For those old farts livimg in nice areas of Britain is not a violent society you make me sick.?

Lady Claire of Current Events

Erm ok, do you actually live in Moss Side? Why attack people simply because they dont live in a violent area?

Mordent

There certainly are places which are very violent. But there have ALWAYS been places which have been very violent. If you'd have walked alone in Hackney in the 19th century and escaped being mugged or worse you'd have been lucky. Same goes for many areas of many cities in Britain. Murder rates were nearly 10 times higher in Mediaeval times, and only fell after 1660.

Britain is getting more violent (as are many other countries) - but it is by no means the most violent country in the world, or even the west. The UK is only the 46th most dangerous country in terms of murder rate, with 0.014 murders/1000 people. South Africa for instance has 0.496/1000 - 50 times higher, the US has 0.042/1000 - 4 times as high. The reason people THINK Britain is so incredibly violent is because there has been an increase, though it has been reasonably small - and the press have blown it out of all proportion, running a story every day on it sometimes. They don't run stories saying "there hasn't been a shooting in x for 15 years".

kipper

The venom expressed in your question is only excelled by the ignorance of your argument....All the best an old fart

Scouse

I suppose I'm old and I do fart, if you are sick please clean up after you

fivetoze

im 50, i live in coventry... and weve had 3 murders in 18months... kids killing kids with knives and guns...

our kids shoot up in the parks... they shoot each other on teh streets...

and britain isnt violent... these incidents are taken out of context, and blown out of all proportion. so you will become a gullibe paranoid and spend money on unnessescary security products...

robert x

yeah right! obviously you would know huh?

grodno

Even in so called nice areas it is now no longer wise to make eye contact with some idiots who regard it as a challenge to their macho image, and are likely to abuse or attack you, you will then be arrested for trying to defend yourself against these halfwits.

bert

What else can one expect in a slum area which has been made so by it's residents !

huskystorm

what do you class as an OLD FART
how long is needed for flatulence to become classed as an old fart????

joan k

I live in a village in Devon and we have had murders and rapes here, so it's everywhere. Having lived in Liverpool I actually felt safer there.

firebobby

40 years ago Moss Side was an area inhabited by a lot of first generation Caribbean immigrants.I went to one of their social clubs, after a night out in Manchester, and was treated with the upmost respect. I was wined and dined and offered accommodation for the night. Beautiful hospitable people.
Todays problems are exacerbated by the influx of drugs and turf wars which the elder generation abhor as much as the rest of society.

mad keith

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