daft batty

I know, so was I

getoutofbritainquick

Seen many things in my time especially at work, had to install plastic windows at one of my Substations due to kids shooting at the windows nearly injuring a member of staff. Watched a kid throw a rock over a perimeter fence and smashed someones car windscreen, the list goes on. Seen a number of people commit suicide by either hanging themselves or jumping off of electricity pylons, sadly one just before Christmas.
What really p***** me off most is fly tipping. Went out on my mountain bike on Boxing day to get some fresh air in the country where I live and there was rubbish dumped all over the place.
I have recently been advising BC Hydro on security measures at one of their Substations where they have had a substantial amount of copper grounding stollen several times. They currently use chain link fencing but are now looking at installing their first electric fence - standard nowadays in the UK which is a sign of the times.

snowgoose

No - "we" are NOT him and he is definitely NOT "us" - go wash your mouth out!

dbd33

He's British and emigrating to Canada. He seems to be exactly the type of person this board is intended to serve and may indeed be a poster here.

hot wasabi peas

Yes, of course, you're right. Kids never ph*ck up, they never test authority, they never respond to peer pressure. I forget that children aren't human beings.

Canada2006

All children should know what's right and wrong and where those boundaries lie. This was a premeditated act and he shouldn't have done it. Period.

hot wasabi peas

Are there any other Canadians who have watched the related BBC clip? Would that have ever made the news in Canada? Would there ever be reactions of shock! horror! what is the world coming to? about a kid throwing a rock at a school window?

I'm surprised, but then not really, to see the BBC so histrionic.

hot wasabi peas

So, you never ph*cked up? Never, never, never?

You never questioned authority? You never had a rebellious moment in your life? Never protested anything you thought was wrong? Never did anything because you were egged-on by others? Never did something 'bad' in order to right a wrong? Never did anything stupid just for the hell of it or because it was fun?

I seriously doubt it unless you're the most boring person, or Borg-dork, on the planet.

Of course the kid shouldn't have done what he did... but children are human and human beings contain errors of judgement.

dbd33

It'd be a bit pointless to throw rocks at the school windows here anyway; they have grills over them.

Almost Canadian

LOL

daft batty

What we dont know from this clip is if its typical behaviour for the boy or just a one off, egged on by his mates, demob happy. So its hard to judge.

When we were living in the UK we had the boy next door who kicked his football at the door glass, accidentally it was a bad shot. He ran home but a few minutes later was back at the door apologising. He was in the minority though as the other locals kids threw several items at the houses in 'malice', 'sport', 'dont give a f***', causing several hundreed ££ damage. This was all premeditated, and pretty scary to be sitting watching tv when a bottle comes crashing though the window. How do we know which 'type' this boy was?

As for the BBC showing it, i think it reflects how many in England feel about the behaviour of kids and the increase in yobby behaviour generally. It is a bit Daily Mail/ Telegraph readerish but there are more of them than Guardianistas.

snowgoose

I remember reading a story in our local newspaper when I came here just over 3 years ago - a guy had found a long scratch on his car, reported it to the police who said they were investigating, would find the culprit and bring him to justice. The fact that the incident was not only reported to the police, but was also reported in the newspaper had me and my OH slack-jawed in disbelief! Pppfff - it's an everyday - no, every minute - occurence where we used to live in the UK. Is this a touch of Canadian histrionics, d'you think?

snowgoose

You must have lived on my street! This was exactly why we left the UK!

hot wasabi peas

I have no idea and neither do the other posters on this thread yet somehow he's been labelled as 'riff-raff', 'an immigrant' (which I'm assuming is suppose to be a bad thing, considering the source), an "it-thing-creature" and presummed to have un-decent parenting. Seems a bit odd to me... the automatic negative presumptions and reactions found within this thread.

snowgoose

Yeh, maybe it wasn't a rock at all - he was handing in his last piece of homework!