My God

People are so quick to react to things - whether it be something that someone said or a look that is taken to be threatening, or by nothing at all and people are attacked and sometimes killed for it. It seems silly to me and unjustified and most cases are completely unprovoked which makes it more unbelievable. Things are happening in this society that I can't understand, the elderly are being attacked and robbed, innocent people are being killed just for being at the wrong place at the wrong time, even children are being killed in the crossfire and personally I think that this violence and hate needs to stop. I try to understand what drives people to commit these vicious crimes, what goes through their heads, what are their reasons. It seems there are none. Although, I do think that some are out to prove something to themselves, to society, to their gang and therefore seeking acceptance. Or it could be that they are looking for a thrill, a sense...

When I watched the devastating images of the London riots my first reaction was of utter disbelief and confusing as I tried to get my head around what was happening, how could this happen but that confusion soon turned to anger that those kids felt they had the right to behave that way, that that behaviour was acceptable. They think that society owed them a favour, that they were the victims, but society owed them nothing when they gave nothing in return. They wanted laptops and plasma TV's, they wanted new clothes and trainers, they wanted everything but were unwilling to work for it, to earn it. They demanded respect but hadn't the respect for other people, they wanted to be heard but wouldn't stop to listen and all we could do was sit back and watch as they destroyed our city. I then began to feel sad that that was the society I lived in, those were kids with no compassion for other people and those kids had no moral compass whatsoever and parents that were not taking re...

I watched a film called  Ned's  and was totally shocked by the behaviour of those Neds, the violence and hate and disrespect - but they are only a product of their enviroment.  It was evident to me that there was no love shown to the boy in the film, no love and no praise whatsoever - either at home or in school -  just a constant feeling of fear and hatred and h ate and violence comes when all you've been shown in life is hate and violence.  But what i have learned from this film is that children need to be raised in a loving, respectful, happy enviroment where the child is loved and praised and encouraged and respected and allowed the opportunity to use their time productively.  i don't think prison is a great enviroment for thugs either because prison doesn't give them the opportunity to let their guard down and change because in prison they are more than likely to behave more violent, more disrespectful and ...