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Urban violence rarely a campaign focus - Boston Globe

... in his right hand as he addressed a youth job rally this past spring, the façade of Boston City Hall looming in the background. “He wasn’t perfect, but he certainly wasn’t a member of a gang,’’ said ...

Voice of the People, Sep. 04 - Chicago Tribune

... gang crime, and assorted crimes derived from that kind of organizational membership, even if laws must be altered or changed. Conversely, police officials cannot erroneously assume every adolescent male youth ...

'Sons of Anarchy's' Kurt Sutter lives up to his 'wild one' reputation - Los Angeles Times

... gang run by his stepfather, Clay Morrow ( Ron Perlman, of "Hellboy" and "Beauty and the Beast" fame), that rules the fictional central California town of Charming. (Sutter was a regular motorcycle rider in his ...

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in NYC - An Update - Huffingtonpost.com

Prostituted Youth in New York City ... Bloods gang members in Brooklyn were arrested on charges of running several sex trafficking rings that recruited girls from junior high schools. Girls as young as fifteen were ...

Murders of young black men rise - Detroit News

Godbee said the police department recently participated in a national youth violence prevention forum in Detroit hosted by the U ... a one-time gang member who went to prison and now counsels youths like Webster on ...

Broke youth anti-crime groups want federal cash - AP - msnbc.com

The Youth Promise Act would dole out money to organizations like Homeboy Industries, a gang rehabilitation center founded in 2001 under the motto "Nothing stops a bullet like a job." The group's founder Father Greg ...

NV youth activist proclaims innocence after arrest - Las Vegas Sun

a nonprofit organization that says it gives youth alternatives to gang activity.

Capsule reviews of feature films - Kansas City Star

Michael Cera stars as the Toronto youth who must dispose of his beloved's exes (video-game style) to win her heart ... Woody and gang shipped off to a day care center, and the toys have to figure out how to get back ...

Back-to-school event gives guidance, resources to kids under supervision of ... - Oregonian

In a summer peppered with gang shootings, the department's fifth-annual Back to School Night ... Burgess hopes to enroll her in the Native American Youth Academy , a high school with small class sizes and the ...

Struggling youth crime prevention groups see salvation in $1.6B federal bailout ... - FOX News

The Youth Promise Act would dole out the money to organizations nationwide that can show their programs are effective. One of the groups that wants the bill to pass is Homeboy Industries, a gang rehabilitation center ...

Gang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A gang is a group of three or more people who, through the organization, formation, and ... New York City recorded more than 200 gang wars fought largely by youth gangs. [11]

Youth Gangs

Youth gangs and street gangs are no longer limited to large cities, but can be found throughout the heartland of America.

NYGC | National Youth Gang Center

Assists state and local jurisdictions in the collection, analysis, and exchange of information on gang-related demographics, legislation, literature, research, and promising ...

gang: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com

Youth gangs typically engage in delinquent, criminal, and violent activities, often for financial gain. Description. Gangs have been a part of U.S. culture since the early 19th century

Office of Justice Programs: Youth Gangs

Youth Gangs. Addressing Community Gang Problems: A Model for Problem Solving Bureau of Justice Assistance, 1997 The model was developed through the Comprehensive Gang Initiative ...

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Resolved Question: Any info on gangs, dangerous kids in schools, or cities with a lot of crime? Anyone can answer :-D?

I am researching about gangs for an essay I'm writing but I have no clue about what is going on the gang world. Except I know about certain gangs due to their involvement in dog fighting. I'm looking for a gang more in the new york/new jersey area but I'm willing to change to fit my answers... I know almost all that I need to know except for about kid (ages 14- 18) involvement and white involvement with gangs. BTW I AM NOT LOOKING TO JOIN A GANG!! I AM AGAINST GANGS! I'm just doing an essay for school and they are making us research about crime... I chose to look up gangs for whatever reason. I don't need great detail just answer to my question. I'll take any basic knowledge of gangs that you have. Even if you go to a school in the new york/new jersey area and some of the kids in your school do crimes, I will take that information. Thanks for the help!! Are there any gangs in the new york/new jersey area and what are they? Are there any gangs that contain more youth and which are they? Are most gangs all black or mexicans or do they allow white youth and which ones are they?Yes I googled a lot... :-) more

Resolved Question: what happen to 1Malaysia ?????..........?

A friend sent me this post, please read and pray that our people will come to their senses! It Happened to Me, It Could Happen to You! by Lau C.Kin on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 8:14pm The typical Merdeka Eve night started with an urge to watch the fireworks celebration in KLCC ended up in a racist attack by a group of teenagers. So, me and a friend of mine thought of a good solution to avoid the traffic jam in that area by walking from the office in Jalan Imbi through Pavillion, to Jalan Kia Peng through Convention Center to KLCC. Sounds like an ideal plan as the path is a frequent walkway and is even advertised in Pavillion as 'Bridge to KLCC'. (Just to note that we didnt go into any dark alley) At 10.15pm, we started walking towards Pavillion, stopped to get a drink at Starbucks and proceeded ahead. As we walk, we came across people from various races and foreign tourists along the way. On Jalan Kia Peng, we walked past Novotel Hotel, Hakka Restaurant, Menara HLA and was reaching the junction of Jalan Pinang when a group of about 10 teenage Malay youngsters walking from the opposite direction. They looked like typical youths, giggling and talking to each other. As we walked past them, suddenly one of them turned around and started to make a flying kick to my friend. Noticing the 'fun' he is having, his other friends started to do the same to me. It was so sudden and all I was thinking at the moment was, "What the hell did we do to them?" Both of us ended up kneeling on the ground for a moment before more kicks and punches came flying in. Even though both of us had our tripod strapped across our shoulder, we were too shocked to react to it. Eventually one punch landed right on my right forehead and I started to bleed profusely. Seeing that they eventually stopped and walked away.WALKED AWAY, damn it. They were not even afraid to run but just WALKED AWAY like winning a game or something.The last thing I remember hearing from one of them was "Baliklah ke negara asal" Imagine hearing this statement on Merdeka Eve. I knew I was bleeding but I didnt know how bad. I could feel the right side of my head swollen and wet but I did not try to look at myself through a mirror. My friend also suffered bruises on the body and face. By that time there were more people walking around us but they did not stop to see what was wrong. I don't blame them, it was a poorly lit area just in front of Menara Pinang. We recovered and continued walking towards the Convention Center. The guards were symphatetic to let us in to use the washroom to clean up. It was then I saw my bloody face. I did not take a picture of myself then as it is not my intention to send a horror message. This is not a message of sympathy. It's a account of a random person walking on a street. Eventually after cleaning up, we walked back to the Police Booth in Pavillion to relate the incident. The response from the officer: "This cannot happen, we have all our men on the streets" (Well, not on the street we got beaten up ...) Apparently informing the police booth stationed in a public area is NOT MAKING A POLICE REPORT. WTF? Apparently we have to go to a Hospital, get some treatment and make a complain/report at the police counter there. I would be dead by then, ain't I? Is this how the police maintained that they have improved street crimes? By not noting down petty crimes like gang bang which did not result into hospitalization? Would we be taken seriously if only we landed in the hospital? What we did was, we went back to the office, rested til this morning, went to a nearby clinic to get some bandages and medic.What else to do? I can't identify my assailants, and my wounds are not death-threatening. If I had not wanted to celebrate Independence Day, would I walk or drive to the venue? If I was not thirsty would I stop for 5 mins to get my drink and missed them completely? If I had held my tripod as a defensive weapon earlier, would I save myself or get more beating instead? If I'm not Chinese, would I get the same 'treatment'? All I want to say in the end is ... Forward this to your friends (so that they will be careful on the streets) Forward this to your 'friendly police' (so that they know the procedure is wrong) Forward this to any politician/newspaper (so that he/she can be the champion for highlighting this to the government)Emerald : im not sure if this is a scam or true. But there were pictures taken, which i saw on the net but i cant paste it here for all to see and there was also his HP number, which i didnt display it here as well, i dont think its appropriate. Anyway if its a scam then sorry about it, im just passing the message thru. I may be true as well. Who knows ! more

Voting Question: If we asked Obama and could get an honest honest answer what would he say "This is a Black world" means?

If Obama was still a teenager, would he endorse and likely be one of those black teens who participated in this attack and chalk it up as one of his youth mistakes like doing cocaine. Or we finally blurt out how much he hated his white mother and grand parents and he hates whites in general and hopes he inspires even more black youth to participate and engage in violence toward white families and the raping of white daughters like his own already married w/ kids black father did to his mom? kron police say they aren't ready to call it a hate crime or a gang initiation. But to Marty Marshall, his wife and two kids, it seems pretty clear. It came after a family night of celebrating America and freedom with a fireworks show at Firestone Stadium. Marshall, his family and two friends were gathered outside a friend's home in South Akron. Out of nowhere, the six were attacked by dozens of teenage boys, who shouted ''This is our world'' and ''This is a black world'' as they confronted Marshall and his family. The Marshalls, who are white, say the crowd of teens who attacked them and two friends June 27 on Girard Street numbered close to 50. The teens were all black. ''This was almost like being a terrorist act,'' Marshall said. ''And we allow this to go on in our neighborhoods?'' They said it started when one teen, without any words or warning, blindsided and assaulted Marshall's friend as he stood outside with the others. When Marshall, 39, jumped in, he found himself being attacked by the growing group of teens. His daughter, Rachel, 15, who weighs about 90 pounds, tried to come to his rescue. The teens pushed her to the ground. more

Voting Question: Do you think that asking this question to white boys would be offensive?

