[Zippy]

all the above and more.

Truth is we've lost moral guidance. Families are broken down and children now get their main guidance from TV, music and the internet. Most of which is a dreadful influence that encourages selfishness, greed, disrespect and materialism. We live in a very entitled society where kids now grow up thinking they have a right to "stuff" for nothing. Thats what the looting was all about; pure naked greed. They weren't stealing things they needed..just things they wanted and pathetically thought they had some right to take. Again, no morals.

All behaviour starts with upbringing so parent/s most certainly play a huge part in these problems. If you instill good values into your child then they will not go far wrong. Sure they may have occasionally blips of bad behaviour at certain points but generally they have a line they would never cross. Those scumbags we saw running riot last week clearly do not have a line. Just destroying peoples lives and demolishing whole areas. It was like every mindless criminal thug came out to play. And the police just let them instead of hitting them with truncheons and rubber bullets like they would do in most other countries. Limp policing and a pathetic judicial system that doesn't know how to deal with hardcore, relentless criminals is another big part of the problem.

I see the problem getting even worse as kids become more and more immersed in the internet instead of real social interaction. They are bombarded with media that glorifies crime, drugs, violence and anti-social behaviour. Negativity is much cooler than positivity. Very depressing.

But the absolute roots lay with upbringing. You have to have good moral guidance, know right from wrong, and then apply it to your own behaviour. Instinctively.