I despair at some of the things happening recently. We had an incident outside our shop a few months ago, where a young lad was punched to the ground by another youth. The lad Nathan, died after sustaining serious head injuries resulting from his head hitting the pavement. Nathan was 17 years of age and was trying to help by breaking up an argument betweent 2 other lads. The boy who punched him was 18 and from newspaper accounts was a thug, Nathan had never been in trouble and was well liked by all his friends. Regardless of the newspaper accounts, the 18 year old attacker has ruined his life for one moment of aggression.
My partner and I are wondering if people are seeing too many movies where people get punched and walk away unhurt, and think this is what will happen if they hit someone, when the reality is that it does not take much to seriously injure or kill someone.
I think that generally in this country there is a real lack of people willing to take responsibility for themselves or their own actions, leading them to think that they can behave as they please and nothing is ever their fault. I truly believe that if this carries on, we will be in real trouble in a few years, when the children of these reckless people grow up themselves and continue the same pattern. I am off my soapbox now! I will be interested to hear if anyone agrees with me or has another opinon.
Cheers Sue