tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post114987695723204011..comments2023-10-18T16:25:13.593+01:00Comments on Famous for 15 megapixels: Gonna to rock down to Electric AvenueStefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-1150114603312630382006-06-12T13:16:00.000+01:002006-06-12T13:16:00.000+01:00On a recent visit to see relatives in Camberwell, ...On a recent visit to see relatives in Camberwell, i commented that it was really bad what happened to that lad around here. the responcre to my comment was that the 'lad' wasin fact a local gang member whom had, along with his mates created a web stie with them brandishing guns on it. <BR/><BR/>Too often we see kids portrayed as these sweet little things, victims of a cruel society.<BR/><BR/>Hearing what this boy was really like has brought to light what I reaaly would not like to admit to, that some of these kids are spawns of the devil. in addition the parents are also to blame for bringing kids into the world and bring able to bring them up properly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-1150064132652223572006-06-11T23:15:00.000+01:002006-06-11T23:15:00.000+01:00"One of the single most bizarre aspects of life in...<I>"One of the single most bizarre aspects of life in London is just how close the very well off and the far from well off often live next to each other. In some places I could paint a line on the street separating the haves and have nots."</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah. I always found it perplexing as a student. I always put it down to space or (a lack of) and the particularly Londonesque sense of indifference between the social classes this fostered<BR/><BR/>When I lived in Camberwell, and then Kings Cross, over two years despite the occasional mugging I heard of there was mainly a sense of 'live and let live'. Keep out of other people's business and they'll keep out of yours. Especially the gunwielding crack dealers who lived down the road from me Kings Cross or the mentallists (in the psychiatric sense of the word) round Denmark Hill way.Shablagoo!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02735403619368790644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-1150034053892092992006-06-11T14:54:00.000+01:002006-06-11T14:54:00.000+01:00@PeterWhat to make of Polly Toynbee...HmmmmNothing...@Peter<BR/><BR/>What to make of Polly Toynbee...<BR/><BR/>Hmmmm<BR/><BR/>Nothing very pleasant or useful IMHO. Definitely your typical well-paid limousine liberal, foisted on the public to help keep that false left-right paradigm ticking over that little bit longer<BR/><BR/>though I totally agree with her comment that knife crime has been atificially magnified by the media in recent weeks<BR/><BR/>but...<BR/><BR/>I'm pretty certain that violent crime is on the rise. In certain areas anyway.<BR/><BR/>Even if you were to believe official statistics, there's still the issue of the increased polarisation of our society which is masked by headline totals. Put simply, the shittier neighbourhoods are getting shittier.<BR/><BR/>but that's another post...<BR/><BR/>Maybe I should take Polly for a walk one dayStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-1150033314243666912006-06-11T14:41:00.000+01:002006-06-11T14:41:00.000+01:00@andyI grew up in Waterloo/ Borough and love that ...@andy<BR/><BR/>I grew up in Waterloo/ Borough and love that part of the world dearly. It is, however, relatively lightweight compared to the joys on offer in places like Stockwell, Camberwell, Peckham, the Walworth Road and a depressingly large number of other South London neighbourhoods I could mentionStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-1149971274799734982006-06-10T21:27:00.000+01:002006-06-10T21:27:00.000+01:00I was in south London on friday (Waterloo, Borough...I was in south London on friday (Waterloo, Borough etc) and didn't have any trouble at all, having said that, that's not my point (I'm always aware that people are getting more narky about having their photo taken). I'd just like to add that (as you might have noticed) I've been in Glasgow quite a lot recently and I've noticed the same thing with working class and middle/upperclass living side by side. Take a wrong (or right) turn and you're in a different era, almost.<BR/>Luckily my girlfriend is tough so she looks after me in Glasgow :)<BR/><BR/>andy24dbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13696112097261595948noreply@blogger.com