Quoting MissMonteCarlo:

I was watching Panorama yesterday. The program involved two Asian undercover reporters moving into a rough estate and recording their daily experience whilst living there. Basically they received racial attacks by white trash. It was actually pretty scary what they had to go through. Due to the colour of their skin, rocks were being thrown at them, they were punched, threatened by a gun/ knife, spat on, glass bottles thrown at them. It was really appalling behaviour but not surprising.

Although this prog focussed on it being a racially motivated issue, I see it as far more than that. In Britain we have a real social problem. This white trash (to give the group a label) have no fear, have no respect, have no boundaries. They would target anybody who is different to them. It was just on the news a few weeks ago about a mother killed herself and her disabled daughter because they had been hassled and tormented by such people for years. So not just race, but disabled people or old people or anybody really.

So what is the solution? I honestly think our country needs to toughen up on behaviour. I think the police have become far too friendly in their approach. Sounds awful but I think these people need the fear of god put into them to conform. I just don't see the soft approach as working.

However, I also understand that many of these individuals have been brought up in disturbed backgrounds, have their own issues which have not been address and have little self esteem or confidence and prob feel they have no future, so choose the destructive path in life. Its just one big mess.

What are your thoughts?

sarah :-)

I was watching Panorama yesterday. The program involved two Asian undercover reporters moving into a rough estate and recording their daily experience whilst living there. Basically they received racial attacks by white trash. It was actually pretty scary what they had to go through. Due to the colour of their skin, rocks were being thrown at them, they were punched, threatened by a gun/ knife, spat on, glass bottles thrown at them. It was really appalling behaviour but not surprising.

Although this prog focussed on it being a racially motivated issue, I see it as far more than that. In Britain we have a real social problem. This white trash (to give the group a label) have no fear, have no respect, have no boundaries. They would target anybody who is different to them. It was just on the news a few weeks ago about a mother killed herself and her disabled daughter because they had been hassled and tormented by such people for years. So not just race, but disabled people or old people or anybody really.

So what is the solution? I honestly think our country needs to toughen up on behaviour. I think the police have become far too friendly in their approach. Sounds awful but I think these people need the fear of god put into them to conform. I just don't see the soft approach as working.

However, I also understand that many of these individuals have been brought up in disturbed backgrounds, have their own issues which have not been address and have little self esteem or confidence and prob feel they have no future, so choose the destructive path in life. Its just one big mess.

What are your thoughts?

sarah :-)