[Busman747]

Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

Gosh I could go off in many ways here but just to make one point. Who is to teach the next generation morals, values, respect? Many of the soon to be parents, by many admissions above, have not had that upbringing. How can they teach it to their children? I agree it's not the government's problem to solve and most of the churches have failed in this role (IMO).

Brian

My daughter (Mimi) watched this news item on the TV last night, she sat quietly for a minute or so and with a tear in her eye turned to me and said: Quote - "I am so blessed and thankful that I have been brought up in our (LDS) church. If I hadn't (been) I might have hung around with kids like them" I cannot see how you could possibly blame Churches in any way for the violence on our streets especially from children! How DID you come to the conclusion so quickly that it is the fault or responsibility of the Church? - - - and why is it not the governments responsibility to find a solution to this problem? They dictate how many police are "on the ground," They tie up the force with red tape, They are responsible for building prisons, They are responsible for the type of punishment judges are legally bound to give out.........the list can go on and on...