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@pajamas
i dug what you were trying to say joe, the majority of kids aren't out to kill. however, for the already-paranoid London middle classes, who now live cheek-by-jowl with a party of society they have no idea about, mischief-making kids who are plain bored (shouting out shit to passers by, fronting, goofing off between themselves in a way that seems like intimidation but is often just the same thoughtless fucking about a lot of us did as kids) are indistinguishable from those looking to cut someone for the thrill of it or kill someone for the rep.
it's a futile discussion really. you'll notice billa, in the original post, did not get stabbed when he grabbed the kid and held on - neither did he then get a shoeing when the kid's mates came back. the kids at east drinks a few months ago who were trying to nick bikes scarpered when we shouted out to them, they didn't shoot us. Even so, my reaction to kids bringing people off their bikes as they ride down a street minding their own business isn't one that has me looking for solutions to the kids' social problems.
depressing thread, i'm outta here.