Yes o sung wu, when I was a kid in the great metropolis of Young NSW we had a sergeant & a couple of constables who loved grabbing a young thug playing up, or some one tending that way.

After administering a swift kick up the butt, they would then report the offender to their father, who in those more enlightened repeat the process, or pull out the dreaded razor strop.

Very soon those potential hoods were at the police boys club, playing basketball, or training with weights.

The same treatment was handed out to young drivers, or even push bike riders behaving dangerously, but they never bothered about 15 year olds driving into town or even to police boys, provided they drove sensibly. They knew those kids had been driving around orchards & farms in trucks & tractors from very young ages, & it was their only way into town. Parents did not provide taxi services for kids back then, but would let sensible kids take the car or ute.

God don't we need some sensible policing today.

G'day HASBEEN ol' mate...

You say; we need some sensible policing these days? We need some sensible politicians; Member's of the judiciary; School Teachers & Headmasters; University Lecturers, Tutors, Vice Chancellor's; in fact we need a host of 'sensible' people to help drag us all out of this mess we've got ourselves in? Moreover to find that well hidden plug hole, in order to 'drain the swamp' we hear so much about?

I dunno Mate things were so much more sensible, and clearer, when I was at Kapooka.

Victorian police told "The Project" that people from
African backgrounds only represent a small portion of
offenders in our community. That Melbourne was not
suffering from "African gangs," and that there was
no crisis. That crime in Victoria has actually dropped
by 9 per cent in the last year.

To give us a better picture -
it has been pointed out that crime will be a
key part of the Liberals bid to win November's state
election - so whipping up fear in communities -
is a good tactic to
win votes.

The PM's talk makes perfect sense when viewed
from this perspective. He ignores that Australians have
been and still are responsible for the vast majority of
crimes in the state coming in at around 72 per cent.

I doubt that Waleed (or any of us) would condone criminal
behaviour - Sudanese (or any other) - however it's always
good to get the full facts before we make any judgements.

Hasbeen,

"they would then report the offender to their father, who in those more enlightened [times?] repeat the process, or pull out the dreaded razor strop."

Well there's the flaw in your thinking right there. You're assuming there's a father to take the little darlings home to. Around 35% of kids don't have a father at home. And of those that do, some unknown number don't have a father who gives a flying f@@k.

Its difficult to get statistics for Australia because, I assume, those who ought to care are worried that the statistics wouldn't tell the approved story. But if we are anything like the US, then a very high proportion of those who engage in anti-societal behaviour are raised without a father-figure in the household.

Didn't take long for the apologists to make their first pointless quip.
The sad show we're forced to watch nowadays is due to the diminishing intelligence of the higher education egotists. An average village idiot had more sense in those days than today's professors.

individual,

It's hard to continue a conversation with someone when
all they try to do is put people down instead of
addressing the issues at hand. Don't generalise,
exaggerate or be nasty - people simply stop listening
and many walk away.