"Martin" wrote in message
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On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:41:51 +0100, "Bill Grey"
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"Martin" wrote in message
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Amongst root causes are no hope of employment in some areas, the
opportunity to steal things that rioters could never afford and
"having fun".
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Martin

Whilst agreeing with the above, I believe you haven't gone far enough.
Before the "no hope " stage arrives, people - i.e. children/youths need to
have been taught respect for their elders.

Only a small minority are out of control.

This goes even further back to
their school days where lack of discipline was / is rife.

The abolishment of corporal punishment was the start of the rot. No one
ever wanted to "beat up" children for misbehaving, but a short sharp shock
worked wonders

for the applier of corporal punishment?


Rmember Willy Whitlelaw's proposal which got nowhere ?

In retrospect we can appreciate the wisdow of our own education, I assume
we
are all well behaved pillars of society !

At the school I went to only the bad teachers resorted to corporal
punishment.
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Martin

"Corporal Punishments" is such a strong phrase - not invented by me, but it
must be remembered that the cane never did any real harm - it did more good
than harm. One only got the cane if one misbehaved, was cheeky or rude -
tendencies which needed to be corrected. The pillars of society at the time
of its abolition had in all probability received the cane at some time. The
"do-gooders" have ruined society and we are now reaping the products of
their actions.

There were, without doubt, bad teachers who went beyond the ethos of good
discipline.

Bill