I'm absolutely horrified by events unfolding over the last couple of nights. Utter lawlessness - and getting scarily close to home.

Agree with Spartan Army.

The lack respect for authority has been building in this country for years. Lack of politeness e.g. giving up your seat on the bus may seem trivial, but people (kids who are now adults and now their kids) have been allowed to get away with progressively more and more until today when they seem to think that it's alright to help themselves to goods from shops, set them on fire and generally run riot.

Seangarvin says it's a big jump from loose-waisted jeans to rapist, but that's just symptomatic of the general situation.

Here's a quote from the BBC website, which says it all:

Apart from tutting on a forum, I'm at a loss for a solution and maybe wiser heads can come up with one. Doubtless money needs to spent, but in the right places and local authorities have been emasculated by the cuts to the bone and are powerless to address the bigger picture and can only nibble at the edges.

BRING BACK NATIONAL SERVICE! (sorry, brief Brian moment there....)