It's the little pickings that count. Luckily..

I did say that this is a cathartic thread and some have risen to that challenge. Backwoodsman has taken the opportunity to get things off his chest, although "birching the fuckers" is not going to do anything but teach them to carry on doing what they do. Getting the victims to birch them is the main aspect of Sharia Law that we could never introduce in this country. I do see share your frustration though, all the same. I am heartened however to note leveller's reminder of the dignified appeal of the father of of one of the young people murdered. It is easy to be reactionary from a distance. It would appear that personal experience focuses your mind differently. No father should be put in his position.

We have the Prime Minister talking about authorising things he isn't in a position to authorise, although I sympathise with his plight. You can't be seen to sit there and say there is little a government can do. I only wish they would address what they can do instead of what they can't. I am following today's Parliamentary reaction with interest.


Somewhere in either this or the now closed thread, I recall somebody pointed out the extent is similar to a typical night in a large American city. I'm not sure comparisons help, however exaggerated, but at the same time I don't exactly condone the media seeing this as an exciting opportunity to increase sales through the best driver for sales there is; fear.

In many ways, it is as bad as the phone tapping, as it is on about the same level of morality.