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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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Just browsing the news on the BBC website.

In the "More news from around England" section there are 24 items. These are 8 of them:

Family tribute after stab murder
Taped up dead woman identified
Murder charge after man stabbed
Man in court over takeaway death
Girl shot in face with pellet gun
Man arrested over shotgun death
Second arrest over assault death
Man held on suspicion of murder

(These are all seperate incidents)

So one third of the news stories from around England are murder / violent crime A shocking reflection of modern society

Why has nobody got any respect for others anymore? Is there anything that can be done about it, or is too late?
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:05 PM
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too late for this generation and the next.

Cant think of a joke to even make you smile , sorry
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:05 PM
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It's too late. Chavs have taken over our country helped by the PC brigade that rule.

Get out, save yourself!
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:06 PM
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Yes there is something that can be done about it: Stop reading the news.

I'm of the opinion that it's not the country so much as the media that has changed and is gradually turning society into a nation of scared idiots crying out for the government to pass more and more laws and relinquish more and more rights.

Either that or England's just a sh*thole
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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remember its your right to own a shotgun. go get some now . there might come a time where murder does not warrant the Police. they will be guarding key people and places only...the rest of us will be on our own
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:09 PM
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remember its your right to own a shotgun. go get some now . there might come a time where murder does not warrant the Police. they will be guarding key people and places only...the rest of us will be on our own
Another 12 months will just about see us there I reckon.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:21 PM
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Shrek! Welcome back.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:25 PM
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Another 12 months will just about see us there I reckon.
not that fast. the ~UK are bringing the troops back just in case of trouble. but i dont see it getting crazy until either food or fuel gets to critical levels. But once the panic starts , people will take the law into their own hands.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Lord Shrek
Do you ever leave your homes? Do you have homes?
yes ,yes

but here it nice and warm and you cant feel the punches!
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:34 PM
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no different to any other point in time or any other country. all that's changed is the media - i.e. modern reporting and technology means you now get to hear about more is all. actually sod all going on given the size of the population - the problem with reporting the small amount that is happening is that all the daily mail readers are constantly sh1ting themselves that they might get stabbed popping out for a pint of milk!
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:59 PM
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no....people do really feel the streets are not controlled by the police and the kids rule.
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Luke
too late for this generation and the next.

Cant think of a joke to even make you smile , sorry
Luke we all know you are a troll how the hell you ain't banned is very strange today you have had enough warnings yet you still go on
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by *Jamie*
Luke we all know you are a troll how the hell you ain't banned is very strange today you have had enough warnings yet you still go on
Jamie......if i am getting to you then your sad !! still if it makes you feel superior and all " Mod" like then help yourself.

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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Nido
Just browsing the news on the BBC website.

In the "More news from around England" section there are 24 items. These are 8 of them:

Family tribute after stab murder
Taped up dead woman identified
Murder charge after man stabbed
Man in court over takeaway death
Girl shot in face with pellet gun
Man arrested over shotgun death
Second arrest over assault death
Man held on suspicion of murder

(These are all seperate incidents)

So one third of the news stories from around England are murder / violent crime A shocking reflection of modern society

Why has nobody got any respect for others anymore? Is there anything that can be done about it, or is too late?
Thats news stories for you. All bad stuff. Luckily the vast majority of the population don`t do that kind of stuff....
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by darts_aint_sport
Yes there is something that can be done about it: Stop reading the news.

I'm of the opinion that it's not the country so much as the media that has changed and is gradually turning society into a nation of scared idiots crying out for the government to pass more and more laws and relinquish more and more rights.

Either that or England's just a sh*thole
Totally agree with this and Wayne.

When the news is full of good news stories the same cynics and skeptics on Snet are the first to go on about liberalism and jump on the 'why do people emote in public' soapbox.

By the way - darts IS sport
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Luke
Jamie......if i am getting to you then your sad !! still if it makes you feel superior and all " Mod" like then help yourself.

bye

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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by *Jamie*
About time too
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 10:46 AM
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It's too late. Chavs have taken over our country helped by the PC brigade that rule.

Get out, save yourself!
Couldn't have put it better myself. Wake up and smell the coffee people. The underclass inbreds need to be sterilised. Loitering outside 'Londis' off- licence and KFC Bargain buckets for Xmas dinner should be outlawed.
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 10:57 AM
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Well I see a 12 year old shot his mum dead in Nevada 'cos she had upset him

So let's hope that doesn't catch on

I've hidden the rolling pin to be on the safe side..........

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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 11:24 AM
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I think that most of what Luke has said in this context is right. This country has sunk into the depths of moral depravity in so many ways largely because of the authorities' policies and it will be very difficult and will take a long time to recover from that. It is frighteningly like seeing the death of a civilisation.

It will take a very strong leader with the good of this country at heart to even start to reverse our decline.

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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Gordo
no different to any other point in time or any other country. all that's changed is the media - i.e. modern reporting and technology means you now get to hear about more is all. actually sod all going on given the size of the population - the problem with reporting the small amount that is happening is that all the daily mail readers are constantly sh1ting themselves that they might get stabbed popping out for a pint of milk!
Include a bit of Leslie's above post and then you're spot on
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Gordo
no different to any other point in time or any other country. all that's changed is the media - i.e. modern reporting and technology means you now get to hear about more is all. actually sod all going on given the size of the population - the problem with reporting the small amount that is happening is that all the daily mail readers are constantly sh1ting themselves that they might get stabbed popping out for a pint of milk!
I agree. We have a section in our local paper which reports the news of 100 years ago taken from their archives and it's interesting to note that murders, rapes, stabbings, burglary etc were happening back then too. Obviously now we have a much larger population and far more effective ways of media communication but it would appear that nothing much changes within the dregs of society.

In fact many years ago the daughter of the owner of the house next to mine was raped and murdered just up the road and, many, many years ago another girl was murdered in the old Methodist chapel here. I live in a tiny one street hamlet in the country!
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Spooky Mulder
By the way - darts IS sport
World Champions of any sport do not look like this...

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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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I think there is an arguement to say that as you / I / we head towards being this countrys middle aged generation we become more "news aware" and more aware of our own mortality along with having kids we would die to protect.
Put these 3 things together and the country looks a scary place. In reality it isnt all that bad. As children we were more likely to be kidnapped than our children are yet we freak over letting them play "down the park"...
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:53 PM
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PS, Darts, like cricket and fishing is a hobby - not a sport... If you dont break a sweat it isn't worth a bet...
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by darts_aint_sport

Either that or England's just a sh*thole
Yep

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