WRX SEE

This is probably a bit of a controversial question and at the risk of sounding a bit innocent, but just something I have been wondering for some time now...

How do joyriders justify taking and destroying someone else's property? Now I don't mean the professional car thiefs - it's quite obvious what their goals are. But I mean the 17-18 year old pimply chap from up the road - why does he think he has any right to something that someone else has obviously worked long and hard for?

Now I am not interested in the usual rants that joyriders are the scum of the earth (which they are) - but just genuinely curious if there are any ex-joyriders here who wish to own up or does anyone have any insights? Do joyriders not consider taking a car as theft? Do they not feel guilty and ashamed if they encountered the owner of the car at a later stage? And how would it feel if they worked hard and bought themselves a nice car at a later stage and some young joyrider takes it?


And no, I am not asking this question on ScoobyNet because I think there are more ex-joyriders here than elsewhere. Just more people that have a car which is a potential target for joyriding.

marty_t3

A friend's 14 yo. son was caught breaking into a car just before Xmas. He's from a single parent family and his mom hasn't worked since he was born. He's never met his dad and has no role models to look up to. He misses school regularly and his mother has now been threatened with court action because of it. To be fair to him, he's a really smart, polite kid who just hasn't been shown what's right and what's wrong. His mother is a pi55 poor parent and only acknowledges him when he get in trouble. The only time his mom talks to him is to shout at him.

I'd love to take the easy option and say that he's just a little scote who needs locked up.. but in his case anyway I have no doubts that it's his parents' fault.

rik1471

I think it's down to there being nothing for kids to do these days. Punishment for under 17's is so lenient that the average delinquent has no real deterrants.

ustolemyname??stevieturbo

iTrader: (1)

Its down to their upbringing a lot, and not being taught right from wrong. Its also down not being allowed to beat the **** out of them.
If it was my son, and I heard he was at something like that, he would certainly think twice about doing it again after I had 'words' with him

DRUNKNORGY

Boredom & Kudos

MGJohn

Because they can ... quite easily...... and with very little chance of ever being apprehended.

Popeye P1

Alot of these kids are from broken homes and have no discipline in their lives(thanks to all the do-gooders out there). They don't give a rats crap about nicking cars and are so low in IQ that they don't see right from wrong.

jbryant

There's nothing for them to do as they've burnt down the adventure playgrounds and smashed all the windows in their local youth centre a couple of years back.

Joolz

matty01

To be instinctive about it......partly evolved monkeys (aren't we all ) having "fun"....sad ,but, IN THE MAIN ,true

[Edited by matty01 - 1/13/2003 6:48:43 PM]