Brit News - Complete lose of Perspective (imho)

[Joe Bento]

Is it really any different than the banning of certain articles of
clothing from many of our American schools?  Certain team logo ball
caps, jerseys, jumpers, etc are prohibited in varying degrees at
different school districts because such clothing often carries gang
connotations.

I've heard of shopping malls here in the states where security will
escort large congragations (often as few as three or four) of teens
out of the mall, or ask them to disperse.  Wearing of gang-related
clothing can get one permanently banned from the mall.

Personally, I like hoddies, and I'm 41 years old!  However, I think of
them as a cool Autumn evening or Winter form of dress.  Not exactly
something I want to wear in the summer.


Joe




--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, kemper mentor
<kempermentor at y...> wrote:
> Steve:
> CNNC Newsround-
> Prime Minster Tony Blair has backed the decision to ban hoodies and
> baseball caps at a shopping centre in Kent.
> 
>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4540000/newsid_4541800/4541803.stm
> 
> It seems in a misguided effort to improve the behavior of teens in the
> Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent, the shopping center is banning
> wearing Hoodies (hooded sweatshirts) and baseball caps. All this in
> order to crack down on bad behaviour and stop kids frightening other
> shoppers.
> 
> Tell me now, isn't this a classic case of fighting the symptom while
> ignoring the problems. Aren't the same trouble-making kids going to go
> to the same shopping mall and cause the same problems only wearing
> different closes?
> 
> Are they really attempting to fix the problem, or are they simply
> trying to appease the troubled masses?
> 
> Kemper:
> They're trying to appease the old or the old-at-heart troubled masses.
>  
>  
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