Indo Article on Schooligans

[dcfcsteve]

....devoted their time to raising both me and my brother in a good decent environment.

But I thought you were from Longford....? :confused:

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[Da Real Rover]

I agree with EB insofar as I come from an area that wouldn't be the best regarded & I went to school that has a reputation thats nothing short of notorious (more people in my yeard went on to prison for drug/gang things than went on to 3rd level education) the school & area was quite a broad mix of normal hard working successful folk & scum of the earth toerags & I can tell you that not all of the guys that went to jail were from the bad side of the area - each one was a victim of their own circumstances - some had bad parents, some didn't some may of went to church , some didn't (I'm pretty sure this didn't contribute though) fact is its impossible to apply blanket reasoning as to why people turn out the way they do - some of those schooligans may be from disadvantaged area's, some may have neglectful parents & some may be trainee sociopaths, they're all the products of their own individual circumstances rather than their being one big super reason for why these kids behave like savages (i.e. they don't go to confession anymore - how stupid a concept is that?)

Most amount of sense thats been spoken on this thread.
TBH people do not know what goes on behind closed doors, and are in no place to judge parents or their children until they know the full story, not just what they see.
You speak of these kids that are obviously off the rails and enjoy nothing more than anti-social behaviour etc and brand them as 'dogs' or many other colourfull words. So many of these kids are a product of their environment and nothing more.
I know kids that have grown up watching their father beat seven colours of sh!te out of their mother, do coke, smack etc infront of them, where their father sells the furniture in the house to feed his habit, even robbing his own kids communion money.
One of the worst cases ive ever come across was where the father would beat the mother after a feed of drink and even witnessed her own father rape her mother.
These are just cases I know of when ive gotten to know these people very well, its not like its common knowledge in the estate or anything. Now would someone please tell me how you are ment to be a fine upstanding citizen like yourselves after a childhood like that. They way I look at it is that with cases like this, when society doesnt help you you will hurt society.
You may dismiss these cases as extremely rare but believe me that domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse are far more prevelant in society than you would think.
As for the comment on facilities. The facilities in the town are dire, especially around the estates. Like in the estate near me the council even bought the green so as to build more houses on it.

[RonnieB]

But I thought you were from Longford....?

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[sligoman]

Can't find the thread where a Wexford fan said he got Bebo to delete a WY casuals page so I'll post it here instead. They're back (http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=6241748163).

[Footsoldier]

F**king idiots. To be honest there won't be much trouble out at our place. It's too far for the scumbags to walk to!