We all know how impressionable hip hop and rap culture has had on the youth. We all know about the styles in which people wear their clothes i.e pants saggin big shirts fitted caps ear piecings tattoos shoes etc. What white people fail to realize is that they do certain things that they aren't aware of and as a result they look real stupid that its exactly why this style and swag they glorify through their actions cannot really be taken seriously regardless of where they grew up . For example: I'm from Chicago residing on the south side and people who gang bang usually wear their fitted caps and particular positions like this: http://www.weallscheme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/50-cent-2.jpg I see some white boys wearing their hat in this sort of style. It's crazy because they don't know any better. When someone wears a hat in a particular position and is not a member or of any affiliation to the gang thats called false flagging which is punishable by physical violence and sometimes worse. I saw a few white girls doing that too believe or not. Would it be offensive if I walked up to a white boy or even a girl and asked them what set they were from or what gang they representing? I don't gangbang but I would really like to know some opinions from whites. more

Resolved Question: What should I say in my Facebook message to the girl who made my life hell in junior high?

Ok, so I was searching around on Facebook and I found the horrible girl who made my life hell in junior high. I was going to a new school and didn't know anyone and we became friends. Then, one day, she just stopped talking to me completely and she and everyone else ganged up on me. I was teased mercilessly every day (and I mean every single day) in junior high to the point that I didn't even feel comfortable being around people my own age -- I was literally AFRAID of anyone in the 13-15 age range. I started skipping school all the time to avoid being teased and was eventually held back a year. I never got to develop lifelong friendships with people in junior high and high school because I was too afraid to get close to anyone. And it all started with this girl. I'd like to tell her something, but I don't know what to say to her. She's married now to a youth minister (ha, right?) with 2 little kids (like younger than 5 years old). I want to send her a FaceBook message. Should I tell her the things that I wrote here, or what would you suggest?I don't want to meet with her...I just want to get some things off my chest. I don't need any response from her. more

Resolved Question: Why has the BBC not published or aired the news about a 5year old Nigerian girl scoring C at the GCSE?

Why is the BBC yet to publish or air the news about a 5 year old Nigerian girl scoring C at the GCSE's in the UK. It's funny how the BBC is quick to air programs such as "Welcome to Lagos" in order to denigrate Blacks and foist this sense of inferiority complex amongst Blacks, but there is no where I have read or watched in any British media about the news of the 5year old Nigerian girl. Is it that the BBC finds it so difficult to admit that a 5year old Nigerian, of course Black and African can attain this feat. It's always about Blacks involved in robbery, rape, gang affair or Nigerians involved in fraud and internet scams that I keep watching on BBC, day in and day out and this is affecting the psyche of the Black youths into thinking that they are born to be inferior to a certain race or "no goods". When will a certain race of people admit that they are not inherently superior and stop being intimidated when a certain race portrays some positive potentials towards them, this is an example of what BBC doesn't want. Information as knowledge is powerful, it moulds the perception of people towards certain things and stays there as a template, this is what the BBC or the British government is playing to, keeping the superiority complex going amongst a certain race. I have asked this question because I don't want to be objective, maybe there might be genuine reasons why the BBC hasn't published this news, who knows, but at the end of the day no one can stop a moving train and Nigerians as a people will see the light at the end of the tunnel regardless of their enemies.Harald, typical White caucasian, always intimadated by an intelligent Blackman, only getting by in life courtesy of your skin colour and what your forefathers have stolen, scared to honestly compete. CowardBilly are you now telling me that a story of a 5year old Nigerian scoring a C grade in Mathematics in the GCSE (first time in history) is so insignificant to be reported. Well, your statement has strengthen my point that a certain race of people just get by in this life, because they don't want to compete fairly with the rest of the world. You spoke about the UK letting in Africans from lawless countries, well when your forefathers left their own country to steal the resources of these lawless African countries to better your country and give you a better life, someone should have spoken about this. "Lawless countries" that's all White folks have been conditioned to regard Africans as. Well it's only a matter of time when the world will uphold true competition. Black individuals like the 5year old Nigerian will serve as a true inspiration to Black youths and Africa as a whole, then people like Billy would be the ones washing my toilet. more

Resolved Question: How can I stop youths using my windows as football goals?

In front of my flat (1st floor) there is a patch of ground, and local youths (aged 14-16) like to use the windows of the flats to aim their footballs at. I don't think they will break the windows but the whole building shakes everytime the ball hits. This can happen for hours a day. The landlord (local council) says there is nothing they can do even though it is against byelaws, because if I photo the kids I could be accused of being a paedophile, and the police say it's too trivial. The other neighbours don't want to know. Any ideas? Obviously confronting them isn't an option as I am a lone female against a gang of males. more

Resolved Question: In UK cities, do gangs of black or Pakistani youths follow people who they spot using an iphone in a seemingly?

safe place, like a shopping mall or train station, to where there are no cameras, and then mug them and beat them up? And could the victim be jailed for racism for reporting them? more

Resolved Question: What will Rapid Vienna fans think of Aston tonight?

Will they feel safe when they see all the black and Asian youth gangs and get harassed for a cigarette? more

Resolved Question: Are these WWE Shirts appriote for school? ( BTW IM A GIRL)?

These are my school rules: 1. Clothing or possessions (backpacks) that advertise or promote the illegal or commercial use of drugs, alcohol, tobacco/nicotine products, violence, gambling, including graffiti, symbols or double meanings or that include sexual innuendoes are prohibited. 2. Clothing or possessions that contain obscene words or words that are considered prejudicial toward any ethnic or religious group are prohibited. 3. Attire that is worn in such a way as to identify students with negative youth groups or gangs is not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, oversized clothing, unhemmed pants and shorts, rips and holes, sagging pants, cutoff shorts with socks reaching the short line, hanging belts & chains, oversize buckles, suspenders off the shoulders and initials on belt buckles. 4. Clothing must cover the front and back of the student to the waist when arms are raised. Underwear must not be exposed. No bare midriff, halter, off the shoulder, tank or spaghetti strap tops are allowed. Sleeveless shirts must have a two inch minimum width. Pajamas are not appropriate for daily wear. 5. Special clothing may be approved for Spirit Day activities such as Sports Days, holidays and pajama days. These items are for that activity only and must meet all regular school dress code requirements. 6. With regard to holey/distress clothing, a student/administration committee established the following: a) with hands at your sides, holes may appear anywhere below your fingers; b) distress can be anywhere with no skin showing; c) shorts and skirts must follow above criteria-below finger tips. 7. Adequate footwear must be worn for safety reasons. “Flip flops” and slippers do not provide adequate foot protection. 8. Students may wear approved hats only while outside. These hats must be full brimmed, providing protection for face, ears, and neck. Hats must also meet all other dress code policy requirements. Baseball caps and hats with logos and sweatshirt hoods are not allowed. 9. Notebooks and other belongings are to be clean of graffiti. 10. Items that are a safety hazard to the wearer or others, such as metal studs, chains, wallet chains, steel toe shoes or dangling items such as oversize dangling earrings, are not allowed. Here are the shirts: http://www.wweshop.com/item/eddie-guerrero-im-your-papi-t-shirt/EddieGuerrero/01-07294 http://www.wweshop.com/item/hart-dynasty-t-shirt/HartDynasty/01-11291 http://www.wweshop.com/item/hart-dynasty-thicker-than-water-t-shirt/HartDynasty/01-12037 http://www.wweshop.com/item/sheamus-celtic-warrior-green-t-shirt/Sheamus/01-12252 http://www.wweshop.com/item/the-miz-im-awesome-blue-t-shirt/TheMiz/01-12240 http://www.wweshop.com/item/cm-punk-red-salvation-t-shirt/CMPunk/01-12246 http://www.wweshop.com/item/nexus-logo-t-shirt/Nexus/01-12331 the reason im gonna buy guy shirts is becuase wwe doesnt have much to offerr for girls/women they have really crappy shirts like here an example: http://www.wweshop.com/item/john-morrison-only-takes-one-ladies-tee/JohnMorrison/01-12138we have this viceo princapil and she a biotch and she is frkkn stict on school dress code more

Resolved Question: Can someone proofread my resume?

