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Originally Posted by Damien
That refers to kids not knowing what they do, I agree they know what they are doing. I am saying they are doing that because they cannot access find any other form of entertainment because youth centers, sports factilitys and other such places are being closed down.
And i can make the arguement that kids have nothing to do until you provide evidance otherwise
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we were talking about this, at work, recently.
like Kronas said, no-one is saying that all groups of kids are bad, but these dispersal orders allow the Police to act, if it is felt any particular group is causing a nuisance.
As for 'nothing to do' - hmm, I'm going to do the 'when I were a lad' routine, now, but I was certainly expected to be in by 9pm when aged '10 to 16' - unfortunately way back then, I didn't have a playstation, or a computer, or a tv & video in my bedroom. We didn't have a phone in the house, let alone a mobile each, to make a phone call you went down the road, put your money in and pressed button B ....
ok
- that's laying it on a bit thick, but you get my drift
- I take your point about sports facilities etc, also they can be expensive to use, even when they are provided.
However I don't think the problem is boredom, I think the problem is that young people are, not only, being exposed to pressures they aren't experienced enough to cope with, but also, that those same pressures are seen as cool - e.g 'sex & drugs & rock & roll'.
- there is nothing new there, of course, but, in my opinion, the significant change has been that the concept of people as young as 10 years old being out late at night has become 'normal' - so they are being exposed to those pressures at a much earlier age, than I was.
One suggestion - set a time at which the immunity from disclosing the names of 'minors' involved in public order offences was removed. If you are nicked after 9 pm, you are named, for example.
