tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post813384567261476770..comments2023-10-30T06:21:18.757-04:00Comments on John Kelly's Voxford: British Youth: Hanging or Firing Squad?John Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-28643493848698367142008-10-13T07:34:00.001-04:002008-10-13T07:34:00.001-04:00Better still, use the little shites as human mine ...Better still, use the little shites as human mine detectors on the Falklands. Those who survive put them in a penal battalion as cannon fodder.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14656666272749831797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-65246224217447845692008-10-13T07:34:00.000-04:002008-10-13T07:34:00.000-04:00Better still, use the little shites as human mine ...Better still, use the little shites as human mine detectors on the Falklands. Those who survive put them in a penal battalion as cannon fodder.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14656666272749831797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-40441921823639524642008-10-13T07:33:00.000-04:002008-10-13T07:33:00.000-04:00Use the little shites as human mine detectors on t...Use the little shites as human mine detectors on the Falklands. Those who survive throw them into a Penal Battalion as cannon fodderJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14656666272749831797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-13865948607218350672008-01-15T14:02:00.000-05:002008-01-15T14:02:00.000-05:00I think the difference between silver spring and o...I think the difference between silver spring and oxford is that in silver spring, large, loud, and generally annoying groups of teenagers will congregate only in place that seem to be in the way, they will generally be loud amongst themselves. No doubt as soon as the adult walked away there would be much snickering behind their back, but here in Oxford teenage don't seem to have any problem beingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-44304584404924497252008-01-15T12:48:00.000-05:002008-01-15T12:48:00.000-05:00Personally, I loved today's blog. Well said, John...Personally, I loved today's blog. Well said, John!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-82738333556549451682008-01-15T11:12:00.000-05:002008-01-15T11:12:00.000-05:00Do you think this is any worse than the behavior o...Do you think this is any worse than the behavior one sees/hears daily on the Metro, or in downtown Silver Spring?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-17911744765577660812008-01-15T10:39:00.000-05:002008-01-15T10:39:00.000-05:00"Such is the affect"?! Shame on you, John."Such is the affect"?! Shame on you, John.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-40142176754209373162008-01-15T09:35:00.000-05:002008-01-15T09:35:00.000-05:00John,I am so sorry to hear about your wife's run i...John,<BR/><BR/>I am so sorry to hear about your wife's run in with loutish youths, who most likely were taught "they're rights" but were never taught to respect other people's. Here in DC last week, s teenage girl slipped on the metro escalator next to me. I reached out and held her arm to stop her falling over. She laughed hysterically and said "don't touch me". Young people don't want to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-76216037901805243612008-01-15T08:56:00.000-05:002008-01-15T08:56:00.000-05:00I don't know if the loutish youth in question reco...I don't know if the loutish youth in question recognized your wife as an American but in my experience foul-mouthed British youth seem to think they have a special license to be even more free with "foreigners".<BR/>I remember an older English lady admonishing a rude group on a bus to admit "please" and "thank you" into their vocabulary--with no effect.Candadai Tirumalaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842987883746560077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-19039072282027711602008-01-15T08:36:00.000-05:002008-01-15T08:36:00.000-05:00You forgot the guillotine option...or is that too ...You forgot the guillotine option...or is that too French?Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-39522115329284396682008-01-15T07:42:00.000-05:002008-01-15T07:42:00.000-05:00Commiserations, and apologies on behalf of my coun...Commiserations, and apologies on behalf of my country, although I'm ashamed to say that I drop the f-bomb much too frequently to pass judgement. When I was a lad in the 1970s, bad behavior was usually blamed on permissive left-wing hippy parenting from the 1960s, so it's funny that the problem now is meant to be right-wing greed-heads from the 1980s. Maybe it's significant that the UK and US Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-86938829499413762902008-01-15T06:25:00.000-05:002008-01-15T06:25:00.000-05:00Well and cleverly written, is there any other way ...Well and cleverly written, is there any other way with Kelly, but am squirming and uncomfortable. Can't imagine how uncomfortable I would be trying to raise teenage daughters in such an environment. In spite of the distractions of parenting it is refreshing to see that you and The Lovely Wife report, to one another, lives daily trails.Sally Moxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039442505214693727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-82592849569236401732008-01-15T06:23:00.000-05:002008-01-15T06:23:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, the parental abdication of responsi...Unfortunately, the parental abdication of responsibility that leads to this kind of behavior is alive and well on both sides of the Atlantic. While, the "f-bomb" is not thrown with the kind of joyful abandon here that it is there, I have heard incredible tales of youth gone bad by parents who failed to heed the advice once given by Nancy Reagan...to just say know. School psychologists are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com