Acid attacks in the UK, 400 in SIX months!

http://www.rt.com/uk/398424-acid-attacks-doctor-advice/

First things first, lets avoid any mention here of the chemical or alternatives that might exist.

Add the 'bottlings', beer glassings and other cowardly, thuggish behaviour that is still be going on, but may not be sensational enough for the media to report ATM.

The criminal laws are more than adequate, always were, as far as coverage is concerned.

The easy 'Go To' of politicians - bans and more redundant laws - do not address the problem. The offenders should not be able to rely on claimed poor upbringing or any other alleged fault of society.

What is happening with youth?

I can only tell you about what is happening in
the suburb in which I live. Our local Council
has identified that there is no mental health
programs for young people in our area. So they
have recently announced that the Council is
working with "Headspace" to bring a dedicated
program to our city.

Therefore the 2017 Mayoral Community Ball, on
Friday 13 October will be dedicated to raising
money to get the program here.

"Headspace" is the National Youth Mental Health
Foundation providing early intervention mental
health services to 12 - 25 year olds. The service
is designed to make it as easy as possible for a
young person and their family to get the help they
need for problems affecting their wellbeing.

This covers four core areas, mental health,
physical health, work and study support, and alcohol
and other drug services.

Mental health is a real and growing issue. I am glad
that at least our Council has made a start to help
make a difference in this space in our community.

The media are doing their best(sic) to educate possible offenders on what to best use and how, by naming the common substance and showing containers. Even showing perpetrators committing the act. They leave nothing to the imagination, a 'how to'.

Maybe the first issue is what to do about the scurrilous media outlets that do that?
They are adding to, multiplying, perhaps even creating, a problem.

yep we certainly should of funded mental health better knowing that secularism would lead to much more suicide, perversion, hatred, drug taking, selfishness. It is obvious that mental health is largely caused by the trashing of morals mainly by those with none.

Hi there LEOJ...

An interesting topic, and one that I can inform you has the Local Command OIC's tearing their hair out. Over the years, both governments Labour and Liberal, have steadily 'watered down' or decriminalised many of the useful street offences that kept many of the young, potential troublemakers in line. Initially it was the old NSW Police Offences Act, that was repealed, and replaced with the NSW Summary Offences Act. also repealed. Thus removing many of the effective statutes that gave the coppers the wherewithal to keep youth away from street crime, and later more serious crime that ended in incarceration.

The NSW Police Boys Club was formed to assist troubled youth, to turn their excess energies into more productive sporting activities, wrestling, boxing (where I started my own boxing career, at the Burwood PBC, in the early 1950's) instead of giving some poor bloke on the corner, a decent kickin' or flogin', simply because they can? Is it little wonder the wallopers have to 'tip toe' around many of our troubled street youth these days?

And yes, mental illness is a large contributory factor, not only perpetuated and/or exacerbated by drugs, but by homelessness. More often than not, because they 'fail' to adhere to the rules and standards at home, (often far from being draconian) that are established by their respective parents? I've personally witnessed some ugly bashings occasioned to mothers, sister, brothers and yes fathers! By youth's of both genders.

You see the problem is (in 2017) there is virtually NO discipline: At home (when parents try to impose ordinary domestic discipline; they just walk-out and the silly govt. give em' money); at school, in society, and worst of all, the weak kneed Magistracy and 'jelly Judges' within our judiciary, who continue to award S.556a of the Crimes Act, 1900. 'Offence proven', Discharged, with no conviction recorded! When much more serious punishment is warranted.

It's all down to poor parenting, poor teaching and lack of discipline, topped off by a reluctance by authorities to inflict punishment on law-breakers and anti-social people. The young barely know right from wrong these days.