heres a simple test for you, (don't worry it's not a spelling test)

This story has what? 34 (35 with this one) comments so far, and most of them are condemning youngsters and advocating physical violence of some sort or another being used against them,

The next time there is a story about a youngster or youngsters doing something GOOD, like raising money for charity, or doing something positive for their community, go and count and compare the comments on that story, to the ones here,

I remember one from a few months back, youngsters did a sponsored walk or run for charity, how many comments did that story get praising them for their efforts do you think?
I'll tell you, it got THREE,”

“gerbstoke...

You were so impressed you mentioned it twice?”

“He was. He once stole my dinner money!”

“He was. He stole my dinner money once”

“gerbstoke... your English teacher was stealing money!”

“Beating kids is answer. Since the cane was taken out of the schools kids behaviour as gotten worse. They lack respect for every body and every thing and above all they lack disaplin. Most kids today are an utter disgrace.”

“"Discipline" doesn't equal "violence" surely it's possible to discipline children without resorting to acts of violence?
The problem is, in the 'old days' lazy parents just used to beat their children into 'good behaviour' mine included, I was FAR more frightened of my father than I was of the police, Because he was basically a violent thug whose first resort was a punch or a belt,
I've never been in trouble with the law, But I hated my own father,

These days 'lazy parents' aren't allowed to beat their children, and as disciplining children and bringing them up 'properly' requires a lot of hard work, patience and, most importantly, LOVE,

The lazy parents just don't bother, and as a result lots of kids never get told "NO" they grow up feeling that they can do as they please, that their actions have no consequences, and with zero 'respect' for their parents..... sorry, I mean 'parent,' or for authority,

But beating kid is NOT the answer,”

“When's this magical threshold, where we all stop being foolish and become wise, Alberus?

I know plenty of 16 year olds going on 40 and 40 year olds going on 16.”