Objectives To obtain a challenging position allowing me to utilize and continue building my outstanding customer service skills. Education June 2008 | Diploma • Wells Academy high school August 2008 | Kennedy King College Chicago, IL June 2009- 2011| Harold Washington College Chicago, IL Experience April 2007 – November 2007 | Guest Service Rep. Guest Service Rep •Scanned tickets, •leading guest to their seats •greeting customers •answered customers questions •assisted customers •learned valuable customer service skills •written accidents reports in every game August- 2009- USM Chicago, IL Inside Sales Rep •Sale Comcast to new and existing customers •Signing customer for installations •Signing customers for confirmations June 2006 – August 2006 | Youth Leader Program Chicago, IL •Met with leaders to discuss community problems and possible solutions •Topics included health insurance, sex, gang violence, community safety. Drugs, teen dating violence,, and why people leave the neighborhood April 2006 – June 2006 | After School Matters Chicago, IL Volunteer •Took initiative in volunteering to participate in group activities •Learned about financial literacy •Performed 40 hours of community services •Worked together as a team to prepared mass mailing •Visited and learned about seven different colleges Skills and interests I am punctual, highly motivated and a quick learner. I work well both independently and with others. I have strong communication skills; both oral and written. I also am proficient in computers; Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Publisher and basic computer maintenance. and do i really need my volunteer work on my resume since i graduated out of high school? Im trying to get this job, my recruiter said i need more writing on my resume, could anyone help me please. Here's my email: sam_som08@yahoo.com more

Resolved Question: unfinished personal chapter: eigthteen years ago i lost the one...THE love of my life before i had the chance?

to meet her. yeah i know what you're thinking, "what?!" all i can say is that it's a long LONG story. the cliff-notes version is going to have to work for you in the case. when i was fourteen i fell for this girl sight unseen. she was very close to an older friend of mine. his stories of her and her family is how it all started. i was told that she felt the same way about me but persons closer to her thought that i would be a bad influence on her. in short, i was only out for one thing.....and they stood in our way, never allowing us to meet one another. i was judged because i was a child from a rough neighborhood. drugs, gangs, and crime were all around me and that's all they saw. no good could come from da hood right? well, i'm proud to say that those individuals were wrong. plans to get around this blockage were made but all failed. years went by and the only thing that changed was the level of love that i had for this girl. time, distance, youth, and life also stood in our way. i had my life, and she had hers. but the goal to final meet each other one day was still alive. then one day just like that the war was lost. the girl that i had fallen for had switched teams and nothing was same after that. she and family up and moved away sometime after that leaving me with this unfinished chapter in my past that i still carry to this very day. i have moved on with my life and have experienced many things in my life both good and bad, but day in and day out there's this one nagging pain that i just can't seem to able to get past. it hangs around my neck like a thousand pound weight. i often ask myself, "what if?", or "why?" but no answer is ever given. i still think about her. i never stopped. i tried looking for her but still those closer to her still stand in my way. giving my hope, only to take it away again. with every passing year the chances that i have of closing out this chapter become smaller and smaller. the feelings that i have for this now grown woman are both a blessing and a curse. i what to get past this but i don't know if i ever will. the thing that frustrates me the most is that i never got the chance to meet her, see her, talk to her, or anything. all i know is first name, T%$#@. is it silly of me to still think of this woman as the love of my life? maybe, but that's the way that i feel. am i a fool for feeling this way about someone that never meet? or am i doomed to feel this way about her for all eternity? drop some science on me people.additional info: myself and the one who got away are in our early thirties. we've had NO communication between us at all! i've never seen her, she's never seen me. we don't know each other from a can of paint. we've probably passed one other on the street and never even knew it. we lived in neighboring cities. our only connection to each other is though my best-friend who saw her as a little sister. my friend also dated her older sister...hence the connection. more

Voting Question: I don't want to lose my best friend after a sexual fling?

Last night I was at a party with my friends and we had quite a lot of alcohol, after most of the guests went home we decided to walk to a corner shop for some food. A scary group of youths started to follow us and threaten so my best guy friend grabbed my hand and ran for it. When we got back to the house we were chilling out in the bath tub (not naked we were just sat there talking). My friend told me he thought he was going to be killed by the gang and I said the same and he hugged me. The hug soon turned into a kiss which led to locking the bathroom door and tearing each others clothes off and so on. We didn't have sex but we did other things sexual. We we fully sober at this point so it isn't like we have a pathetic excuse. We carried on with our passionate experience for quite some time without a care who we would affect. But now I talk to him he refers to himself as a 't**t' ect. and says he never wants it to happen again, as we have kissed before but nothing this serious. The problem is that he has a girlfriend and loves her, and is now extremely confused with his feelings and also says he doesn't know if we're still friends. The other problem is that I love him too and it affects my feelings too. What is going through his mind right now? I don't want to lose my best friend. more

Resolved Question: The multicultural society, is it a failure and why?

i can think of knife crime problems and gangs of immigrant youth in London. 7/7 muslim communities refusal to integrate in mainstream society The large number of bogus unskilled asylum seekers mass E.u immigration Britains youth being displaced and undercut by foreign labour.. more

Resolved Question: Would you use your iPhone or other smart phone on the street if there was a gang of Somali or Pakistani youths?

approachingabstract, if you defended yourself against them, you would be arrested for racism, and they would face no action more

Resolved Question: Why is it when Sec 8 housing comes into a nice neighborhood the area goes down hill?

Crime goes up. Noise goes up. Gangs of youth start destroying property. Drugs ( Illegal ) will be all over the neighborhood.Thanks for the replies. The new people in my area steal, cause problems, sell drugs on the corner. Cut tires if you complain about their noise, Threaten to kill you if you call the police. Now all of us homeowners are wanting out but the people who run the city say we have to live with them. ( However, the politicians live in 600,000 dollar homes and won't live near Sec 8 housing. ) more

Voting Question: Always nervous about everything and never feel at ease or safe-what should i do?

Hello, I am always very nervous and fearful about everyday life. You always hear about killings, theft, home invasion, kidnappings and war 24/7 on the news and internet etc and it's kind of wearing me down. Every time i walk past people i feel like they're going to pull a knife out and kill me. And my little sister is going to secondary school this year and i'm really worried about her in case she gets bullied or makes any enemies. And i don't know what i'll do when she has to move away one day or maybe go to another country. I just want everything to be nice and safe and to know that everything will be alright. I heard about a video called 3 Guys 1 Hammer the other day and although i haven't watched it, it still frightens me and depresses me to what is happening out there like in that video. It was an old man who was murdered in the video. I keep thinking about what i'd do and what i'd feel if that was MY dad in the video. I hate fights and violence and get very nervous whenever somebody even raises there voice-it makes me intense. There's just so much to worry about every day- the burglars in the night, if some youth is going to pull a knife on you and gang up on and stab you to death, if your relative gets involved with a violent partner, diseases like cancer, the constant threat of terrorism, crime all the time,unemployment- people keep saying 'you've just got to tolerate these things' but what's the point of living if you spend more than 50% of your time worrying about the huge amount of things that could go wrong. Like some 8 year old girl right now might be trapped somewhere missing her parents while a killer keeps her from escaping. This shit is CONSTANTLY happening. How am i mean to relax and laugh when some little kid is getting beaten up by their parents and having drugs injected into them? I don't feel safe walking down the street anymore. Sometimes i feel i just want to walk around in a stab proof vest and get a bodybuilders physique. Am i over-exaggerating or do i need to see the doctor? On a side note, i have been alone for some time and this might be an issue (my loneliness is because of anxiety). Thanks more

Resolved Question: Are these shirts appropaite for skool?

here is my skools dress code: In an effort to provide a safe and orderly environment for our students and, in response to a desire to keep our school free from threats or harmful influence of any gangs or groups which advocate substance use, violence or disruptive behavior, Ladera Vista has adopted the Basic Dress Code and Prohibited Items list as a guide to parents and students. This list is not meant to infringe on any individual student’s rights to freedom of expression, but rather to encourage students to “dress for success” and come to school properly prepared to participate in the educational process. Basic Dress Code The Basic Dress Code applies to all school activities on or off campus, before, during, and after school. It is the policy of Ladera Vista Junior High to encourage types of conduct, habits of dress and attitudes which promote the general acceptance of pupils by their associates and facilitate the learning process. School personnel will encourage students to wear clothing in a manner that does not offend the rules of decency or attract undue attention at school, and which promotes habits of good grooming. Remember, students are here to learn. In the final analysis, the principal’s evaluation shall prevail. 1. Clothing or possessions (backpacks) that advertise or promote the illegal or commercial use of drugs, alcohol, tobacco/nicotine products, violence, gambling, including graffiti, symbols or double meanings or that include sexual innuendoes are prohibited. 2. Clothing or possessions that contain obscene words or words that are considered prejudicial toward any ethnic or religious group are prohibited. 3. Attire that is worn in such a way as to identify students with negative youth groups or gangs is not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, oversized clothing, unhemmed pants and shorts, rips and holes, sagging pants, cutoff shorts with socks reaching the short line, hanging belts & chains, oversize buckles, suspenders off the shoulders and initials on belt buckles. 4. Clothing must cover the front and back of the student to the waist when arms are raised. Underwear must not be exposed. No bare midriff, halter, off the shoulder, tank or spaghetti strap tops are allowed. Sleeveless shirts must have a two inch minimum width. Pajamas are not appropriate for daily wear. 5. Special clothing may be approved for Spirit Day activities such as Sports Days, holidays and pajama days. These items are for that activity only and must meet all regular school dress code requirements. 6. With regard to holey/distress clothing, a student/administration committee established the following: a) with hands at your sides, holes may appear anywhere below your fingers; b) distress can be anywhere with no skin showing; c) shorts and skirts must follow above criteria-below finger tips. 7. Adequate footwear must be worn for safety reasons. “Flip flops” and slippers do not provide adequate foot protection. 8. Students may wear approved hats only while outside. These hats must be full brimmed, providing protection for face, ears, and neck. Hats must also meet all other dress code policy requirements. Baseball caps and hats with logos and sweatshirt hoods are not allowed. 9. Notebooks and other belongings are to be clean of graffiti. 10. Items that are a safety hazard to the wearer or others, such as metal studs, chains, wallet chains, steel toe shoes or dangling items such as oversize dangling earrings, are not allowed. Here are the shirts: http://www.wweshop.com/item/eddie-guerrero-im-your-papi-t-shirt/EddieGuerrero/01-07294 http://www.wweshop.com/item/hart-dynasty-thicker-than-water-t-shirt/HartDynasty/01-12037 http://www.wweshop.com/item/hart-dynasty-t-shirt/HartDynasty/01-11291 http://www.wweshop.com/item/nexus-logo-t-shirt//01-12331 http://www.wweshop.com/item/cm-punk-red-salvation-t-shirt/cmpunk/01-12246 http://www.wweshop.com/item/the-miz-im-awesome-blue-t-shirt/TheMiz/01-12240 and i know wwe is fake of course i know that i just like dere merchandise more

Resolved Question: are these shirts appropaite for skool?

