Are British children growing up in a culture of violence?
- added May 17, 2008
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- phillyharper
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The question is not geared towards violent video games or violent lyrics in music, but towards tangible, physical violence. The Times have spent the last few weeks talking to kids from inner city London about their day to day experiences of violence and as a general rule they've found that it's become so common place that it is no longer a shock when it happens.
One 15 year old described how on a visit to his Grandmother in Brixton he was confronted by 20 youths and asked where he was from, when they realised he was from Peckham they chased after him for 20 minutes.
“If they caught me, they'd probably have bottled me, stabbed me, kicked me, punched me,” he said. “Doubt they'd have killed me, not on purpose, though maybe in the process.”
He shrugs: “Happens all the time.”
Boris Johnsons answer to the spiraling violence is to put more police officers on the streets, but is this the right route to take? Isn't it time we began to really research the root causes of this violence, find out what is contributing to it, and put an end to it? Do you guys have any thoughts on what is causing violent crime to become so common place amongst our youth?
One 15 year old described how on a visit to his Grandmother in Brixton he was confronted by 20 youths and asked where he was from, when they realised he was from Peckham they chased after him for 20 minutes.
“If they caught me, they'd probably have bottled me, stabbed me, kicked me, punched me,” he said. “Doubt they'd have killed me, not on purpose, though maybe in the process.”
He shrugs: “Happens all the time.”
Boris Johnsons answer to the spiraling violence is to put more police officers on the streets, but is this the right route to take? Isn't it time we began to really research the root causes of this violence, find out what is contributing to it, and put an end to it? Do you guys have any thoughts on what is causing violent crime to become so common place amongst our youth?
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- phillyharper
- 1 month ago
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I recently read a report in which some of those highly violent British youths admitted that they spent a lot of time playing violent computer games. They tend to lose the ability to make the difference between a violent computer game and real life.
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- Vierotchka
- 1 month ago
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Well, this all is bad for anyone anywhere. No matter where.
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It has nothing to do with violence in games, its the mentality of the friends and family they grow up with, if parent stud there ground and set a good example at a young age children would grow up knowing right from wrong, they would realises dangerous situations and avoid them. teen-ages that are like this would then teach there children these same lessons. but at the moment there is no control over the young or the youthful the run a mock they don't care about what happens to them or futures, only concentrating on having a good time. If they happen to get some one pregnant at a young age they don't stick around, they don't set a good example and the child grows up with no boundaries, the distinction between right and wrong becomes more and more diluted with every generation. its a vicious circle feeding on its self.
well that's what it seems like to me, in the UK anyway
P.S. I'm 18 and i have morals higher that what most young parents seem to have today.
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- ross123540
- 1 month ago
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ross couldn't have really
put it any clearer than i could have.
yup.
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