Knife Crimes

HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THE ISSUE? STATISTICS SUGGEST THE LATEST SPATE OF ALL THIS KNIFE CRIME IS NOTHING NEW TO GREAT BRITAIN. INFACT KNIFE CRIME AND PHYSICAL CRIME IN GENERAL WAS AT IT'S HIGHEST DURING THE THATCHER YEARS OF THE EIGHTIES. THE MEDIA DID REPORTED ON THIS AS A NATIONAL PROBLEM [NOT AN URBAN PROBLEM] UNLIKE THE FAMOUS STATEMENT MADE BY TONY BLAIR WHEN HE WAS STILL IN OFFICE: "THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTRY TO DEAL WITH, RATHER THIS IS A PROBLEM THE INNER CITY COMMUNITIES NEED TO TAKE UP WITH THEIR CHILDREN" [I.E. IT'S A BLACK THING.]

WHEN THE INNER CITY COMMUNITIES OF THE EIGHTIES WERE KICKING THE CRAP OUT OF EACH OTHER WITH ALL TYPES OF WEAPONS OVER WHAT FOOTBALL TEAMS WERE SUPPORTED, NO ONE SAID IT WAS A WHITE PROBLEM AND THATCHER ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THE ISSUE. I'M NOT SAYING CONSERVATIVE DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES BEST, I'M STATTING THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO PULL TOGETHER TO DEAL WITH.

WHITE KIDS AND ADULTS HAVE BEEN KILLED, BLACK KIDS AND ADULTS HAVE BEEN KILLED: THIS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THE RIGHT WAY. BANNING A MUSIC TV CHANNEL WILL NOT STOP OR CURB THE SITUATION.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?: WITH A WAR WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED ON AS ILLEGAL BY SEVERAL NEWS AGENCIES, OFFICIAL GOVERMENT MINISTERS, AND RESPECTED FIGURES, AN ELEMENT OF HYPOCRISY LINGERS WHEN INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE DYING ACROSS THE POND AND IN GREAT BRITAIN.

YOUTHS ARE FEELING THREATENED AND DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE ARE ENOUGH HELPFUL AVENUES FOR THEM. STATISTCS SUGGEST PROGRAMMES WHICH ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCSESS OF THE KIDS WITHIN SOCIETY WORK BEST. THE MUSIC IS ALWAYS SCAPEGOATED AS PART OF THE PROBLEM, BUT WHAT ABOUT BIG BUDGET FILMS WHICH ADVERTISE TERRORISM, MURDER, AND DISRESPECT FOR COMMUNITY.

THE HOME IS WHERE CHARITY TRUELY STARTS AND PARENTS NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THEIR CHILDREN AND WHY THEY GO THROUGH THE THINGS THEY ARE GOING THROUGH, LET ALONE WHY THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THESE THINGS.

I DON'T THINK ANY ONE PARTY IS TO BLAME, BUT I DO KNOW IF WE AS A PEOPLE DON'T COME TOGETHER, RESPECT ONE ANOTHER, AND TRY TO CHANGE, WE WILL BE IN SERIOUS TURMOIL.

Written by D-Raw

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