Where has all the discipline gone?

To say that the recent riots have taken over are country would be an understatement. I can't begin to describe how angry and frustrated the situation has made me. I always try to make a point of watching the news at least once a day, but since finishing university and having a bit more time to myself, I have been watching it more regularly and reading the newspaper more often. Sadly, the only effect that this has had on me in the past few days is pure frustration, and I'm sure I'm not alone.

Since when has it been acceptable for ANYONE... let alone youths... to freely destroy a community? More importantly, since when has it been acceptable to let these youths think that these actions are acceptable?? No matter how many times everyone says that what they are doing is wrong, it is perfectly clear that the youths who are causing this damage have not got a single guilty thought in their head about what they are doing, and that has been evident through the ridiculous comments that have been coming out of their mouths. Yesterday, I heard one young girl who couldn't have been over 16 or 17 say that the reason she was looting was to "get our taxes back, innit"... I mean, what!?!? It's just bizarre behaviour that I don't think I will ever understand. Anyway, before I loose my mind with these thoughts I should probably move on!!

Whilst browsing the many status's on Facebook and Twitter about these riots, one stood out to me and really caught my eye:

"RIP Broken Britain... You went soft on discipline!... You went soft on immigration! You went soft on crime... Parents were told... 'No you can't smack the kids'... Teachers were prevented from chastising kids in schools... The police couldn't clip a troublemaker round the ear... Kids had rights blah blah blah... Well done Britain... You shall reap what you sow. We have lost a whole generation!"

I couldn't agree more with the above. This country has proved that by dictating these "soft" decisions and putting these "soft" actions into practice, the results have been devastating. By no means do I think that people of different nationalities should not be allowed in the country, that parents should be able to beat up their children.... but what I do think is that if there is any chance of our country improving, and if the future generations of youths should grow up with the right morals, then the discipline that is being put into practice needs to be raised a hell of a lot higher.