Bikejacking on Kingsland Road

no i used to live in hackney, i dont visit poor areas because id probably get mugged by the same twats that are jacking all of your bikes and giving you a shit time
im not saying i can properly comment on the subject but i think i have a good viewpoint, most of you guys are 20plus? im not sure but kids didnt carry knives when you were young, im just trying to say that some of you are getting a bit too apprehensive.
im only trying to put across a point from a completely different angle

I saw plenty of kids carrying knives round where I lived when I was younger, like I said, i'm not sure you've quite figured out the world yet, none of us have really, but things haven't changed all that much in terms of the crimes/gangs etc, these were just as prevalent as when I was younger, arguably just not as well publicised then, as they are these days.
But i've seen areas change a lot as well, where I grew up started off really crap but got better as I got older, whereas an area called Ilford up the road, started off really nice, but has got to the point these days where a lot of people would be scared to walk down certain streets alone at night.
If anything the main thing that has changed these days is how accessible guns are to these kids, thats the major problem, knives were just as much as a problem years ago, but the gun thing is getting really bad, when I was in hospital recovering from car crash injuries (I was a passenger), I saw 3 gunshot victims in a week get wheeled in past me, all from Ilford according to the nurse I chatted to, also in one 2 month period that I worked in the area there were two shootings that were major enough for them to shut down whole sections of road, one person had died apparently.
You are entitled to your opinion, but I think your viewpoint on this situation is very naieve, if your theory about reasoning with these idiots is so sound, why don't you go down to Ilford, test it out and let us know how you get on.....