Respect, or rather the lack of it. - Page 4

park381 · 27-03-2005, 16:40

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Originally Posted by janet

The broken glass has now been swept up, it was done last weekend by the community warden team. There was 6 of them. I could not believe my eyes seeing so many of them.
They did not bother with the glass in the tennis courts or that near the entrance to the park.

Seems like it's one of the community wardens duties
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/Your_Co...ty_Wardens.htm

wayneyboy1942 · 27-03-2005, 16:42

On my rounds a few months ago an old lady was in her garden and told me some dirty git had thrown a used nappy out of their car at her!

park381 · 27-03-2005, 16:49

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Originally Posted by wayneyboy1942

On my rounds a few months ago an old lady was in her garden and told me some dirty git had thrown a used nappy out of their car at her!

How disgusting is that

Margaret Pilkington · 30-03-2005, 20:32

I grew up in the days before TV (yes, I'm one of those old B*****s), both my parents went out to work......they had to there were 7 kids to feed.......we were taught right from wrong......we were also taught that if you did wrong you had to expect the consequences.
Some of the parents today don't even know where their children are, let alone what they are doing.
I recently told a mother that her son (aged about 10) was throwing stones at the surveillance camera of a local firm........she told me I was an interfering baggage(or words to that effect)......her son was 'only playing' and shut the door in my face.
Next time I will just phone the company's security staff and they will contact the police to deal with it.
Now if something like that had happened when we were growing up we would have been chastised and made to see the error of our ways.
Everyone knows their 'rights'......but no-one wants the responsibility that accompanies those rights.
I despair!

accymel · 30-03-2005, 20:39

True point Margaret, i was brought up the ole fashioned way n im glad made me the person i am today n also believe that i am the same with my children as much as i can these days, im forever harpin on about that word 'consequences'!! till my kids are sick of it! But if u did owt wrong in those days your parents would drag u down the cop shop to sort u out nowadays parents tend to oblige their kids breaking the law by defending em even tho wrong - what message is that to send out! Trouble with nowadays kids have been given the rights n they know it n parents power is limited by the powers that be n which is no wonder theres no discipline!

Margaret Pilkington · 30-03-2005, 20:45

And that's why I feel so despairing........Parents who try to do their best are hamstrung by the nanny state.
The other thing that kids take notice of is their peer groups.......if kids get in with a bad crowd then parents can do very little about it.

I think that children/adolescents who vandalise monuments/property shoud be named and shamed and they should be made to work to make good the damage they have caused.

accymel · 30-03-2005, 20:51

Yep i totally agree Margaret shame its got to this state when kids rule the roost, i agree they should be named n shamed plus made to repair the damage caused maybe they would realise its not so much fun when someone wrecks your hardwork!

-pixie · 30-03-2005, 21:04

I see no reason why vandals and their ilk should not be named and shamed, no matter what age they are. Never mind their rights, what about the rights of the law abiding citizens?

fibi · 30-03-2005, 21:19

The grafitti should be scrubbed off using the little s**ts heads

Margaret Pilkington · 30-03-2005, 21:27

Oooooh Fibi........yeeeeeeees!

garinda · 30-03-2005, 21:28

lf we care, we must not stop telling off people who we think are behaving disrespectfully, or else we as a society are doomed.
I've been threatend with a knife for telling a lad off for writting on the back of a bus seat, and just yesterday honked my horn at a young Chavette Mum in Fielding Lane who opened her door into the busy road and was erecting a pram. What she and her Boyfriend shouted was true, l am a w*****, but l'm a w****** who will not give into anti-social scum.

John_Timmins · 30-03-2005, 21:29

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Originally Posted by accystanmac

nowadays parents tend to oblige their kids breaking the law by defending em even tho wrong

Is this not because of them parents being threatened with legal action therefor they will defend their children to the high courts?

fibi · 30-03-2005, 21:36

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Oooooh Fibi........yeeeeeeees!

You can help if you like, it would give me great pleasure,

If I ever found out that it was my kids I would use their heads and whats more they know i would, but I can gladly say they have been brought up better than that

Doug · 30-03-2005, 21:41

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Oooooh Fibi........yeeeeeeees!

Mrs Pilkington, what ever next.

I'm shocked at such zest for violent retribution.

Do us a favor Margaret, remind me not to **** our Fibi off

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accymel · 30-03-2005, 22:26

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Originally Posted by John_Timmins

Is this not because of them parents being threatened with legal action therefor they will defend their children to the high courts?

Well this is the sad state of the world today but surely these are parents whom children have done bad things broke the law whatever??? U never got parents from generation or 2 ago being taken to courts!! tho