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Originally Posted by Doug
At least then we may have some comfort that our own offspring are not carrying out this act of gross indifference.
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I think the blame lies totally at the hands of parents. People learn respect from their parents, and if they have no respect then the kids will carry that on. I think grafitti should be punished in the eye for an eye tradition. If anyone is caught doing grafitti then the police (or someone) should be perfectly within their rights to march round to the parents house with a spray can and spray on the front door 'the kid who lives here is a brat' or something similar.
The only flaw in my argument is that the parents would blame the authorities and not themselves or the kid. In my day if a kid was caught doing anything untoward they would have got a clip round the ear from the policeman first and then one from their dad after being marched home.