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Curfew

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Feellikedancingyeah · 10/09/2020 20:00

AIBU to suggest this is a good idea permanently for under 16's? they should not be not out roaming free in the evenings. This could help curb anti social behaviour and even save lives

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EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 10/09/2020 20:45

sorry @Batshitbeautycosmeticsltd - I so hope that wasn't demonising young people.

Igotthemheavyboobs · 10/09/2020 20:45

@SchrodingersImmigrant

Oh no! I quoted wring post! Apologies. It keeps jumping with ads... That was in reply to the no one needs to be out after 11
I'm so glad you cleared that up as I read and reread your comment 3 times and was still mega confused 😂
WindsorBlues · 10/09/2020 20:46

I was a wild child as a teen and my bad behaviour wasn't based on what time of the day it was, I probably got into more trouble during the day when I did at night tbh.

ComeOnBabyPopMyBubble · 10/09/2020 20:46

@Feellikedancingyeah

AIBU to suggest this is a good idea permanently for under 16's? they should not be not out roaming free in the evenings. This could help curb anti social behaviour and even save lives
Why under 16s?

There's a lot more antisocial behaviour exhibited by various age groups.

W

ComeOnBabyPopMyBubble · 10/09/2020 20:49

Argh pressed post too soon.

I honestly can't understand this eagerness and obsession of some people to throw away other's (and theirs eventually) rights out the window in the name of some perceived safety.

Tbh it's not only immature,but also privileged and extremely spoilt.

donnadenise · 10/09/2020 20:54

@Feellikedancingyeah

I am not talking about organised activities. This is about young people being out late with no purpose
Going out to see a friend and going out to throw a brick through the offy window to nick a bottle of diamond white are both purposes Grin
FTMF30 · 10/09/2020 20:55

Get a grip will you!

And, FYI, some kids roam the streets and, yes, cause trouble because they have a terrible home life. Maybe put more onus on parents actually taking care of their kids rather than this nonsense you're suggesting.

Pobblebonk · 10/09/2020 20:56

@Feellikedancingyeah

I am not talking about organised activities. This is about young people being out late with no purpose
If you have different rules for this according to whether young people have been attending organised activities, it would be near-impossible to police. If a 15 year old on the way home from training or scout sessions or play rehearsals so much as stops for a minute to talk to a friend, does that mean they are no longer on the organised activity and subject to arrest? Are we really going to expect police to spend hours checking whether a couple of kids they've caught outdoors really have been where they claim to have been?
DimidDavilby · 10/09/2020 20:56

Lock em up the fuckers

Ihatemyseleffordoingthis · 10/09/2020 21:00

What a divisive, reactionary, ageist and depressing idea.

stoneysongs · 10/09/2020 21:00
  1. Most teenagers out and about with no "purpose" are not doing any harm. They just want to be with their friends and away from their parents, it's part of growing up.
  1. The few who might get up to no good are not going to be deterred by a government curfew.
Ghostlyglow · 10/09/2020 21:02

No. Just No. Everything about any sort of curfew idea that is being talked about at the moment is just wrong.

Ihatemyseleffordoingthis · 10/09/2020 21:02

how are you imagining lives will be saved?

Ihatemyseleffordoingthis · 10/09/2020 21:04

can anyone link me to where this is being mooted? I'm horrified

Pixxie7 · 10/09/2020 21:07

It’s not the under 16s who are the problem surely? Most are with their parents.

RealityExistsInTheHumanMind · 10/09/2020 21:08

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

It doesn't have to be socialists, trade unionist, etc etc. Politicians not only succeeding in dividing the people but persuading the people to do their work for them. They've taken away liberties - and some of you are so behind it. They've taken away more liberties and some of you are even more behind it. If we don't fight back they will take away the liberties YOU want. And there will be no one left to fight.

I'm not a Covid denier, I don't think the initial lockdown was an overreaction but FFS stop it now. Current reaction is definitely OTT

ComeOnBabyPopMyBubble · 10/09/2020 21:08

I have a better idea. How about we remove internet access from every person that thinks taking other people's rights away is a good thing?

What's good for the goose...

greengreengrass14 · 10/09/2020 21:10

I'm too bloody knackered to be out after 10.
DD also thank goodness.

SquishySquirmy · 10/09/2020 21:18

Wow.
This would add yet more drama to the local facebook group... the usual curtain twitches could set up a special patrol to search for the young and the young-looking... They would love it! Would it be like that challenge 25 thing for booze? Harder to accuratly estimate age in the dark I imagine.

SantaClaritaDiet · 10/09/2020 21:22

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
😂

there's always one

Funny how this ridiculous argument never came up when rules and law didn't concern YOU, or when you didn't take a second to think about them.

GabriellaMontez · 10/09/2020 21:26

@ComeOnBabyPopMyBubble

I have a better idea. How about we remove internet access from every person that thinks taking other people's rights away is a good thing?

What's good for the goose...

Yes great idea. It could even save lives!
Nicetableinnit · 10/09/2020 21:30

Yes to a curfew but for
adults ( except work, emergencies, carers etc) not kids.

PurpleMonkeyDishwasher86 · 10/09/2020 21:37

If I hadn't been able to get out of my house as a teenager and go for a walk when the abuse got bad, what do you think I should have done? There will be countless teenagers in a similar position that I was in many years ago.

Herja · 10/09/2020 21:38

I was a horrible teenager and my friends were in to drugs and violence; done pretty much all in the day time though (well, the outside bits). Come 11, we were normally inside somewhere, or on our way there, because it was a bit chilly...

Awful teens will be awful teens at any time of day. I disagree strongly with deprivation of liberty, for any class of people, on the back of the demonisation of that class. Most teenagers are not louts or drug dealers; they should not all be treated as though they are, because of the behaviours of a few.

A legally imposed curfew for teenagers is as reasonable as one for adults - who like teens, are in the majority of people perfectly reasonable, but in the minority are inconsiderate or dangerous fuckwits. I bet you wouldn't agree with an 11 o'clock curfew for all, OP. I certainly wouldn't anyway.

CremeEggThief · 10/09/2020 21:42

Ridiculous! As a few previous posters pointed out, I too am fed up of the increasing demonising of the young! Also, I think you will find Covid 19 cases have increased most among people in their twenties. So are you going to put them under curfew too?