[young thugs] learning to love a lout

Minette Marrin says: It is not easy to “love a lout”, to use Labour’s spiteful jibe at David Cameron; and to “hug a hoodie” might be positively dangerous. All the same, something has to be done about the Asbo set, especially as antisocial behaviour orders don’t seem to be working. Indeed they don’t and the problem is not just British. Halls of Macadamia adds, about Canada: Getting rid of the Young Offenders Act and prosecuting these little thugs will do more for Canadian society than harassing hunters and farmers about their rifles. As for me, I think it’s clear that the problem is worldwide – at least in the Anglo-Saxon world. So it has to be due to modern cultural and economic pressures, wouldn’t you think?