oxfordblues 299 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fight after school. 1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up mates. 2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrest Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it. Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students. 1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good caning by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again. 2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability. Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt. 1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normally, goes to uni, and becomes a successful businessman. 2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's Mum has affair with psychologist. Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school . 1957 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal. 2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons. Scenario: Pedro fails high school English. 1957 - Pedro gets extra tuition, passes English, goes to Uni. 2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. Class action lawsuit filed by anti discrimination commissioner against Education Dept and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English. Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers, puts them in a model aeroplane paint bottle, blows up an ant bed. 1957 - Ants die. 2007 - Local police and Anti Terrorist squad called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, parents investigated, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again. Scenario: Johnny falls while running during morning break and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him. 1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing. 2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in prison while Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy. Let's hope that this year brings a return of common sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesthetic Relic 301 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Enjoyed that....... Just shows you how the PC brigade has went into overdrive over the last few decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco_Z 202 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 shows how much things have changed, and makes today look incredibly stupid and worringly cautious. Good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drogba11CFC 108 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Gang throws stones at train from bridge. 1957-The driver empties the engines smokebox ashes all over them. 2007-They get off scot-free because one of them is from a minority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Why go back as far as the 50's? Hell even 10-20 years ago it would still apply.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,315 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 All this suing each other is thanks to another infection of Yank culture. People afraid to let kids be kids and young men grow up. Its no coincidence the suicide rate of young people has gone up as well, too many expectations. It all went wrong with arrival of all seater stadia and the disappearance of organised hooliganism. Never done me no harm. *violently twitches* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesthetic Relic 301 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 All this suing each other is thanks to another infection of Yank culture. People afraid to let kids be kids and young men grow up. Its no coincidence the suicide rate of young people has gone up as well, too many expectations. It all went wrong with arrival of all seater stadia and the disappearance of organised hooliganism. Never done me no harm. *violently twitches* :lol: When I was a lad My dad used to give me a look.....you know, one of those looks when you knew you were 2 seconds away from a good clip round the ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 lol good read and its to true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSheva7 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 LOLZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxfordblues 299 Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 lol good read and its to true. here to help ha ha .FB violent naaaaaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misschief 24 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students. 1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good caning by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again. 2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability. More realistic scenario for 2007: Jeffrey's mum phoned every five minutes to be told 1) her son's been placed in isolation 2) to come and get him because he's "too much trouble" 3) they shouldnt be expected to get to know him as an individual because "there's 30 other kids in the class y'know", so they'll just treat him as if he's a "bad child" 5) yes, they know they forced you to get him diagnosed against your better judgement but who cares? they'll just pretend he hasnt got the diagnosis now anyway 6) they wont tell you they have certain responsibilites because it costs them money and frankly, its too much hassle 7) they'd love to expel him because its the easy option and will threaten it at least once a week, just to keep your stress levels up. :lol: When I was a lad My dad used to give me a look.....you know, one of those looks when you knew you were 2 seconds away from a good clip round the ear. I remember those looks. Bloody shame the only response to that these days is either "whatever!" or hysterical laughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky10 5 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Good real lol,true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,315 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 here to help ha ha .FB violent naaaaaaa You're right Frank hate violence, though threw a ball of wool at my cat once. Fight ? Too much taboo with kids going in pubs nowadays. When you think we were going in boozers 13-14 years old, the landlord turning a deaf eye. Now kids have to go in churchyards or waste ground with flagons of booze, and god knows what theyre up to, but it's out of sight. Drugs, shagging and kicking people to death.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
changingman2000 35 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Over the new year period, had a wee group of neds roaming round my street, first time I'd seen them around my patch. they starting banging on a couple of doors (not mine) and , at first, I put it down to horseplay and left them to it, Two doors down there's an old dear who is in her 80's and lives on her own, she went out and gave them dogs abuse "Seeyouyaweebastards,gettaefuckawayfaemadoororamcallinthepolis" I went out and told them to fuck off but they gave me a wee bit of lip so I done the right thing, I called the OB and said that they were giving the old dear grief and if it carried on then I'd sort them out myself if the OB werent willing to attend. Girl on the other end of the phone said that it didnt sound like an emergency incident so there wouldnt be anyone to attend for a while so I done what I should have done instead of phoning the OB......I went into my tool box, took out my claw hammer, walked out the front door and screamed at the top of my facking voice "COMEONTHENYAWEEBASTARDS"......they promptly dispersed and, as yet, have never returned. ...and old Nancy bought me a half bottle of whisky, nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Over the new year period, had a wee group of neds roaming round my street, first time I'd seen them around my patch. they starting banging on a couple of doors (not mine) and , at first, I put it down to horseplay and left them to it, Two doors down there's an old dear who is in her 80's and lives on her own, she went out and gave them dogs abuse "Seeyouyaweebastards,gettaefuckawayfaemadoororamcallinthepolis" I went out and told them to fuck off but they gave me a wee bit of lip so I done the right thing, I called the OB and said that they were giving the old dear grief and if it carried on then I'd sort them out myself if the OB werent willing to attend. Girl on the other end of the phone said that it didnt sound like an emergency incident so there wouldnt be anyone to attend for a while so I done what I should have done instead of phoning the OB......I went into my tool box, took out my claw hammer, walked out the front door and screamed at the top of my facking voice "COMEONTHENYAWEEBASTARDS"......they promptly dispersed and, as yet, have never returned. ...and old Nancy bought me a half bottle of whisky, nice! Bloody well done you, not enough people are willing to stand up to the scummy youth these days. And in some respects rightly as you are likely to be stabbed by the lot of them............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,315 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Theres definitely a 'community spirit' lacking in a lot of areas. Luckily people round our way tend to look out for each other, and well done to CM. The other thing is , theres always been a moral panic about 'feral youths running wild' and can be exagerrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Theres definitely a 'community spirit' lacking in a lot of areas. Luckily people round our way tend to look out for each other, and well done to CM. The other thing is , theres always been a moral panic about 'feral youths running wild' and can be exagerrated. Pretty quiet round my way and the kids in general are pretty decent and are no trouble. But you never used to hear of groups of kids turning on innocent people and either kicking the s**t out of them or stabbing them! I love the way they call them Feral, the image you get from that is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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