Corporal Punishment?

[bozo]

As far as I am concerned, moreover, there was no politics involved in these riots. It was criminality on a big scale.

The actions may not have been politically motivated but the causes most definitely are.

The apologists for the actions have made the case for possible causes. I do not care for the way our society is and would have it changed, but criminality such as we have witnessed is not the way forward and gangs of swaggering hoodies and opportunist robbers are not my idea of political activists.

Not sure we're on the same lines here. I'm saying that the reason people have turned out like this is due to politics not that the rioting/robbing is political.

Not all people have turned out like the rioters despite the politics. It also appears from the ones going through the courts that they don't all have the same profile, but they do share a fondness for criminality.

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I say that not all, but many of this generation fit that bill, particularly the not being afraid . This may well be as a result of corporal punishment having been abolished in schools and at home.

I don't chalk it down to the lack of corporal punishment. I chalk it down to the lack of ANY punishment. The parents of these scum bags were the ones encouraging them to go out stealing plasma TV's, the mindset of these people wouldn't necessarily change just because CP was legal.

I don't think you can claim ALL the parents of the rioters encouraged it...some parents have turned the kids in to the police.
But, yes, I think poor parenting is a problem, as is the lack of discipline in schools.
Who in their right mind would choose teaching as a career nowadays?