tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post113369452206916175..comments2024-01-08T16:59:20.338+00:00Comments on Freedom and Whisky: OK, but what's your solution?David Farrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-33189103674155879762012-10-28T16:02:08.449+00:002012-10-28T16:02:08.449+00:00Kenny McCormack
David you are half right.
Whil...<br /><br /><br /><br />Kenny McCormack <br />David you are half right. <br /> <br />While (ahem) "neds" are usually bred in the playpen of welfare socialism where personal responsibility is unheard of, it is not entirely bred there. <br /> <br />Youth by its nature is nihilistic, and for those few years when a person is of nedable age, it will draw in a cross section of the teenage David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-7574718251103375392012-10-28T16:01:51.794+00:002012-10-28T16:01:51.794+00:00Kenny McCormack
Martin,
"Are you saying t...Kenny McCormack <br />Martin, <br /> <br />"Are you saying that the individual's duty to take responsibility for their actions is somehow affected by economic conditions?" <br /> <br />It is the crucial factor. <br /> <br />"Are you thinking along the lines that,perhaps, increasing the use of fines and compensation orders might reduce crime?" <br /> <br />No not at all. David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-24645549333730957022012-10-28T15:59:03.592+00:002012-10-28T15:59:03.592+00:00Martin Kelly
Kenny,
"The reason the permi...Martin Kelly <br />Kenny, <br /> <br />"The reason the permissive society post-dated the welfare state by 20 years is because it took time for people to adjust" <br /> <br />Adjust to what? The primary planks of the 'permissive society' - liberalised abortion, the de facto abolition of the death penalty, etc - were all, to my understanding, implemented by way of the David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-48294098062430585462012-10-28T15:57:54.926+00:002012-10-28T15:57:54.926+00:00Kenny McCormack
"The primary planks of the &...Kenny McCormack <br />"The primary planks of the 'permissive society' - liberalised abortion, the de facto abolition of the death penalty, etc - were all, to my understanding, implemented by way of the parliamentary 'free vote'." <br /> <br />I doubt either of those were all that significant in bring about the permissive society, permissiveness never extended to killing David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-29124340238360873132012-10-28T15:57:23.601+00:002012-10-28T15:57:23.601+00:00Robert Seaton
I think the original article and th...Robert Seaton <br />I think the original article and this debate is based on a largely false premise: that the youth of today are worse than at other times. All reliable indicators show that crime is not rising but falling. I don't think crime by teenagers is a special case. It is possible that we are complaining more about children and teenagers (though I'm not sure if that's the David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-66586940324117448602012-10-28T15:54:43.823+00:002012-10-28T15:54:43.823+00:00Comments made on previous template:
David Farrer ...Comments made on previous template:<br /><br />David Farrer <br />Robert, <br /> <br />I'm afraid that your definition of "ned" is correct. Perhaps Ned should call himself Ed if he visits us.<br /><br />12 December 2005, 07:22:36 GMT<br />– Like – Reply<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert Speirs <br />What's a "ned"? A juvenile delinquent? We don't use that David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.com