this country has deep social issues that seriously need addressing. broken homes and poor parenting is the biggest factor for all this rioting in my opinion.
If these kids were'nt subjected to games like grand theft auto as part of their upbringing then these riots wouldn't be taking place. i'm not blaming the games like this directly, but is it really healthy for kids from 8 or 9 upwards to be sit their playing these violent games for hours on end? the parents cop most of the blame for allowing their kids to sit there. I say parents, more often than not these are one parent families and i'm sorry to say but a lot of these single mums (and dads) just dont have a clue how to raise a child or be a good parent. the sad fact is that broken homes is here and then numbers are getting bigger and social infractions are just going to be more apparent until the people of this country realise they need to care a bit more about the people they are bringning into this world.
these sort of riots didn't ever used to happen without a motive. there is no motive or justification for what these mindless thugs have done. why have they done it? because they saw somebody start something and jumped on the bandwagon. these rioters have absoloutely no morals or understanding of good citizienship. they havnt been taught right from wrong from a young age and this is the result. I'm sorry to sound on such a downer but to me it just seems there's a lot of bad parentage and broken homes is the biggest single factor in all of this - not the governments cuts. parents just dont want to spend time with their kids "like the old days".......
Subject: London riots 
Mon 8 Aug - 22:52