Bill Sykes' Newsletter
from America.
(May 2005)
An ex-Brit gives his views - (without
fear or favor) - of the American Scene
The anything
goes syndrome:
 The
world in general is losing its grasp on law and order
and the anything goes syndrome now appears to be the
norm for the current day generation who act as though
they have the right to do whatever they please whenever
they please. Discipline is sadly lacking in the home,
in the schools, and practically every other location.
Television sit-coms have in many cases become crude
and distasteful attempts at low class gutter humour,
extreme and horrific violence is the theme of many
current movies, and play station computer games teach
the youth of today how to kill by extraordinary acts
of violence - no wonder that the sanctity of life has
been degraded to a point where acts of violence are
taking place in the schools and on the playing fields
and what better example of the degradation of the sanctity
of life than the extreme violence taking place in Afghanistan
and Iraq.
 I recently read a report which bolstered my statement that
discipline should begin in the home, but unfortunately
in many cases both parents are out working to fulfil their
dream of the good life of the rich and famous, or on the
other hand pay off their accrued debts, and the latch key
kids, some as young as ten years of age, come home to empty
houses and in many cases are left to their own devices
for many, many, hours at a time so why should one be surprised
when discipline goes down the drain and some young people
find many extracurricular activities to entertain themselves
which has been known to include sex, drugs, and alcohol.
When you look at the Columbine high school shootings, the
paedophile killings of young girls, and the gang killings
in the inner cities, then surely the above criticism, which
obviously does not apply to all parents, is a dire warning
that the lack of discipline has reached a point where changes
have to be made, as the provision of generous amounts of
money by parents in order to shunt their teen age children
off to throng the malls of this county is not the answer.
We welcome feedback about any of the contents of these
newsletters. Please send all correspondence to bill_sykes@huddersfield1.co.uk
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