water cannon

[baronWastelan]

You have to understand, these seemingly harmless squirt gun fights almost always escalate into something serious. A spray here, a splash there, then someone pulls out a can of silly string in retaliation. Next thing you know, water balloons are being hurled indiscrimately. I won't go into further details as this is a forum accessable by children, but you can review the last 100 years of the Roman Empire to get an idea of where this all leads to.

[ruggbutt]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

You have to understand, these seemingly harmless squirt gun fights almost always escalate into something serious. A spray here, a splash there, then someone pulls out a can of silly string in retaliation. Next thing you know, water balloons are being hurled indiscrimately. I won't go into further details as this is a forum accessable by children, but you can review the last 100 years of the Roman Empire to get an idea of where this all leads to.

Ahh I see. Wouldn't want to have a bunch of hooligans running around............

[Vengeanze]

Throwing water has two meanings in Sweden - throwing water(!) and taking a leak. You can understand the mayhem when a pack of rioters gathers of which 50% brought water.

[unreasonable]

Indeed: it is imperative that citizens stand up to prevent this kind of degeneracy, as per this fine piece of citizen action (from thesmokinggun.com):

"DECEMBER 5--A South Carolina boy, 12, was arrested Sunday morning after his mother called police to report that he had unwrapped a Christmas present without her permission. According to a Rock Hill Police Department report, the child opened a Nintendo Game Boy, though he had been directed not to by family members. When the boy's mother learned that the $85 gift had been opened, she called cops, who charged the juvenile with petty larceny. In an interview with The Herald newspaper, the boy's mother, a 27-year-old single parent, described her son as a disruptive child, noting that she hoped his arrest would serve as a corrective to disorderly behavior at school and home."

[unreasonable]

On further reflection: I cannot help wondering whether the charge of opening one's box before one should could be equally directed at the single mother.

[Timberwolf]

Originally Posted by unreasonable

Indeed: it is imperative that citizens stand up to prevent this kind of degeneracy, as per this fine piece of citizen action (from thesmokinggun.com):

"DECEMBER 5--A South Carolina boy, 12, was arrested Sunday morning after his mother called police to report that he had unwrapped a Christmas present without her permission. According to a Rock Hill Police Department report, the child opened a Nintendo Game Boy, though he had been directed not to by family members. When the boy's mother learned that the $85 gift had been opened, she called cops, who charged the juvenile with petty larceny. In an interview with The Herald newspaper, the boy's mother, a 27-year-old single parent, described her son as a disruptive child, noting that she hoped his arrest would serve as a corrective to disorderly behavior at school and home."

It's not the childs fault. I say the roots of the problem lay with the mother.
Yes she's a single parent and it's hard to correct a disorderly child. However Charging a 12 year old and having a juvenile record that could carry into adult-hood isn't going to correct him/her. Simply Taking the gift back and returning the item or holding it to a later date would of been my choice.
What the paper doesn't fill in are the 12 years of the childs life ..Where the father is or how many men have come and gone in his life How stable his background is or was. Therapy/counselling maybe in order.

Having Police as a man figure with authority is yet another draw back As the child only sees it and yet another man there to apply disciplined without any structure or value of reason
My 2 cents

[SNAFU]

Well, that is far from topic, but in some cultures it is common to become mother with 14 years, but I would guess that rather fits to surroundings with a less amount of influences and distractions, and close bound cultural roles and relations inside a community - all things that does not fit into our modern, western world.

Poor girl, poor boy.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

It's not the childs fault. I say the roots of the problem lay with the mother.
Yes she's a single parent and it's hard to correct a disorderly child. However Charging a 12 year old and having a juvenile record that could carry into adult-hood isn't going to correct him/her. Simply Taking the gift back and returning the item or holding it to a later date would of been my choice.
What the paper doesn't fill in are the 12 years of the childs life ..Where the father is or how many men have come and gone in his life How stable his background is or was. Therapy/counselling maybe in order.

Having Police as a man figure with authority is yet another draw back As the child only sees it and yet another man there to apply disciplined without any structure or value of reason
My 2 cents

that's another huge can of worms here.. they've learned to s**t out children to get benefits and they keep on doing it, so while they get everything paid for by the government, we, law abiding, working people, struggle to maintain our families because of this cancerous lump of people that do nothing and that we do have to pay for.

[Sternjaeger II]

example: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hamster-kil...120811721.html

apart for the article per se, check out how much this scum gets in benefits. Un-friggin-believable

[ATAG_Doc]

Absolutely stunning.