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The scum of Britain

Dec 15, 2003 6:29AM PST

Today's local news showed hiorrific pictures of an 82 year old man beaten face and body with iron bars.

Who did it? Three young men who had been sitting on his garden wall.

Their motive? He politely asked them to keep their noise down as it was disturbing him.

Gee. what heroes, what real big men. Scum like that make me puke.

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I have the same reaction. At least here sometimes the 82 year old
Dec 15, 2003 6:37AM PST

is packing 'heat', and the bullies get one nasty surprise. I also recall at least one little, old lady that refused to go along with the thug's plans. She had a gun to. Unfortunately, most of the time people are defenseless.

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Re So sorry Dale. I hope he will be all right. And may his attackers die of shame. nt
Dec 15, 2003 6:38AM PST

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May they simply die, in any way, as long as they do that one decent thing
Dec 15, 2003 9:43AM PST
Sad
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OMG! This is horrible.
Dec 15, 2003 6:44AM PST

How were these men raised that they have no more respect or regard than that for human life. Makes you wonder what all they have gotten away with up to this point. That was a very vicious and violent way to kill man.

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Misread, didn't kill. Yet.
Dec 15, 2003 6:47AM PST

But unless there is something done about these men there will be a next time .......

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Welcome to modern Britain
Dec 15, 2003 9:50AM PST

There is no respect for the law any more. Even kids are showing the finger at the rule of society, and their parents don't care. You complain to them, they most likely will beat you up for spoiling their kid's "fun", such is the poor example they set now.

Scum see it as a game to play, taunting the powerless police, knowing the courts are so backed up and so contaminated with liberal pinko thin king about "understanding" the criminal, they will walk waway laughing even if they get caught. Even the police themselves are giving up, as they are wasting their time with the paperwork when namby pamby judges slap little wristys and wag fingers, instead of making the trash suffer.

So much for David Blunkett's promise to "get tough on crime", just more feel good spin and air filled BS from a stinking useless govt.

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Didn't Britain outlaw personal weapons?
Dec 15, 2003 10:09AM PST

Now, the police can't defend you, and you can't defend yourselves. Many would like to do the same thing in the US. It's done in the name of reducing crime.

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Re:Didn't Britain outlaw personal weapons?
Dec 15, 2003 7:58PM PST

Gund and knives are readily available here. There was a TV documentary by the BBC last week, and the scum are so blatant they even showed spy in the sky footage of one waving his semi auto at a police officer in hsi vehicle.

More and more officers are being armed, and in such places as Manchester and Birmingham, they are wearing kevlar and carrying Heckler Koch in plain view on some estates. Won't be too long before this place gets fully armed coppers as standard.

The fault isn't with the police, it is with the government. Until they stop loading them bobby down with bureaucracy (every arrest for a serious offence means about 10 hours of desktime doing the paperwork), until they stop trying to understand criminals and talk the scum language (meaning bang them up with long sentences and kick the ********' heads in while they are inside), then things will only get worse.

But it will never happen. The politicians have their personal protection officers and their armoured civil service cars, so they are safe. So, when it isn't a problem for them personally, they don't give a toss.

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Everything you say is true Dale - I blame the EU courts for their interference
Dec 15, 2003 10:36AM PST

Teachers and parents live in fear of the law, when it should be these horrendous thugs.
My sympathy from a fellow Brit.