Leslie

If they don't put the hoods over their heads, there should not be a problem. Until they decide to start one! Thats when they would put the hoods up of course.

A good kick in the "fergiblers" should slow them down a bit.

Les

Luminous

iTrader: (3)

I'm just waiting for them to start and wear Turbans. Let's see if the shopping centre can manage to ban those!!

GC8

He was; but my, then 7 year old, daughter had a better jab on her!

the moose

An acquaintance of mine was attached and killed on Christmas Eve. There were police 400 metres away, and they got to the scene very quickly, though too late to catch the perpetrators. The CCTV image was obscured by the headgear being worn, and as a result those responsible are still at large.

Having police nearby will only resolve the issue if they're REALLY close, and short of having a 1:1 ratio of police:civilians, that's not going to happen. People knowing that they're being watched is far more likely to prevent crime than the remote possibility that a policeman will be standing there in the shadows, ready to grab you.

Anything which aids that identification has to be a good thing.

Dream Weaver

OK, so lets say headgear being banned is a good thing. Someone gets attacked by a group of yobs, and they are caught on camera without head gear.

Cops know who they are, but as they are all 15 they cant be locked up. Quick slap on the wrist and off they go. Being able to see their faces doesnt really address the real issues in the first place:

1. Our justice system is too soft on criminals
2. Groups of teens causing trouble.

Address those 2 issues and there would be no need to ban any clothing.

borat52

Is no - one else slightly worried that the default response of the government to any social issue is authoritarian upon the whole of society. If bluewater want to ban hoodies then they are a private company, they are at liberty to, just like a pub landlord can ban troublesome drinkers. But since when is it the governments role to intervene in what we can and cannot wear, its like some sort of hitler esque fascist regime. Can you imagine the backlash the tories would get if they proposed this?

Also is it really beyond comprehension that these little sods will just take to wearing alternative forms of clothing? The problem is not the clothes that people wear, its the people wearing the clothes. Untill someone up top addresses the complete lack od respect many youngsters have today by imposing a zero tolerance mandate on both them and the parents then we will spend billions of pounds and thousands of hours wasting hour time eroding the civil liberties of the law abiding masses.

Leslie

They need the sort of punishment that they dont want to undergo again to get them to start to respect some kind of discipline. That would be a start anyway.

Time for some painful corporal punishment I think.

Les

GaryCat

Much as I dislike the Labour Govt all they have done is condone the actions of a private company, how have they intervened?

I also agree with the ban, like it has been said, it is just like a bank banning crash helmets.

borat52

By going on to say that they want to make the ban a law, rather than the policy of a private company. They seem hell bent on interfering with private ownership, e.g. DTi announcing rover going into administration before rover actually did. When did a government office ever announce a private companies affairs before the company? Yet another example of incompetance born out of having nothing better to do.

Vegescoob

That's the point. Use all these issues to get more control over the majority.
That's what really frightens the Establishment, that the majority might one day say," we've had enough". Then take action.