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Taking away peoples hats is mad. I do not see the point of it.
What if they start wearing, bicorn or tricorn hats, or top hats, or a big Mexican hats, or a big furry Russian hat, or a bearskin like the Royal guards.
Or what if they had long hair and it covered their face.
Lol, England is starting to sound like a police state. When I was in London, I didn't see any of this stuff...I've been to Tijuana often too, and the worst I've seen is a drug bust where a guy tried to runaway, and got checked into a building. :help:
buncha' hoodlums
Britain, for God's sake, Britain!
These are Scotland's laws, too!
I would agree, but I have been glared at enough times walking past McDonald's and been threatened by enough people on scooters to be annoyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanamori
I have no problem with this. Nobody has a right to menace people, and this really is an 'if you don't do anything wrong, you have nothing to fear' issue.
I hate hooded tops anyway, I think they're exceptionally ugly. Real men wear short sleeves at all times.
Are these people also banned from the 'Car Parks' outside the shopping centre, or are they allowed to wait, hooded to mug somebody
Only if they are holding 'Vote BNP' signs.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadesWolf
Where I live it is very quiet, although we have the odd spot of bother now and then like when a gang of 15 threaten my mum and threw something at her, which obviously pissed me off ~:pissed:
Getting the bus is sometimes a problem, since they like to hang out at bus stops and naturally they don't create a nice atmosphere. They hand about in under-passes so at night time you need your wits about you.
One thing I did notice was if threatened, shouting - BRING IT ON - in a sort of commando way, they don't bother and head off, seeing as they usually pick on weak individuals who wont fight back.
If Blair cracks down on them, then great! ~:cheers:
Jag you are an intelligent guy and you do read. So how much of the public library is utilised? Is it overflowing, crowded or dead quiet?Quote:
Originally Posted by JAG
The Parramatta and Chatswood Libraries I go to are fairly full as are the uni ones in semester.
I'm just wondering because in some cases facilities exist but are not used. In other cases you are right there is nothing to study or work on.
To be fair, my local library is actually used quite well and has some new computers with internet connections which do get red hot. It doesn't have enough funding for better books however and more still needs to be done to make it even better and used more. It isn't brimming full but isn't empty either, just right some would say I guess.
However I understand that over all libraries are going down the pan, not enough investment and not enough people going.
Libraries in Cardiff are terrible. My local library doesn't seem to have bought a book since the 1980s, and the Central one is being shut down due to lack of funding, I understand.
I'm fairly well off so my parents are able to buy me most books I need for study, but there are lots of people who aren't in my position and it's a real shame they aren't catered for.
Hoodies? I guess that's a hooded sweatshirt?
Yeah, I'd agree, except I have no body fat so for survival I resort to wearing sweatshirts during winter... Some have hoods, but they aren't the huge ones most people in my school wear, and I never put them up...Quote:
I hate hooded tops anyway, I think they're exceptionally ugly. Real men wear short sleeves at all times.
But if this is to fight against gangs, and if it's a problem, very well. Hats are stupid anyway, and as I said, I never actually wear hoods. Does this mean that people can't wear hoods or wear hooded sweatshirts? Cause if someone just has a hooded sweatshirt and is obviously not the sort gangs wear, I wouldn't think they ought to get in trouble.
And at least in America, not only poor people wear stupid clothing or try and make gangs. A lot of rich spoiled ones do so as well. Just out of curosity, are these gangs trying to be like the LA and New York sort of gangs? And if so, do they attempt to talk like them, just with an English accent? Cause that would be strange.... ~:handball:
And what the hell's a yob? ~:confused:
yob = backward spelling of 'boy', originally. Now used to designate Brit juvenile delinquents.
On a related note: there is some internet chatter about how these yob gangs, beyond hurling insults to passersby, will sometimes pick a weak-looking victim, knock him/her down and each member slaps/hits the victim, while 1 guy takes vid/pics with a cell-phone - presumeably to share the images later.
Any info on this trend?
What a bunch of losers; some real gang members in Chicago should beat em up .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4539913.stmQuote:
Originally Posted by KukriKhan
BBC article. Rather bizarre story really.
