Re: Are you afraid of what British life will be in the future?

Sadly recent wars have made us more unsafe certainly weren't for our own safety.
Referendum was great but the clamour for a second and third makes me wonder where the money is coming from.

I am not in favour of death penalty ever but the idea of hard labour doesn't seem too bad for some criminals.

Re: Are you afraid of what British life will be in the future?

Not necessarily Cinderella darlin'

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Re: Are you afraid of what British life will be in the future?

I would agree with you there Julie, but unfortunately the cost of guarding the men whilst doing the hard labour would cost more money, as it would need to be done outside the grounds of the prison.

If people are evil enough to take another's life I would like to use a form of punishment that costs the least......... so far the death penalty has proved to be the best!

Re: Are you afraid of what British life will be in the future?

Parents don't seem to be bothered.

Maybe one fix would be to make the parents financially responsible for the acts of their offspring, up to about 18 years old

Perhaps if the parents were arrested, and brought to court, for their kid's activities, they might start to watch what their kids are up to.

After all, if we put a dangerous car, out on the road,we might be charged for any damage.

Why not treat dangerous kids the same way.

Re: Are you afraid of what British life will be in the future?

I'd very much make that a law I'd go beyond 18 for some crimes too, no one becomes a violent criminal or rapist without something in their childhoods making them like that IMO

Re: Are you afraid of what British life will be in the future?

I agree with what you say, this is the result of the Do Gooders having discipline taken away.

Re: Are you afraid of what British life will be in the future?

I'm often called a do gooder but I don't think you have to hit children to get them to behave. I seem to have managed to get mine disciplined and turned out as decent humans with never hitting them. I can't see why it's a problem.

I was hit as a child and yes did me no harm but I watched it destroy some kids. I also think if you hit you can be teaching them that hitting smaller people is ok and it's not a lesson anyone should be taught.

I don't doubt some hitters have great children too, but it's not needed they can be just as good without it.

Re: Are you afraid of what British life will be in the future?

So Julie, what would you do with a 9 yr old little scroat who mugs a pensioner and steals their pension money???

Re: Are you afraid of what British life will be in the future?

That's the problem by then the parent has failed the child UJ. Mine wouldn't have dared do it we had punishments they just weren't physical.

Closest we came to failing was Nathan at ten he rebelled and started to shop lift because he felt so abandoned by his parents our way was to show him we loved him no matter what but that he wasn't getting away with bad behaviour and he had a lot of talking to, and a lot of writing essays and stories about what he was feeling. Then we put a physical element in and he was off to football. basket ball and scouts no time to misbehave and when he came home he was tired out.

Re: Are you afraid of what British life will be in the future?

Yes Julie darlin', but you'll get some parents who don't give a flying f*** what their kids do - so these evil little scroats need to be taught a REAL lesson, and I'd smack them good and hard !!!