08 Jun '12 09:48>
Originally posted by kevcvs57Thankfully, I do not remember them. For those not familiar:
These scare stories, real or imagined, have been generated in most historical settings since written cultural and social accounts were kept, usually for political reasons.
I can only go by my own experience and I do not believe that young people are any worse in terms of their moral standards or propensity for violence than they were in my youth, arguably less so.
Do you remember the Glasgow's razor gangs Robbie?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_razor_gangs
And the Scuttlers of Manchester?
http://www.subcultz.com/blog/2012/05/scuttlers-hooligans-street-gangs-are-nothing-new/
And yet my wife's aunt regularly cites 'the rise in gang culture' to demonstrate her view that society is getting worse, as if these things are somehow new.