Resolved Question: Why cant people see hip hop saved black youth?

I mean black men are still men and human and will still do things but I am talking about how hip hop save black males from the streets.In the 1970's with the drug thing going on there were kids of all races I guess experimenting with drugs at the time and it was a crazy time despite being the greatest decade for R&B and soul music except Disco though.Back then you had black kids in the street younger than 15 even in Elementary school getting drugs you heard about Monique brother molested her when he was 13 and at 11 he started drinking and doing drugs this was in the 1970's and there were gangs in the late 60's to early 1970's called "Lords" or something and in the south bronx when hip hop was invented the gangs disappeard.I used to hate hip hop but now I'm starting to realise that this generation of black kids have turned out fine its the white kids that are dying from overdoses and things like that and I never thought I would say this but maybe Real R&B being on a permanant hiatus was a good idea while hip hop remains the choice for black kids it saved them.Hip hop came as a suprise in the early 80's to me I mean why does this exist but what did any adults in the 70's do to stop black kids from heading down life of drug dealing or stop gang violence?there are no more hoods or ghettos more

Resolved Question: is there such thing as loner skinheads?

I am a white youth and there are no skinhead groups around my area but I put up my "colors" white if a skinhead saw me walking down the street in a flight jacket with a shaved head would he accept me or would he beat me down like alot of black gangs do? more

Voting Question: Need help with a movie question.?

1980's era, movie about a few youths trying to make it to either the top floor, or bottom floor of an apartment building in the projects. In one part, they make it to the apartment of a vitnam vet who has his apartment lined in sheet metal for protection. I think the youths were running from the gangs. more

Resolved Question: my sisters said they are going to shun me from the family?

my mom and dad have been going through a custody change so i could live with my dad for the rest of my "youth". well my mom has been really upset and my sisters (who are older and almost 30 years old) have pretty much disowned me from the family. they constantly stalk my facebook and tell my mom if i say something "out of line" and my sister said that i am acting selfish and she is disgusted with me and when i come for visitation with my mom im going to have to "face all of them". what are they gonna do? take me outside and beat the crap out of their little sister? she also said i was being immature, which every rude comment they've made i've been trying to refrain from starting a fight and i just blow it off and try to be the better person, and my 26 year old sister wants to say I'M being immature. so my mom gave my dad full custody today and my sister sent me this message: Well, I hope you are happy and you get everything you are looking for! You really have me disgusted at you right now and very disappointed! I thought I knew you better, obviously not.I never would have thought that you could be so selfish and cold hearted. Good luck and I hope that you find the green you are looking for because as far as I am concerned I don't wanna see you until you get your act together. Our mother has done everything she could for you your whole life and for you to backstab her the way you have... You deserve to be where you are. Good Bye,Briana im really mad at her because when she was 16 and decided to leave our house to go live with her dad and rebel against my mom by joining a gang nobody sent her messages saying that they never wanted to see her again. i even told her that and she said it's different because i was too little to understand. please help, how can i make her calm down and realize just because i want to live with my dad doesn't mean i backstabbed my mom and it's not a crime either...or if that doesn't work how can i get over it and do what she says and stay away from her when im going to be visiting my mom for holidays? and am i wrong to want to live with my dad? more

Resolved Question: I'm looking for two romance novels by an author about 2 sisters....?

...One escaped an asylum and had a rose scar on her hand.First novel was about a sister in (New York?) Victorian Era- parents deceased in an accident, killed by an Evil Uncle. She tried to attend a coming out party for a young lady who was not in the acceptable crowd since her brother was "an Irish bastard with New Money". They eventually married so that her good name could help bring his younger sister into the social crowd- a marriage of convenience that turned to love. I remember that he had a scar on his face and walked with a slight limp and cane from a fight in his youth. The second book was about the other sister who had been labelled as their parents' killer instead of the evil uncle. She escapes and makes her way out west, getting kidnapped by a gang. One turns out to be an undercover US Marshall. She is afraid he will turn her in so she escapes him. Later, he finds her working in a saloon as a dance girl that men pay to dance with- not a prostitute. He is angry and possessive. They eventually clear her name. Anyone know? more

Resolved Question: What's wrong with the white British youth of today?

The last time i visited Britain, I saw a lot of the youth and quite frankly they were behaving just like blacks. Why did they latch on to black culture? Don't tell me I'm lying...just go on to youtube and type in gangs of Manchester etc, I'm not talking about organised gangs, I'm talking about the rap worshiping type of gangsters.I don't hate black people.@ Jessica, violent, uncivilised, destroys anything productive etc...@ Charles LOL, you're an idiot :) more

Resolved Question: What songs should I download? I already have . . .?

Sorry, this is kinda messed up. I just copied and pasted all the songs I had off itunes. The artist is next to the song. SO if you don't see any good songs on my list, tell me :D Thanx They're in alphabetical order, btw. AbracadabraSteve Miller Accidentally In LoveCounting Crows According To YouOrianthi Addicted To LoveRobert Palmer AlejandroLady Gaga All I Ever WantedKelly Clarkson All Is LoveKaren O and the Kids All The Young DudesMott The Hoople Already GoneKelly Clarkson AngelNatasha Bedingfield Another One Bites The DustQueen Anyone Else But YouThe Moldy Peaches Around The World (La La La La La)ATC BabyJustin Bieber Feat. Ludacris ...Baby One More TimeBowling For Soup BackyardNatasha Bedingfield Bad RomanceLady Gaga Bang OnThe Breeders BattlefieldJordin Sparks Beautiful, Dirty, RichLady Gaga BedrockYoung Money Feat. Lloyd Behind These Hazel EyesKelly Clarkson Bennie And The JetsElton John The Best Damn ThingAvril Lavigne The Best DayTaylor Swift Best I Ever HadDrake The Best Of Both Worlds: The 2009 Movie MixHannah Montana Big Girls Don't CryFergie Big In JapanTom Waits Bleeding LoveLeona Lewis BlueAngie Hart BoysBritney Spears Boys Boys BoysLady Gaga BreakawayKelly Clarkson BreatheTaylor Swift Brick HouseThe Commodores Brown EyesLady Gaga Buffy Main Title ThemeThe Breeders Burning Down The HouseTalking Heads Bye Bye Bye'N Sync California GirlsThe Beach Boys California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)Katy Perry CelebrationKool & The Gang ChangeTaylor Swift Child PsychologyBlack Box Recorder The ClimbMiley Cyrus Clocks [Live]Coldplay CoolGwen Stefani Crank That (Soulja Boy)Soulja Boy Tell'Em CrashGwen Stefani CrazierTaylor Swift CryKelly Clarkson Dancing MachineThe Jackson 5 Dancing QueenABBA Day 'n' NiteKid Cudi Dead And GoneT.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake DivaBeyoncé Do Wah Diddy DiddyManfred Mann Do You Believe In MagicThe Lovin' Spoonful Do You RememberJay Sean Feat. Sean Paul & Lil Jon Don't ChaThe Pussycat Dolls Feat. Busta Rhymes Don't Let Go (with Sarah McLachlan)Bryan Adams Don't Let Me Stop YouKelly Clarkson Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (2003 Edit)Michael Jackson DownJay Sean Feat. Lil Wayne DowntownPetula Clark Edge Of SeventeenStevie Nicks Eenie MeenieSean Kingston & Justin Bieber Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)Lady Gaga Everybody Got Their SomethingNikka Costa Everybody Have Fun TonightWang Chung Everybody Wants To Rule The WorldTears For Fears Everytime We Touch (Radio Mix)Cascada FallenSarah McLachlan Falling AnthemBad Boy Bill Falling DownAvril Lavigne The FameLady Gaga FameNaturi Naughton FantasyMariah Carey Fast Forward (Ffwd)Jaicko FearlessTaylor Swift FifteenTaylor Swift FingerprintsKaty Perry FirefliesOwl City Fly On The WallMiley Cyrus Forever & AlwaysTaylor Swift Forever YoungYouth Group Full MoonThe Black Ghosts FunhousePink GirlfriendAvril Lavigne Girls Just Want To Have FunCyndi Lauper Good Girls Go BadCobra Starship Feat. Leighton Meester Goodbye To YouMichelle Branch Had It AllKatharine McPhee HaloBeyoncé HardRihanna Feat. Jay-Z Hearing DamageThom Yorke Heart Of GlassBlondie Heart Of GoldAshlyne Huff The Heart Of Rock & RollHuey Lewis & The News Hello GoodbyeThe Beatles Here I AmBryan Adams Hey StephenTaylor Swift Hey There DelilahPlain White T's Hey, Soul SisterTrain Hoedown ThrowdownMiley Cyrus Holding Out For A HeroFrou Frou HolidayMadonna Hollaback GirlGwen Stefani HotAvril Lavigne Hot Hot HotBina Mistry Hot Hot HotBuster Poindexter Hot N ColdKaty Perry Hotel Room ServicePitbull Hounds of LoveKate Bush How to Fight LonelinessWilco HumanThe Killers I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)The Four Tops I Do Not Hook UpKelly Clarkson I Fall To PiecesPatsy Cline I Got You BabeSonny & Cher I Gotta FeelingBlack Eyed Peas I Kissed A GirlKaty Perry I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)Pitbull I Like It RoughLady Gaga I Need Some SleepEels I Run To YouLady Antebellum I Wanna Be SedatedThe Offspring I Wanna RockSnoop Dogg I Want CandyBow Wow Wow I Want YouKelly Clarkson I'm Coming OutDiana Ross I'm Sticking With YouThe Velvet Underground I'm Still BreathingKaty Perry I'm With YouAvril Lavigne If I Were A BoyBeyoncé If Today Was Your Last DayNickelback If U Seek AmyBritney Spears If You Can Afford MeKaty Perry In My ArmsKylie Minogue In My HeadJason Derulo In Your EyesKylie Minogue InnocenceAvril Lavigne It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)The Fun Boy Three with Bananarama It's All Your FaultPink It's Alright, BabyKomeda The Jam Was MovingDeborah Harry JerichoHilary Duff Jessie's GirlRick Springfield Just a RideJem Just DanceLady Gaga Feat. Colby O'Donis Just Like HeavenKatie Melua more

