It makes me so mad!!!

[BartonFlyer]

Originally Posted by eeyore

Well I'm back and in one piece ( and havent done anything to get myself arrested). Their amazingly well thought out explanation was " **** off , its drivin innit "

Mind you I do agree with Barton that not all young people are like that, on my experience badduns make up about 5% of the population, unfortunately they are the ones that get themselves noticed.

Glad to hear you're OK - it is sad that empty vessels make most sound isn't it - perhaps we should push for the teaching of advanced logic in primary schools - or at least punctuation eh?

[eeyore]

Today we had more little darlings riding motorbikes on the cricket pitch, I stopped them and asked for his name to which he replied "**** off you tit" , As youtit is an unusual name I can only conclude he was latvian as he rode off his pillion passenger gave me a well known baltic good luck sign ( the one with the raised middle finger) what a charming chap.

[Bushcraft]

Originally Posted by BartonFlyer

Unfashionable though it may be I'd like to speak for for young people in this country. It's all too easy to hark back to a golden age when God was in his heaven and all was right with the world but ask yourselves did that really ever exist? There's always been good'uns and bad'uns there really is no difference now - out walking on the fells I meet lots of youngsters - I can't remember a bad word from any of them.
Now Daily Mail readers - there's a bunch that get me mad!

I agree that its a problem that has always existed but I do think its got much much worse in recent years. Im 23 so it was not too long ago that I was the age of some of these trouble makers and although I was no angel I most certainly did not go around causing damage to anything or anyone and neither did 98% of the people I knew of the same age. However now I rarely see anyone in the area that live that is not causing some kind of damage to something. It just seems to be the 'IN' mentality which almost always comes down to the parents who are often even worse than their children!