Saturday, May 21, 2005
The Chinese Way of Dealing with Delinquency
Interesting point is that a social housing estate has just been built in the area. No prizes for guessing what I am going to write next. Yep, the estate has a generous supply of delinquent youths, all complete with baseball caps and hoods. I was in Sainsbury’s and there were three children around the age of twelve, one was a girl wearing tracksuit emblazoned on her backside was the word ANGEL – she was hardly angelic, she remonstrated with her male peers for been “too fahcking scared” to nick “ennyfink”. I noted that the oldest member of this motley crew was wearing baggy denim jeans with the crotch down to the knees, the denim was tastefully offset with the back pockets in Burberry design.
And here is one of life's rich ironies:-
On the way back to C’s flat, I noted this wee brat, approx aged ten, been dragged along by a staff member of the local Chinese takeaway, “fahcking leggo of me…fahcking leggo of me…”, the wee brat obviously guilty of some crime against the establishment was taken back, by force by fierce looking Chinese employee, saying “get in the shop kid” – it was like watching a kung-fu movie where the hero, as part of his training, has take on some unruly monkey. I guessed that he broke numerous laws: common assault, child abuse, blah, blah…but what the heck, China possesses a surviving civilisation as old as the Ancient Egyptians; a little bit of Confucionism never did anybody any harm.
I did note that the normally well-maintained path to C's flat was adorned with two empty fried chicken boxes - there are dozens of waste paper bins in the area!
And here is one of life's rich ironies:-
On the way back to C’s flat, I noted this wee brat, approx aged ten, been dragged along by a staff member of the local Chinese takeaway, “fahcking leggo of me…fahcking leggo of me…”, the wee brat obviously guilty of some crime against the establishment was taken back, by force by fierce looking Chinese employee, saying “get in the shop kid” – it was like watching a kung-fu movie where the hero, as part of his training, has take on some unruly monkey. I guessed that he broke numerous laws: common assault, child abuse, blah, blah…but what the heck, China possesses a surviving civilisation as old as the Ancient Egyptians; a little bit of Confucionism never did anybody any harm.
I did note that the normally well-maintained path to C's flat was adorned with two empty fried chicken boxes - there are dozens of waste paper bins in the area!