Resolved Question: How is the youth culture in New Zealand, is there such a thing as a Chav Society?

I'm trying to find as much as I can about New Zealand before I decide I want to go there for a gap year :) What's the atmosphere like when there is a group of maybe 4-5 teenagers (late teens), In England we have a huge problem with a Chav Culture and it's sometimes dangerous to walk around at night because of the gangs of children or even through certain areas during the day such as maybe the town center? Is it like that at all in New Zealand, I understand that sometimes there might be trouble but do they often cause problems such as anti social behavior or any other problems like that? Thanks =)I'm from England and I really hate chavs :) more

Resolved Question: who agreas that today there is a major degration of moral value in todays youth?

it seems like most youth today are to materialistic the guys seem to mean and a bunch of A holes and the girls seem to kinda act like and look like whores and nobody cares about being a good person seems like everyone is trying to act like gang bangers and thinking only about getting wat they want and not caring about others and acting stupidly thinking that it wont have any consequences. more

Resolved Question: How are we going to stop our youth from idolising criminals and gangsters?

This is getting serious. I live in Sydney Australia and the crime rates have not only sky rocketed where I am from, but our youth seems to be accepting it and promoting it more and more. thanks to movies such as scarface or blood in blood out, we have these little thug wannabes who walk around like they own the streets and are willing to do anything - kill even - just to earn themselves a reputation. Like the movies, songs etc arent enough, our stupid Media continously promotes these acts of crime and the criminal "gangster" lifestyle by allowing shows such as "UNDERBELLY" to air, which only inspires our moronic youth to want to be even more like the people depicted in such shows. I don't know why the Govt bothers banning drugs etc, when theyre allowing the production of such shows. I'm normally against peope who compain about everything and blame things on the Govt, because I do think the Australian public has a big tendency to cry over every little thing, they literally want to take no responsibility. But rather than crying over issues that are causing so much damage, they focus on things that dont matter, such as what some radio talk show host said during his interview and why they did not like it. How are we supposed to change this? I am 23 years old, I still have lots to learn. I even went through a phase where I thought it was the "cool" thing to do to be associated with peope who claim to be of gangs etc. But Ive grown out of it, it is just so upsetting to see that alot of people my age, even older, have not. And instead they are getting even more deeply involved with the fantasy of living such lifestyles. Drugs are also a major issue. Okay we cover it in schools, but obviously the message is not going through. Our generation thinks that if they pop a pill and survive to see the next day, that must mean all this hype about drugs is exaggerated. They do not understand that chemical changes do occur in the brain whether it is mild or extreme, which may cause problems further down the track! And then the public wonders why crime rates are increasing. So many are either on Growth hormones, steroids, sniffing coke, popping pills etc etc, and not enough is being done to show these people that just because they didnt die from the drug, they have not been damaged! I really would like to know though, how can we change things around? What more could we do? compulsary classes for EVERYONE? Which would cost the nation it's arm and leg, but would it be worth it in the long run? It has to be something that is compulsary, because all of these free community based groups aren't popular enough to make a difference.Chris Jagger, I suppose this may be my fault because I didnt clarify it enough. I did not mention Steroids n GH because of whatever effect they MAY have on the person, I said it because people in Sydney are taking steroids to "MAN UP" and intimidate one another. They are making our youth thinking they are invincible. EVERYONE is on steroids here and EVERYONE thinks he is king Sh*T. EVERY human wil react DIFFERENTLY. Some wil show NO negative symptoms, whilst others may. This is not an issue of "Will this drug make person A crazy or person B raging. Yes a person can work out for years and get "big and muscly" also, I understand you cant rule out everything. I am simply stating the obvious to see what others think can be doneThanks to everyone for their input. I definitely agree that parents need to have a compulsary parenting class before they have children because some parents are just shocking! But I also believe there is only so much power that nurture has over nature, and alot comes from the individual characters as well. I definitely think the govt needs to think about how theyre dealing with issues. And yes it should be something universal. Young kids get sent to prison for such minor offences, they come out of prison knowing more criminals than ever, are no longer eligible for most jobs, and they fall right back into the cycle again. It really is upsetting. more

Resolved Question: whats a good thriller/action young adults novel?

i want something amazing! something that has a story line that's never going to happen, say, the world gets taken over by mutant children under 12 years of age due to a virus. its never going to happen, but it seems real in the story. Im buying a book today so i want suggestions. have you read or heard that the books your recomending are good? if so, please elaborate. someting similar to these... please read on because you get the idea of what im looking for. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins in a dark vision of the near future, teenagers are forced into a live event to kill eachother in an outdoor environment, in this case, the woods, the story focusus on 16 year old Katniss Everdeen, a skilled hunter in the games. Gone - Michael Grant Everyone over the age of 14 dissaperes, a massive barrier surrounds a californian town of pedro beach, all sorts of things go wrong due to adults vanishing in the blink of an eye, abandoned babys, car crashes. the remaining population of kids form gangs. the war between kids and animals (yes animals) effected by the barrier is so epic i loved it! Alone: Chasers - James Phelan set in New York. Four teenagers. One destroyed city. Thousand of infected predators. Jesse is on a UN Youth Ambassadors camp in New York when his subway carriage is rocked by an explosion. Jesse and his three friends, Dave, Anna and Mini, crawl out from the wreckage to discover a city in chaos. Streets are deserted. Buildings are in ruins. Worse, the only other survivors seem to be infected with a virus that turns them into horrifying predators... Thanks in advance..and yes i have read the Twilight saga.. im sick of vampires, wear-wolves ect. i used to like these kind of books, but i read the hunger games and now im a book adreneline junkie. haha!Smile :) PLEEEEEASE, come back and answer the question!!!!!!!!!! more

Voting Question: Outside window pane cracked but don't know the cause.?

Okay - I live in the UK and I'm just after hearing an almighty bang and came downstairs to find 3 large cracks spanning out from what looks like an impact point on the outside of my double-glazed street facing window. I can't see any evidence of any missile that would have been thrown at it or any suspicious looking gangs of youths hanging about so I'm not at all sure what has caused it. There does look to be damage caused by an impact taking a chunk out of the glass and the cracks spanning it out from it. So, I guess I have 2 questions. Is it possible that something like this would have happened naturally - stress, fatigue etc...? And what are the options regarding insurance? I have standard house insurance but am unclear whether something like this is covered in it? Does it need to be deliberately caused damage before the insurance guys will fork out? If there's no proof what caused it, what can I do? Thanks in advance.Will the insurance company expect me to report it to the police even though I've no evidence it was criminal damage? more

Resolved Question: A gang of youths throw glass bottles at my new Audi R8. Guess what I did!?

Victoria and I were delighted to see the Audi R8 delivered to our home last night ipristinene condition but today I took it for a test drive and as we did we passed a gang of thugs (Lower class youths) we giggled to ourselves at there expense and after I passed the phase You commoners like my car then? They shouted back to me to my Absolute astonishment No you fucking posh twat and attempted to damage our beautiful princess by throwing glass bottle at us and we had the car roof down (convertible). I got out and approached these low life's and whispered in ones ear. The next time you disrespect me or my wife you'll be six feet under. His face turning red and his friends looking at each other in sudden shock of my carefully chosen words ran off. Only to return with their mothers and fathers. I shouted to Victoria start the car before turning around to what seemed to only be a tree trunk a mammoth of a lady. Before I could even tell her what her brat had done to my car she slapped me yes that's right she physically assaulted me. Victoria witnessing the horror ran out to tell the monster what had happened before pushing her to the ground. I ran to the trunk of my car and pulled out a hunting rifle (unloaded) and pointed at her directly and shouted if you fucks don't fuck off in five seconds you'll be sorry. They ran off confused and sorry they were. Lower class scum they were. So yes how do like my car now bitches! more

Resolved Question: Car Bump. Who is to blame?

