[lace-chat] Rock throwing
Liz wrote: It amazes me how many stupid ways these kids dream up to cause injury or death to others. The problem is that they don't think as far as death or injury. I bet you didn't think of what could happen when you pointed a hose at cars, did you David. A couple of 11 year-olds at the school where I was a teacher went on a spree at another school smashing windows. When asked why they did it, it was because it was fun. As far as they were concerned they were just windows - they didn't think that there could be someone behind the windows who could be injured; that the broken glass would cause damage in the room inside; that it would cost thousands of pounds to replace the windows without the cost of anything damaged inside the room; that someone had to pay for the windows to be replaced - they were just windows and fun to smash. On a nearby estate the bus company has stopped running buses after 6 pm because feral youths are throwing rocks at the buses. Fortunately the decent adults on the estate shopped those concerned because they wanted their buses back. I think anyone, whatever the age, who throws missiles at vehicles, when caught, should be taken to the morgue and shown the body of someone injured in a car crash. I don't care how much trauma is causes them - it might just stop them doing it again. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
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Re: [lace-chat] Rock throwing
Dear Jean, I think anyone, whatever the age, who throws missiles at vehicles, when caught, should be taken to the morgue and shown the body of someone injured in a car crash. I don't care how much trauma is causes them - it might just stop them doing it again. I've thought about that over the years for all hoons. But I think that these days they've seen so many gory bodies on TV that it may not have the desired effect. What I would recommend is to make them work in Rehab with the injured for weeks and weeks. As an aside, I remember well the first time I ever saw a close up of a bullet going into a forehead in a movie. That was Soldier Blue in 1971 at a cinema in Nottinghill Gate, London. I actually fainted in my seat!!! David in Ballarat, AUS To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
