Such Wickedness In Boys So Young

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/

Its difficult to believe that such wickedness could exist in such young boys. They have ruined the rest of their lives, in a few moments of madness.

[ummmm]

Well the judge said it's the upbringing.

You can't blame computer games. They are unlucky by birth.

[mccfluff]

gang mentality can play a part, they egg each other on, they do not have the maturity to understand the consequences of their actions

[mikey4444]

Yes I did...the BBC have changed the link, otherwise how would all the people that responded to this link yesterday have been able to read it ?

Here is 2 more links, which I have just tested and both work ::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-28123476

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-28136548

[ummmm]

If you get brought up on a sink estate many decent parents are fighting a losing battle.

[Peter Pedant]

Pixo // I don't see how they would encourage violence. I used to play them. Most people understand the difference between reality and video. //

At an inquest of a 6 y o - a witness described in a tower block seeing a small suitcase whizz past his window and then a six year old whizzed past.
Flattened of course - it was an inquest. Coroner thought....the child was "running away" and had been confused by cartoons on how to do it

I agree one swallow doesnt make a summer

[royfromaus]

I expected some sort of 'heat of the moment' attack. It took at least 7 minutes according to the photo's. Why is this attack being blamed on video games?

mikey the link in your OP clearly is a link to the BBC homepage.

[Canary42]

Nobody seems to have considered the following possible scapegoats :-

(1) All the chemicals in today's food.

(2) All the radiation now from various sources (nuclear reactors, mobile networks).

Admittedly this would be expected to affect all, but obviously levels of susceptibilty will differ from person to person, like any "natural immunity". Modern "yoof" however make excessive use of mobile phones/ipods etc.

[anotheoldgit]

How is it that when I was a kid, nearly all boys walked about with a sheath knife on their belts, but we never thought of using them in violent ways?

[DrFilth]

in sheffield in 1953 the girls got a commemorative mug and the boys were given a penknife to celebrate the coronation


how times have changed

[ummmm]

Never AOG...never ever. No one got stabbed in your day? Really?

[ummmm]

He did mention it once. I think 40s.

[DrFilth]

divebuddy maybe the tide also brings some in

> The Irish Sea has been described by Greenpeace as the most radioactively contaminated sea in the world

[andres]

I don't know which area AOG lived in during the 40s/50s but up here in Lancashire the only fights back then usually involved one on one .Arguments in the dancehalls usually resulted in 'I'll see you outside' No knives unless you were a boy scout ,'bovver boots' had yet to make an appearance so you didn't hear anyone say-'I'll kick your head in'.
Mind you we did have deterrents back then. The police were never far away .A night in the cells often cooled the lads down.

[sandyRoe]

It's gang culture that brings them to the dock. Once there their defence QC will try anything in mitigation. It might be video games get the blame, or X rated films, or a while back it was imported American comic books.

[anotheoldgit]

ColinandJess

/// In the 1940's The number of murders in England and Wales increased by 22 per cent. During the same period there was an increase of 44 per cent for wounding and 65 per cent for grievous wounding. ///

Were they all committed by children? Because that is what we are discussing here, if you have forgot.