A female friend drove into a cul-de-sac in error and was confronted by a gang of youths aged 7 to 12. Her car became the target of verbal and physical abuse in the form of stone throwing. In her rush to escape the violence, she clipped the bumper of a parked car but did not stop for fear of her being further insulted. Is she responsible for the damage to the other car? more

Resolved Question: Why doesn't American Idol have anybody of those contestants sing,...?

,..intense heavy metal songs such as songs by the band Skid Row? Such as, Youth Gone Wild, The Threat, Psycho Love, Fire in the Hole, Livin' on a Chain Gang, or Crepshow? What if they did, how would te judges react? How would the crowd react? How would the people who text votes from home who watch the show react? How would Simon Cowell react as well as the other judges? What if I sang Psycho Love by Skid Row? I would sing one of those intense heavy metal songs by Skid Row if I were singing on the show in front of millions. Here's "Psycho Love" by Skid Row. How would they react; the judges(including Simon Cowell), you, the other people at home who watch the show and text, and the audience live at the studio? Psycho Love, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnzpAnhoxc more

Resolved Question: Can anyone shed some Light on what these Dreams could possibly Symbolise?

Today I had three dreams all with the same subtext of me feeling uncomfortable in one way or another. The first dream involved me being on a train with my most comforting valuables within my holdall and then being approached by a gang of youths all laughing in a jeering way and pulling my valuables out of my holdall and then strewing them all over the place, I was then taunted and a few things were said pertaining to me getting assaulted in a.... Certain manner. Thats when I woke up the first time. Another dream revolved around a group of people I knew last year. (In real life I had arranged a Christmas get together/party with some friends and in the end my apartment/flat seemed like a meeting place and neither myself or my home was given ANY consideration this ended up with me getting harrassed by these same people) In the dream they were in my flat basically giving me orders and such. The last dream is pretty much the same as the last two with someone making me feel rather uncomfortable with myself. more

Resolved Question: Work experience problem!?

I've been given a work experience placement in a horrible area in central Hackney. When i visited I didn't feel safe at all, and there seemed to be loads of gangs, and council estates. It involves visiting local schools and youth clubs, and is mainly based around art and drama, which I HATE! Im a very shy person, and cant draw, act or dance. Should I go to it, or should I stay at home for that week ? more

Voting Question: Why do certain groups of youths always have to spoil things??!?

I was down at Hyde Park today and there were youts coming in their hundreds for a water fight. Some stupid thing on Facebook organised this event. It was supposed to be fun but as always some youts bring their postcode wars with them and start fighting! WHY!? WHY!!!!!??! I'm not being racist but these gangs of boys are mostly black. Don't they realize that their actions are giving a black people a bad reputation. Their negative actions outweigh all the positive things that most people do. When will it end?Postcode is like zipcode. Different postcodes are at war with each other.Capishe. - I think you got the wrong person... (I'm being nice to you.) more

Resolved Question: Urban youth addicted to Heroin in inner city Birmingham UK?

I live by myself in a flat in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham UK, it is a mainly asian Muslim inner city area of the city. I am a youth worker for the poor disad-vantaged urban youth in the local area .../Sparkbrook/Sparkhill/Springfield and everyday I come across young kids and young adults who are mainly black/Afro Caribbean and Muslim Pakistani youths who are in street gangs from petty street robberies and street vandalism to the more extreme sides of gangs such as ,brothels bank robberies and murder charges and etc. Outside my flat mainly late afternoon and onwards there are around 10 and sometimes on some evening 20 to 26 asian youths congregating smoking Cannabis and dabbling in other stuff but they are also very violent they are smashing bottles vandalising and destroying the outside bottom half of this block of flats but because they're mainly drunk and high on Cannabis and other stuff and there's a big group of them. Me and other residents of this block of flats are frightened to confront them, but I have noticed in all gangs and this one too there are the usual ring leaders, and ring leader in this gang is making them to start drug dealing by the flats but also dabble in the drugs themselves and I mean ''MAKE THEM'' and I have been listening to them below from my balcony and I've found out one of these young asian lads has started to become more irate and is addicted to Heroin, from previous experience in my work I know this drug is a dangerous thing and I really want to confront this youth by himself and get him off Heroin but he's always in the big gang of 20 and more and they're very very violent, there's been stabbings recently by these block of flats and i'm frightened. I want to confront this youth and get him off Heroin but I don't want to cause harm to myself from this gang or him harm from helping him leave this gang, ...what can I do?? Sameena Ali, ...Sparkhill, Birmingham, UK. more

Voting Question: Are they trying to get me and are they real friends?

My friend(call her V) always was the one who started the drama(everyone thought she was bipolar). She treated me like crap a lot and didn't care for my feelings. Well my other friend(lets call her A) invited me to an amusement park. Well V got upset because A didnt invite her and she had her normal drama. Well A's brother brought a friend that I was into and we had just met so I tried to get to know him more and I wasn't really flirty because I'm really shy. A's brother dared me to kiss his friend on the cheek and well I wasn't sure if I would or not. So later on A's bro comes up behind me and kisses me on the cheek. Which really scared me. He's like well arent you gonna kiss his friend on the cheek so i did. Then on the way home i sat next to A's bro's friend and talked to him. We hit it off well. Now here comes the drama. I told V and well she wasnt making a big deal over me kissing the guy on the cheek and was mad at A. So I let them work it out over my phone. The guy and I exchanged numbers and he asked me out(which I thought was a little sudden but I said yes). Well V called A the next day and the ganged up on me and started saying really mean things. That hurt and saying that I was horrible for kissing the guy on the cheek. So A invited V to youth group(V was never into religion at all). She started saying god will lead me on the right path soon(she knows my beleifs and I do not have a religion) and she was telling me god will forgive me for my sins. Just because I kissed the guy on the cheek. Well this is only half of it and to me it doesn't make sense. V was always the one thay would knock me down when I'm happy and A would never really do any mean things to me.She was saying how much I've changed. and that she wants the old me back. So my questions are Are they real friends? Are they trying to get to me? Does this even make sense?If you want to know more about what V does read my description about her in this question... http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ahq0fovAYXYKFUw8zSV13Tbsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100606210730AAKkr4RI've never have done anything with a guy. The peck on the cheek was a first thine I've done with a guy. more

Resolved Question: Ramadan: Muslims what do you think of?

the effects of Multiculturalism in the west ? How many of you live in the west and get your liberty, your education, your healthcare, your rights? If the West becomes just like the rest of the 3rd world countries.. then what ? I think Multi-Culturalism is destroying the Western society. Crimes are commited more by immigrants and non-whites in these countries by statistics, and in reality you would obviously see. Zionist controled media never shows the domestic issues occuring in America or Europe. and every single thing is biased! . They control the government. and have plunged the West into fighting with the Middle Eastern countries, Muslims and Christians going against eachother :( Multiculturalism destroying the Western countries. MOST immigrants can't they behave. ppl come to a western country to flee the horrible life from theirs, but they bring along t disgusting behavior .Then they ask why white ppl hate them.Bunch of hypocrites . they should Stop turning the west into 3rd world countries. STOP COMMITING CRIMES. they shouldn't enforce their beliefs on others. Like how most African Americans always blame white ppl for their problems , yet they are offered a wayyy better life here than in Africa where to this day black enslave blacks. Over here in the West they have African American college fundings, and educational programs.. yet MOST of African American youth still ends up joining gangs. In Europe , believe me there are Arab and Pakistani gangs . I don't understand, isn't violence that they fleed from in the first place. from your countries , from opression, from persecution. why make a new country that is giving you your rights a living hell . Then you wonder why white ppl are "racist".You don't understand, very few black kids learn in school. What bout Africa ? why are Africans killing eachother ? black on black crime. everyone is hypocritical bout their own ppl. no one looks at the faults within themselves. you can't just dismiss it by sayin there are good and bad everywhere. if that was the case.. then Europe would have been just like Africa or the Middle East...would you walk in a black neighborhood alone ??? I used to live in one , and it was a nightmare. Now i live in an Irish neighborhood, i walk outside during the night. I feel safelol the race card is being played again. I'm being labeled a racist. Japan doesn't have the probs the west is having , neither do these other Asian countries. Most Asians migrate TO THE WEST. why can't they stay where they are if everything is going just fine ? There has got ot be a reason why they migrate , in the end it all comes back to the same thing. You ppl fail to realize that these immigrants from places like Africa and the Middle East and Mexico bring along with them the same type of behavior that they are fleeing from in the first place. Compared to whites, they commit more crimes. Example blacks are only 13% of the population, yet our jails are dominant with blacks and latinos. Statistic shows that these ppl commit more crime. As for their neighborhoods, they get provided with FREE education which they can take advantage of like i did. Ever been to a black dominant school ?? you can't learn with them because they make it difficult for eachother.You bring along a a list of countries where crime is high, but do you know which group is responsible for these spiking crime rates ??? Yeah some white ppl may come off as being rude , disrespectful, and violent. But compared to everyone else , you would only encounter a white person like that on very few occasions. Would you walk in a African American or Latino neighborhood alone at night ??? I don't think so . Again these ppl are offered scholarship programs and educational funding. You would blame white ppl for making them this way. so what are they now children or somehting ?? they have no brains to use for themselves ? ?? Even b4 whites stepped foot on Africa ,its not like it was Utopia. AND slavery still exists in Africa to this day.I went on that list of crime statistics, LOL the middle Eastern countries has nothing!!!!! Anyone would be dumb enough to believe that. Do you know of the corrupt ppl are there. What about the kidnappings over there of girls. Sex slavery is a high.when did i say i resented them ?? You all are brainwashed by the media, everything has to be politically correct. I never spoke about hating anyone. I spoke facts. Give them time ??? America is an example, slavery has been diminished more than a 100 yrs ago. Yet still need more time to fix themselves. more

Resolved Question: Do you think a World War III will actually improve the world? Dictatorship saves the world?

