[lily.]

ok, this is an old rant.. I've said all this before, but here goes in it's own thread...

Rant: The law is a joke

What’s the point of creating laws then not enforcing them?

There are laws against drinking in public here. So how come I can barely get into the shops of an evening for the masses of neds/chavs hanging around outside (and sometimes right in the doorway) with their bottles of Bucky/Alcopops (*Delete as applicable).

“Where are the police?”, you may ask! Well, this is where it goes from the sublime to the ridiculous. According to the laws of our great nation, they can stand around with the bottles in their hands and as long as the police don’t see them actually taking a sip from the bottle, they can’t be arrested for it! So, most nights, the police pull up in their nice heated vehicle, roll down the window, and chat to them. CHAT TO THEM? WTF? Stick them into the back of the paddy-wagon and kick the chit out of them. That’s what they used to do when I was young!

I think it’s a bit bleedin obvious that they are drinking! What else would they be doing standing on a street corner holding a half empty bottle of alcohol? Oh, sorry, maybe they were just holding it for someone else who, on their return, will take it back and go home to drink it in the comfort of their own living room. Or, maybe it’s a new fashion accessory. They don’t actually intend to drink it. No! No! They merely have it to compliment their Kappa baseball cap and their Burberry scarf! Or better yet, the bottle might be empty, and they are merely waiting for the next passer-by to look at them the wrong way, so they can bottle them with it. Nothing wrong with that is there? Far be it from us to stand in the way of some mindless chav violence.

And, to add insult to injury, the average age of the local chav population here is 15. Surely they can be arrested for underage drinking? Or will they claim to be holding it for their dad (assuming they know who their dad is)?

Meanwhile, law abiding citizens (that be me ) have to shove their way past these useless little bastards just to get in the shop door. What a great society we live in. And this is our future? The future of our country is in the hands of the youth of today. I might as well just end it all now.

*Rant over*