It does exist unfortuantely and it is a totally new thing, in relative terms. Maybe the last few months. It is the same people we are talking about in this thread who carry out the 'happy slappy' stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by KukriKhan
lol thats nice, I love my blue hoody, I barely wear the hood, but it keeps me nice and toasty at nearly all tempuratures{sp?} I'm glad I don't live in the uk right now, I'd like to see them rip off my hoody, would be a cold day in guess were, before that would ever happen. I do however understand why they are doing it, I just don't agree with it. If it were me I would just step up security, hire a guard or police officer to just keep things under control.
I love my hoody to, it keeps my head dry and keeps me warm and its nice and comfortable, i probably wouldn't wear the hood up in a department store anyway...
This is what happens when society stagnates.
No one expects anything from them and they dont expect anything from themselves. I read an article that said -(about many kids in the US)- that kids have no aspirations to move up the social and economic ladder. They were born trash and have no intentions of ever being anything else.
Such an opinion in such large numbers is new in the US and im sure the UK. Even during the height of the hippy movement, most kids were pretty straight arrows and strove for success.
So if you and your wife meet with a befriended couple, you're commiting a crime and may be arrested? ~:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by KukriKhan
I know thats not its purpose but it could happen?
What's wrong with mowing the lawn? ~DQuote:
ASBOS can be issued for just about anything. A woman was banned from appearing at her window or mowing the lawn in a bikini/underwear
Indeed, yes. That has been part of the court challenges, that the standard is applied unequally, targets youth, (maybe) targets specific ethnic groups, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by R'as al Ghul
So far, Ms. Kukri & I haven't been apprehended. ~:)
I blame celebs being talentless and generally useless. If Posh Spice can become rich and famous, it's reasonable to think anyone else can with no work whatsoever.Quote:
No one expects anything from them and they dont expect anything from themselves. I read an article that said -(about many kids in the US)- that kids have no aspirations to move up the social and economic ladder. They were born trash and have no intentions of ever being anything else.
Such an opinion in such large numbers is new in the US and im sure the UK. Even during the height of the hippy movement, most kids were pretty straight arrows and strove for success.
:)
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Originally Posted by BDC
I think its more of a problem the fact that they have nowhere to aspire. Why would you want to be like Posh Spice?
It reminds me of Tyler Durned´s discourse in Fight Club. *runs to watch the film*
I wholeheartedly agree...maybe I sound like a git, but the people they pick on tend to be old people and the disabled. Or people like me...grr, flippin 8 year olds with too much money and time on their hands...if you hit them, it's run to mummy time, even when they hit you first. Grrr :furious3:Quote:
Originally Posted by Templar Knight
Happy slapping is relatively old (i.e. a few years) it's just the videoing of it that's new. I say this as I have been happy slapped many timesover many years... ~D most of the time it's a practical joke, but it can descend into a street assault. ~:eek:Quote:
It does exist unfortuantely and it is a totally new thing, in relative terms. Maybe the last few months. It is the same people we are talking about in this thread who carry out the 'happy slappy' stuff.
EAT FOOD ~DQuote:
Yeah, I'd agree, except I have no body fat so for survival I resort to wearing sweatshirts during winter... Some have hoods, but they aren't the huge ones most people in my school wear, and I never put them up...
So basically, because of a few immature gangs that can easily be gotten rid of with a few bullets and a wall, the whole population who likes hoodies must suffer? Crack down on crime and not on the innocent.
Well the only people who wear that sort of clothing are the ones who are banned. Really, it's a culture thing. Clothes are a compulsary bit along with being a school dropout and being talentless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
I'm not sure exactly how they will enforce it, but I suspect if you go in looking middle class with your family, whilst also wearing a hoodie, then you will be fine. As long as it's not a chav one. Hehe.
*Activates infinite improbability drive*Quote:
So basically, because of a few immature gangs that can easily be gotten rid of with a few bullets and a wall, the whole population who likes hoodies must suffer? Crack down on crime and not on the innocent.
I agree with Kaiser, though the whole shooting them thing is a waste of manpower, instead send to the army.
A few bullets? ermm, you would need an armoury.
I've also found carrying a toy gun is enough to make them scatter, most of them are all mouth, no testicles and can't figure out the little plastic thing I've just told them they try anything I'l use doesn't work anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Templar Knight
its true yep,Quote:
Originally Posted by lanky316
another thing to do, if the situation gets heated, is hit the ringleader and the rest will run ~:)