I know this sounds absurd, but hear me out. Until the last war, humans still live like barbarians. There is no law or justice, they are just illusions. I live in a democratic country and over the years, war has not stopped. Terrorism is still present. The police are unreliable and corrupted. Black market exists everywhere. Gangs are still common. So will a big war actually improve our world? After World War II, people saw the horrors of war and a temporary "peace" was established, but that temporary "peace" is gone. In a country like America, it disgusts me to see the youths of today. Their sheer arrogance, ignorance, and uneducated minds irked me to no end. If there was another war, most of us would not live through it, but there can be so much "good outcomes" from it. Technology's advancement is astonishing during the War. You may think the death tolls to gain real peace is not worth it, but in the long run, this wager is a bargain. In the news today, we grieve at the silliest things like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppUT2TLUCYg . Now you may flame me by saying "How horrible? This is a serious matter and should not be joked at all!". I am going to counter that by asking you this, how is it that we grieve a kitten, but we do not grieve for soldiers that die in war? Is it because "kittens" are innocent? Well soldiers do not want to kill either, they are under the command of their superiors, so why grieve for a kitten over a human being? The worst part is, people (citizens) look at soldiers like they are monsters because they killed someone. But they do not realize the soldiers dirtied their hands to protect them. "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic" - Stalin Another war may cause more grieve, but the output we get is perhaps, true peace. A wise dictator is what we need. Democratic approaches to peace has and never will work. Its methods are slow and outdated, it only give false hopes like "we need to have faith!" or in order words, "we are giving up". A large scale war will cause a lot of pain in the beginning, but time will make us forget those wounds. Mankind's history is war, peace is an illusion, to turn peace into reality is an arduous task, it requires discipline. Thank you for reading and I really like to hear your opinions. more

Resolved Question: Gang of youths fighting with knives on a inner city estate in Erdington Birmingham UK?

Gang of youths fighting with knives on a inner city estate in Erdington Birmingham UK 2010. I live on the Pype Hayes Estate in the Erdington area of Birmingham, I've been living here for a year and a half now, ...last month there were several car break-ins and several car thefts with joy-riding happening at least once a week on the estate, my car was smashed up, scratched wind-screen cracked and smashed completely and it looked as if they burnt the inside of my car out, the next day I had it off with the yobs. It was 8:20 pm there around 13 or 14 black african youths all wearing hoods and some on bikes, there were 2 cars aswell which I don't know if they owned or if they were stolen, anyway they were smoking cannabis and maybe something else as they were very very hyper and aggitated, I asked them if they knew anything about the recent spate of car crime including my car which was damaged the night before, (it is believed by locals this gang are selling , cannabis, crack & heroin on the Pype Hayes Estate) they started swearing at me and even spitting at me all wearing hoods so I can't see their faces even with some of them wearing bandanas of the same colour (maybe gang related coloured bandanas for the area I don't know) they told me to f**k out of the ''endz/estate'' and before I knew it I had some sort of pen knife waved in front of my face and they were saying ''move now from this spot in the ends or goons will shank you up and nank your neck out fam'' I just walked away but they are constantly now in groups of 20 on the estate all wearing same coloured bandannas hooded jackets still smoking drugs I believe they're selling drugs on the estate and threatening locals and still vandalising cars on the estate. Shall I tell the police about this incident or not because me and my neighbours fear the gang will retaliate as they have threatened another neighbour on the estate of actually stabbing them and burning them to death in a car and even threatening to shoot them, and I really would not put it past this gang that they will do that, should I ring the police or leave it?? more

Resolved Question: Hay guys, of the following supposed "alternative rock" bands, which ones do you like?

I took this from last.fm's top 100 tagged alt rock bands among what users supposedly think is alt rock...who do you like from this batch. Also, if you hate ALL 100 bands and don't even like one of them, you music opinions are void forever. Note that this is a long list and may look random. 10 Years 12 Stones 3 Doors Down 30 Seconds to Mars 311 A Perfect Circle Alice in Chains Alien Ant Farm All-American Rejects Alter Bridge Anberlin Angels & Airwaves Audioslave Biffy Clyro Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Bloodhound Gang Blue October Breaking Benjamin Bush CAKE Chevelle Cold Coldplay Collective Soul Counting Crows Cranberries Creed Crossfade Dead Weather Deftones Dinosaur Jr. dredg Evans Blue Faith No More Finger Eleven Flyleaf Foo Fighters Fuel Garbage Goo Goo Dolls Green Day Guano Apes Hinder Hoobastank Incubus Jane's Addiction Jimmy Eat World The Killers Kings of Leon Lifehouse Linkin Park Live Lostprophets Matchbox Twenty Muse My Chemical Romance Myslovitz Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nickelback Nirvana Offspring OneRepublic Papa Roach Paramore Pearl Jam Pixies PJ Harvey Placebo Poets of the Fall Primus Puddle of Mudd Queens of the Stone Age R.E.M. Raconteurs Radiohead Rage Against the Machine Rasmus Red Red Hot Chili Peppers Scars on Broadway Seether Shinedown Silverchair Skillet Skunk Anansie Smashing Pumpkins Snow Patrol Sonic Youth Soundgarden Staind Stone Temple Pilots Strokes Switchfoot Them Crooked Vultures Theory of a Deadman Third Eye Blind Three Days Grace Trapt Weezer White Stripeshayley jean: Like I said, these were the top 100 artists TAGGED as alt rock. IT's just copy and pastesam: Incubus goes all over the place. Fungus Amongus and S.C.I.E.N.C.E. were funk metal, Make Yourself was alt-metal/alt rock, Morning view was plain out alt-rock with hard rock influences, the last 2 albums did have poppy influences though :) more

Resolved Question: Anyone who has stayed in a canal boat in England, how safe is it, from vandals, gangs of youths etc?

I want to invest in a canal boat but want to feel safe sleeping in it at night without fearing a gang of bored youths will see the boat and throw rocks through the windows or set fire to it more

Resolved Question: Why are people trying to justify the assault on a Border Patrol agent by a gang of Mexican youths?

Do they have no concern for human life?Yes, someguy, I call it assault when a bunch of "kids" throw rocks. You do know that rocks are dangerous, right? They weren't throwing dirtclods. I wonder what you'd be saying if the agent had been killed.Why do people keep harping on the fact that he was a "child" as if it matters that he was legally a minor? He was strong enough to throw a rock with deadly force, and old enough to understand what he was doing. more

Resolved Question: What chance do i have of not guilty result in my drink driving case as i have many special/mitigating factors?

Hello, my name is Waseem, i recently turned 18 on the 1st april, and just passed my driving test the day before. Two weeks later me and my friend went out to Derby for a "night-out". We drove there, planning to sleep in the car, do we took some pillows and duvets. When i got there the first thing i did was buy a parking ticket for an overnight stay. I locked the car and off we went to the Derby clubs. We started drinking and having a good time, but later on that night me and my friend got started on by some rough looking "chavs", they didn't look much older then us, one was quite large and white, the other was a tall black chap. The black guy seemed really quiet but the white guy was rather vigorous with us, he originally asked us for change and i told him honestly that we had none as we just spent it all on the drinks we had that night, which was the truth but he was having none of it. He then keep accusing us of lying and demanding change from us, so me and my friends took out our wallets (biggest mistake ever made) and went to show him we had no cash, my friend found 50p and gave him this, but i had no money apart from a reserve tenner incase we needed a taxi or something happened. He saw this hidden ten pound note and quickly grabbed the wallet and stole it out of it. I managed to snatch the wallet back off him and grab onto the tenner, but he didn't let go, he then began shouting and talking angrily and telling me to let go ,i kept saying "no, this is my money and you are not taking it" my friend insisted i just let him have it and we go on, because he saw that this guy didn't look like a friendly type and could of easily had a knife or worse a gun on him, the muggers friend also said "just give him the money man", eventually i gave up and let him take the money, to which he then shouted at two of his friends down the street and then fled up it. This was near the Westfield center in Derby, in the middle of the outdoor shopping area at nightime so no one was around. These two younger looking "chavs" (and you know they're chavs as they have their hoods up, trackie bottoms and look like they're going to kill you) came up to us and started on us for no reason. We we're having none of it and just walked off. As we walked off, i took a quick glance over my shoulder to see the whole group including the original pair following us down the road, they seemed to be speeding up too. Me and my friend then walked quickly to my car (this was about 6 minutes away, the whole time they followed us). The car was parked in a public car park, which was empty with the exception of 1-2 cars. When i got to the car i turned around but saw no one, although at this point i was still drunk, i was terrified for me and my friends safety, so i asked my friend for the car keys (who I gave at the start of the night to prevent me from drink driving later on, i clearly told him "no matter what do not give me the keys ok?") and with great resentment he did. We got in the car and i quickly switched on the engine and reversed back a few meters ready to turn out the exit. I went forwards then backwards to see if i could get a clearer look round the corner without getting out the car, but there was no sign of them, so believing we might of been safe i pulled up into the same car parking space and switched off the engine. Just to make sure, we went to the pizza shop on the corner of the car park as an excuse to see if they were still there, at this point i was still drunk but could think alot straighter, but we didn't pay much attention on the way to the pizza shop. After we ordered the pizza which took about 3 minutes, we walked out the shop and i looked around, at the end of the street to the left of me i believed i could see what was the gang of youths who had been following us, watching us from a distance. This alarmed me a hell of a lot so we went back to the car and the same procedure occured, i reversed and went forward and reversed and got ready to simply leave the car park and commit the offence i really didn't want to of drink driving (even though i had already done it by now). They still never showed, and in a final attempt to try and not be a criminal, i pulled up once more, putting our lives at risk just to obew the law. This is when it all became the most ironic night of my life, the police came out of nowhere and pulled up next to us, the officer asked for a breath test and i was over the limit by a not too large amount (it was a reading of about 46 I believe). They arrested me for drink driving and took me to the station. My friend was taken home. Then they carried out all their procedures etc etc and the rest you could say...well i find out what conviction i get on the 21st June this month. So, firstly, if you don't believe this story then simply do not comment ok, I'm not an average "lets make some havoc" type more

