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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by DigitalGhost
(Post 9789062)
I've seen it for myself, not to generalise but a lot of British kids these days are spoiled, arrogant and generally ignorant little bastards. The worst behaviour I've witnessed from kids in Toronto so far is conversing a little too loudly on a street car.
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by DigitalGhost
(Post 9789062)
I've seen it for myself, not to generalise but a lot of British kids these days are spoiled, arrogant and generally ignorant little bastards. The worst behaviour I've witnessed from kids in Toronto so far is conversing a little too loudly on a street car.
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 9789070)
Oh yes? Wait until they get to university.
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 9789088)
Almost every lower mainland high school I've visited, there's always groups of truculent adolescents standing outside the school gates, smoking pot, gobbing on the floor and generally annoying everybody.
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by DigitalGhost
(Post 9789051)
Believe it or not, there are some people who believe that the UK is a terrible place to raise a child these days, myself included if I'm honest and I don't even have (or want) kids.
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by DigitalGhost
(Post 9789091)
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Canada or Canadian kids are perfect but I just can't see them most of them behaving like a lot of British teenagers do or exhibiting that level of greed and materialistic behaviour.
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by DigitalGhost
(Post 9789097)
When you compare that to mass groups of teans arranging riots using instant messaging, putting through the window of their local Dixons and then nicking a new TV or terrorizing a local shop keeper, I guess the Canadian adolescent behaviour looks pretty tame by comparison.
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by DigitalGhost
(Post 9789097)
When you compare that to mass groups of teans arranging riots using instant messaging, putting through the window of their local Dixons and then nicking a new TV or terrorizing a local shop keeper, I guess the Canadian adolescent behaviour looks pretty tame by comparison.
Kids here may be more polite and well mannered to adults (to their face) but they are damn rude to each other and there is a lot of school bullying that goes on. There have been a few teen suicides recently in NS which is sad. My daughter knows quite a few people who carry knives and the cops are outside the school every lunch and end of because fights are quite frequent.
Originally Posted by el_richo
(Post 9789102)
Vancouver doesn't have a Dixons
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Re: Whats it like....
Remember the riots in Vancouver this past June? Many of those setting fires to cars and looting the shops were local teenagers... from affluent, well-to-do families. "Good kids" with good jobs, going to university, etc.
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by Lychee
(Post 9789257)
Remember the riots in Vancouver this past June? Many of those setting fires to cars and looting the shops were local teenagers... from affluent, well-to-do families.
I'm not going anywhere with this other than to defy the "well I can't imagine this happening in Canada" school of thought. |
Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by Lychee
(Post 9789257)
Remember the riots in Vancouver this past June? Many of those setting fires to cars and looting the shops were local teenagers... from affluent, well-to-do families. "Good kids" with good jobs, going to university, etc.
I'm not going anywhere with this other than to defy the "well I can't imagine this sort of behaviour happening in Canada" school of thought. It's the BC bud and the hockey what's to blame if you ask me.
Originally Posted by Lorry1
(Post 9789261)
OMG don't mention that! It really can NOT possibly happen here. This is Canada! All the kids here are so wonderful!
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 9789306)
Just the other day a Canadian kid politely turned his head before vomiting on me.
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by lmartin999
(Post 9789318)
Had he just read your exam paper?
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by iaink
(Post 9786678)
There is none. Its rural. Very little anyway. Just the occasional serial killer base comander, but hes pretty much the exception to the rule. He collected underwear too to start with...
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Re: Whats it like....
Originally Posted by el_richo
(Post 9789028)
No but you'll see the news in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or wherever you live and i'm pretty sure at some point they'll cover murder, sex crimes, violence, etc. The point is, if you let indirect crimes reported via the media distort your view of the area you live and give you a negative perception of it in the UK, then you will feel the same no matter where you live.
It must be a terrible way to live and i recommend you stop thinking too much into them. Yes you're right being worried about crime and caring about what happens to people is just an awful way to live....I shall endeavor to be indifferent like yourself!:zzz: |
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