Zero Tolerance

[commonpeople]

BoJo's new strict rules for public transport in London are making their mark in my neighbourhood. Yesterday evening, I came out of Mile End Tube and found four wardrobes dressed as policemen standing beside a metal detector, with a few police vans outside. Last week, there was a proper police raid on Mile End Road; I saw two boys pressed against

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[idioticpoet]

I'm confused. Could you provide a link to the backstory for this to those of us who don't live in England?

Having said that, I will say that after experiencing a lot of hooliganism and boorish behaviour on the public transit systems of both Rhode Island and Boston, I'm in favour of anyone getting their comeuppance for assholish behaviour anywhere in the public sphere- children or adults. If the kids need to show their school ID to get on the bus and ride free or at a reduced rate, so be it. Maybe it'll help keep 'em in school where they belong.

Hell, in Rhode Island, the universities pay money to the transit authority so that their students/employees can ride the bus for "free" via swiping your ID card through a slot in the fare box; and once you graduate or lose your affiliation with the university, your ID card is deactivated. The high school kids, showed their ID's and then paid the reduced rate. Same thing for seniors too.

They should do the same thing over there. Issue an ID card, swipe it and follow the same format. Act like an ass=lose your riding privileges. I'm getting very tired of all this molly coddling of children. We're (collectively) raising a generation of simpering ninnies with too much of a sense of entitlement.

/rant

[commonpeople]

I searched for a link but couldn't find any. It was a news story I saw on TV, where the mayor has asked drivers to now crack down on children who don't have photo I.D.s (it was the same before he came into power, but I think drivers didn't bother back then to check all the time.) Consequently, children left, right and centre are being left behind and not making it to school.

I wasn't really passing judgement on whether it's a good or bad thing - just noticing it. I'll be happy if crime drops, though to be fair it was already pretty low before in my neighbourhood.