Resolved Question: A group of African Americans are ruining my club.?

Hi, my name is Rick. I'm 34 years old and I own a low budget Canadian club called "Ritual." Recently over the course of the past 2 weeks. Every saturday a group of around 20 African American's come to my club and terrorize it. They enter the club with pillows, toothbrushes, sleeping bags and pyjamas. They act extremely uncivilized during regular hours, they scream very abrasively, jump all over my tables and do a very inappropriate dance called "The dick slang"(Take off shirt and pull down pants while shaking their genitalia in their boxers) When it's 3 and the club shuts down, they pull out they're sleeping material and go to bed. I try to kick them out but they don't leave. The building is open all night due to the fact it's connected to a youth centre. The last two weekends I have given my best attempts to get them out but they all gang up and attack me and my bouncers. We locked them in, they left the music on all night and made a huge mess, in the morning when the bartenders come for prep, the group demands "Bacon and eggs in the club" (they start making really weird songs about every situation). I don't want to go to the cops because what I did the first time by locking them in is illegal. I feel trapped... what should i do? more

Resolved Question: In London do you have to give youth gangs respect as you pass them on the street to avoid being stabbed?

I am visiting London for a while and over the past year have heard of youths being stabbed by youth gangs for not giving them respect in the street; does this mean whenever you walk out in public you have to tell everyone you see that you respect them. With all the people in London, this could take ages and will probably get me some funny looks, so how are you meant to know who you are supposed to give respect to to avoid being stabbed? more

Resolved Question: Is something wrong with me?(read then answer)?

I find myself always caught in effed up situations... I don't know if it's just me, or if crap just gravitates towards me. When I was 11 going on 12, I woke up beside my father, who had died, and was dead for about 4-7 hours already. He was sick since a vacation we took during the summer, and I remember having to miss about two weeks of school just to help him around. He was a strong, rough, loud, but loving guy. It was around 7 am when my sister, who was 13 at the time, woke me up and told me to look at him. Pandemonium shortly broke out, but I stayed quiet. His eyes and mouth was open, and his arms were spread apart... They said it was a massive heart attack, but I believe he was poisoned. Shortly after, my sister and I had to move in with our mother, who was in an abusive relationship, and had a child with the guy, who was 1, my little sis. Long story short, it was unbelievable how much mind fuckery I had to put up with. Moving all the time because of this guy, only to return when he fooled her enough. He choked me when I was 12, and I was going to kill him. I had the means, not the will. I joined a gang at 14, BLOODS, 2 star command, and was robbing people, selling drugs, and fighting all the time. at 15, I was arrested for armed robbery in the 1st, and spent a day in the station, 3 days in the bookings, and 3 weeks in Cross Roads, a juvenile in Brooklyn,NY. I was jumped in there, even though I tried to fight back, they were too big for me. I had bruises all over my body, and was constantly having to fight... until one of the kids said if I was to attack a fellow inmate, they all would fall back. I did, then I attacked another. I was slapped by a C.O., but gained respect for that bull crap. I was let go, to await my court date. I was sentenced, and given a 1-3 year sentence. I was sent to Spofford, a juvenile in the Bronx for 17 days, then transported to an upstate prison for youth offenders. Brookwood secure, where I spent 2 years. While up there, I never had a fight, but I did suffer some losses. My niece died when my family was coming up to visit me, the truck hydroplaned and struck a tree. They were trying to surprise me by bringing her up, and I could have lost everyone. That was my rude awakening. I began to read more than I ever did, and write more than I ever did, I barely had contact with my family, but when I did, it was often sad. I heard my cousin got shot, and was paralyzed. I came home at 17 going on 18. I was optimistic about my future, and happy to be with family. it was awkward getting use to the normal world after being away for so long. I was on parole, and had to go to anger and drug programs as well. I thought I was so healed, that I forgave a lot of people, and even began working with the dude that use to abuse my mother, but only to prove a point to her. I quit, because I felt sick to my stomach after a while, and began looking for work. I did not have a GED, and no experience on the books. I had a neighbor who I would drink with, and he always wanted to drink, and since i couldn't smoke bud due to parole, i drank. too many times i would get drunk and throw up everywhere, which only made my mother despise and detest me. i later found a job in retail, making 8.00 an hour, and I worked with them for almost a year, before the fake smiles became too much for me, and I left. not to mention, all the while my brother, who is bipolar, was stealing everything of mine and selling it, and we were fighting constantly, and my mother would always end up calling the cops, and she would feel as though I'm taking advantage of him... me...he's my older brother, by 5 years, but always got treated like a spoiled child by my mother. There is so much to say, but I'm only scratching the surface. so much shit has happened between the time periods, but I can't touch on everything, but, I'm now 25, living with my Older brother and little sister, and my mother in a 1 bedroom apartment, currently unemployed since the beginning of the year. I have my GED, but can't afford college without a job, and can't seem to get a job. I was selling weed since I was 18, and made a lot of money, but gave a lot away to family and friends, paid off debts and bills, even rent for my oldest sister and mother, never bought myself a car, never got my own place, never put myself first, then a friend of mine from high school days fucks me over and runs away with 28grams of sour,lol, i know, but he fucked me up none the less, because I didn't have the bread I needed in time due to his fuckery. now I'm broke, and have no one to call on for help. I have a brother in the music industry, but he doesn't give a fuck. Now tell me, after just seeing the surface, is something wrong with me? I'm sad all the time, and always having to argue to make a point. My brother is working, but acts extremely stingy with the simplest of things, and my mother treats my like complete shit. I can' more

Voting Question: Movies, Music and Showbiz... are they getting too overrated? or getting too expressive?

From the spazzy black and white films centered around "what true love and romance is", "what's interesting", and "what's entertaining and child friendly"- comes Hollywood's bad and worst of their best! Is the media being too "free" with its being expressive on all subjects it covers? Is the media aware that its many programs and entertainment have become more than just entertainment itself but become the fixation of many youths and under educated? Are their sources of news and update's in today's headlines trustful despite their sources being based on assumptions, accusations, and even yet rumors? (most of the time) Do they (in most cases) intentionally release immoral content in public so as to gain favored ratings from the targeted audience but fail to take responsibility of the content's effect on the general audience and if asked about it cover the subject as being creative and expressive? Are they educating our young minds with educational television but only to be exposed to violence and other immoralities during later air times after the said educational show's air times? Is the media even concerned with their productions and the influence it causes to it's audience? Does the media even have a conscience with the things they do? I'm not saying it's wrong or bad to express yourself... in fact that's a good and healthy way of socializing. It's your God given right to do the things you like. But by doing these things, would you sacrifice the common good for your own convenience? Would you allow youth's to go on a gang rape or a drive by just to be "cool" (the godfather and miami vice say otherwise) Would you allow your 5 year old son to engage in pornographic material that features fecal and bodily waste fetishes (yeah, there's sick fetishes like these the media would love to show) Recently homosexual content has been released around the world and many youths are encouraged to engage in such freedom because the people in the movies do it so they think theirs nothing wrong with it. (if you're gay, it's okay if that's what you want but please do not try to invite those who "aren't" even aware or interested of your new found gender-bender) Murder, crime sprees, violence, mutilation, and more violence are the core of today's media and maybe the possible reason of the increased influence of violence of within society. I could say more if i want but you would probably know more of what the media has to offer us nowadays. In fact the media rules our culture and society, but it has a great negative impact and influence in today's generation. Beauty is everything! Power is Might! Fashion and fame is Glory! But Money is GOD! with the way things are going... the media may as well look like nothing more than just a big cesspool of propaganda. (though many of you may disagree that all media is bad, I'm just generalizing since the majority of it is immorally wrong in many ways. the internet is a form of media did you know that? i'm thankful for it for connecting me to you people. But like all media, the internet was made to be abused.) anyone up for talk then? more

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