A sentence to fit the crime!

FORTUNATELY Warrington as a town escaped the riots which took place across the country including nearby Manchester and Liverpool and the 22-year-old local man who thought it would be a good idea to try and incite rioting on facebook has been jailed for FOUR years!
I would like to congratulate Cheshire police on the way they reacted to this potentially explosive situation – and the judge who handed out a sentence to fit the crime.
Too often we hear about the police being criticised for failing to respond quickly or courts being too soft on offenders.
But now it is important that they continue as they mean to go on to ensure we can all live in a safe environment.
Even more importantly we need to be educating young people to learn about respect and discipline.
The sights we saw during the rioting which destroyed peoples lives and livelihoods, showed a complete disrespect for law and order and civilised society in general.
Shops being looted and set on fire, injured people being helped to their feet and then being robbed, were some of the most shocking scenes we have seen on the streets on Britain for a long time- and while they were not all young people, there was certainly a large number of children involved – children who have grown up in a nanny state society where discipline can not be enforced in schools due to the “human rights” of people.
As a society we need to accept that if people are to have human rights they need to behave like civilised human beings and know the basics of right and wrong.
When I was at primary school if you stepped out of line you ended up outside the head teacher’s room, waiting in fear of the cane. Fortunately I never over stepped the boundaries – but some of my classmates did and they soon got back in line and behaved.
Until we get discipline right in the schools – supported by parents in the home – we will always be fighting an uphill battle to have discipline and respect back on the streets.