The honourable MP for Tottenham, David Lammy has a point when he says that discipline by way of physical force should not be overlooked. He obviously, as a man of great intelligence and good skills of persuasion has good reasons as to why he advocates caning as means of keeping the young on the straight and narrow.
Children of all ages in this once great country have lost their moral compass and indiscipline has for so long been left to fester.There are many reasons as to why this is the case but the major one would be, parenting or the lack of.
At the tender age of four children already know about authority as this is a natural devlopmental process.At what point should authority start to be enforced?
There is a general disregard for authority. Teenagers demand respect from their parents, teachers, the police etc.This respect is not earned, to them it is a right of passage. They carry knives to stab(shank as the would call it in slang) one another over flimsy issues that rotate aound respect or a misconceived perception of a lack of it, from others whether known to them or not.
It gets worse every day. The Argentinian familyjust to name but one) that lost a son around the Silver street area of Edmonton were left in utter shock. They could not comprehend how their son could have been caught up in midst of murderous youths who feel nothing over their drug fuelled actions. They have no remorse. To them the rule of law does not apply,only impunity.
For those of us who are lucky to be alive as the second month of the year rolls along, we must thank our lucky stars.These warp-minded killers have a total disregard for the law that is absolutely abhorrent. What are the root causes of their actions.
Why is gun crime such a crucial problem? How can a man own six gun licences? The answer- he's a gun enthusiast! The alternative it would appear to be, he is a potential killer, hiding behind legal ownership of firearms.
Gun crime we shall tackle another day, even though it's part of the problem.
Am not the greatest advocate of whipping the child but i do know from my experience growing up that it never did us any harm. It did not leave any psychological scars,but i cknowledge the that there is a difference in cultures or is this a cross-cultural issue?
Children need to understand and respect authority and light smacking can do no harm if the parents do it in moderation and within reason. i can understand this can be relative from one family to another.Those of us who believe that Lammy was wrong i beg to differ. Am lending my previlege to scribe to the cause in total and unequivocal support to discipline.He still had a great point. People of Afican and Afro-Carribbean descent will attest to having been disciplined in this way. At school, home, by elderly neighbours, the extended family. The list is endless. There was, and still exists in some communities a collective responsibility fo the leaders of tomorrow- today's children.
We should stimulate and not stifle meaningful debate about the issue rather than brandish and lambast MP Lammy with unsavoury names.Teachers should be handed back the authority to run classrooms. There should a co-ordinated effort from all quarters of society. This is an emergency! Cameron and his government should wakeup to this social timebomb. There seems to exist a lack of goodwill on the government side, for how can one explain suggestions of fathers having less rights to their children? A report commisioned on behalf of the current government tended to be of that negative conclussion.Ludicrous every each way. We should pressure those in power to put into place considerations that will ameliorate this disastrous discourse,before we lose all our children.
It's our hope and prayer that fewer families will mourn the lose of their loved ones to needless,senseless and unrelenting murder that is informed by ignorance of basic principles of human decency.
NB: I DEDICATE THIS ARTICLE TO ALL THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR YOUNG ONES TO GUN AND KNIFE CRIME. GOD BLESS YOU!
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