The problem is that we're all 'different'.
Attacking someone, abusing them, calling them names, or just plain discriminating against them, just because they're different, is wrong - end of story.
That's not the whole problem though, it's not just people that are 'different' that are targetted.
I got out of my car on Friday night (on my way to the chippie) to be greated by a hail of abuse from 3 lads who'd obvously been enjoying the hospitality of the local pubs. Absolutely wrecked, they proceeded to call me just about every name under the sun.
Was I dressed 'strangely'? Did I differ from the 'norm' in any way? Did I look at them, or say anything to them that might have caused offence? No. I was just me, plain old ordinary me.
There are large pockets of society which seem to think it's socially acceptable to perpetrate, and perpetuate, this sort of behaviour. Anybody standing up to them either gets beaten to within an inch of their life (or past it), or they get arrested and charged themselves. TBH these days I daren't even think about 'standing up for myself' even though I know I could, it's just not worth the aggro - I just know that if I do I'll either get a) stabbed or beaten, b) locked up, c) end up on the front page of the Sun, or d) all of the above.
One on one isn't a problem, it's the gangs. Gang behaviour tends to emulate 'pack' behaviour - all members following the leader, with the only defence to be part of a 'pack' yourself.
But what can we do about it?
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Originally Posted by Osem
[...]these kids are almost feral!
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Funny, the word 'Feral' was what I was thinking as I wrote about 'Packs' in my last post!