A new Youth crime plan to be unveiled in Britain since street searches were evidently not enough to cure the knife problem – even big sticks were outlawed and yet, somehow, crime didn’t stop:
The initiative is expected to extend the targeting of parents and children who cause most anti-social behaviour.
… Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said more than 110,000 “problem families” will be targeted as part of the scheme.
As many as 20,000 families could be evicted from their homes if they fail to control their children, Mr Brown said.
Interesting idea. It’d never happen here, of course. And frankly I doubt it will over there. One cry of “racism!” or “Islamophobia!” or “my human rights are being violated!” and that’s the end of that program.
Mr Brown said at his monthly news conference on Monday: “Too many people, young and old, do not feel safe in the streets, and sometimes even in their homes, as a result of the behaviour of a minority.
“We need to make it absolutely clear to everyone, but especially young people, that in our country there are boundaries of acceptable behaviour [and] that it is completely unacceptable to carry a knife.”
Oddly enough, I’d have thought what was completely unacceptable is to stab someone with one. Go figure.
Speaking of big sticks…..
Y’know, my Brit cousins….they just don’t learn.
Outlawing weapons didn’t work with my Irish cousins; why don’t they try something else?