Should A Hug Be "Out Of The Question"?
The Sun’s front page today leads:
“A TEENAGE hoodie told last night how he ran up behind Tory leader David Cameron and pretended to shoot him.
Tagged thug Ryan Florence, 17, said he made the sick gun gesture to impress gang pals who were watching.
The yob in a gang called Benchill Mad Dogs struck when Mr Cameron was visiting a crime-ridden council estate in Manchester to speak out on youth gun crime.” (The Sun)
Yet the hoodie-wearing teenager in the photo is quoted as saying:
“My mates thought it was well funny, but I didn’t know how important he was until somebody told me. The guy at our local gym told me he was an MP.”
So he didn’t have a clue who David Cameron was, and was just “showboat[ing] for the lads” - the fact that it happened to David Cameron rather than any other person was purely coincidence. It does make quite a good picture, though.
What it does mostly, though, is point out precisely Cameron’s point. We need to work on changing society so that the problems illustrated by the youth can be fixed - through providing incentives for families to stay together where possible, and getting money to the local community where it can be put to best use to prevent crime before it happens, and to give youths in deprived areas a real choice.
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The loser had his hands down his pants at the same time. By the way, I think this is a quite positive PR for Cameron.
Our chum seems to be getting around a bit today!
Saw this earlier and it’s in the blogfocus tomorrow. That’s the sort of ASBO that’s being produced these days. Have mercy.