tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post4338881328493417304..comments2024-02-02T10:29:34.789+00:00Comments on A Conservative's blog: All those stabbingsBenedict Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-72553419577777894932007-03-20T23:41:00.000+00:002007-03-20T23:41:00.000+00:00Welshcakes, I think the problem is resolving the c...Welshcakes, I think the problem is resolving the conflict between accepting that alternate families happen, and trying to encourage ideals.Benedict Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-79894334570948540032007-03-20T22:40:00.000+00:002007-03-20T22:40:00.000+00:00Very interesting post. Thank you. Having taught ...Very interesting post. Thank you. Having taught in a violent school [albeit more than 10 yeras since I left] I find it terrifying to read how youth violence is increasing in the UK. I do think family breakdown is a factor and I speak as one who has always been single and has always championed the cause of the "non-conventional" family.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-648786016504715842007-03-20T00:20:00.000+00:002007-03-20T00:20:00.000+00:00benedict - that comment wasnm't stupid. keep it up...benedict - that comment wasnm't stupid. keep it up mate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-20929653834307624342007-03-19T14:24:00.000+00:002007-03-19T14:24:00.000+00:00wrinkled weasel, The time when you grew up may wel...wrinkled weasel, The time when you grew up may well have been different. FOr a start these days you don't quite get told off in the way you once were, and there is less support around more children.<BR/><BR/>That is not to say that punishment is not the answer for those who have commited these offences, but clearly something is going very badly wrong.Benedict Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-83269477072508751262007-03-19T14:15:00.000+00:002007-03-19T14:15:00.000+00:00I do hope you are not buying into some terrible li...I do hope you are not buying into some terrible liberal claptrap here.<BR/><BR/>I came from a violent broken home and the last crime I committed was nicking sweets from Woolworths at the age of 9. I got caught, told off and accordingly my life of crime was curtailed. I am now in my fifties and reasonably crime free.<BR/><BR/>Please never forget, wherever you come from, whatever shit you get dealt, you have a choice. <BR/><BR/>Nobody forces you to take out your anger and despair on the rest of society - that is up to you.<BR/><BR/>As for the scumbags.. the only thing they understand is punishment.<BR/><BR/>Expecting them to accept subtle middle class liberal philosophy and to then expect them to go "Oh,dear! I was wrong all along," just wont wash.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-46717423684114816122007-03-19T12:19:00.000+00:002007-03-19T12:19:00.000+00:00Yes, Praguetory, I agree. If prisons are to work, ...Yes, Praguetory, I agree. If prisons are to work, they need to be set up to work. At the moment they are not.<BR/><BR/>Having said that nimbyism is always a massive problem in politics. We do need to get people to think about it in more constructive ways.Benedict Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-3584655078156648922007-03-19T12:15:00.000+00:002007-03-19T12:15:00.000+00:00Interesting that Shaun mentions Feltham. The capac...Interesting that Shaun mentions Feltham. The capacity and churn of that institution is v unhealthy. We need to overcome Nimbyism and have more smaller prisons/custodial centres.Praguetoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520923731691837948noreply@blogger.com