Deja Vu - Nats 'get tough on gangs'. Again.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/30090873...ne-of-them

He says it better than anyone I have read lately...

[Lilith7]

are you saying they are friends? He's being deported isn't he?

Yep, sending him home by NZ Post..... "The Czech is in the mail"

(Sorry, I couldn't help it   )

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https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/30090873...ne-of-them

He says it better than anyone I have read lately...

That makes good sense.

"And don’t use the gangs as an excuse to avoid our own introspection. The most commonplace crimes are those of the heart - the cold failure of sufficient empathy. The many little chills of majority indifference are what snowballed into the gang problem in the first place."

[nzoomed]

How tough is Aussie on gangs I wonder? I believe they have a real bad gang problem over there, especially in Melbourne according to my friend that lives there.
If it turns out they are making tough measures, it doesnt appear to be working.

[Lilith7]

How tough is Aussie on gangs I wonder? I believe they have a real bad gang problem over there, especially in Melbourne according to my friend that lives there.
If it turns out they are making tough measures, it doesnt appear to be working.

Just had a look' they were having a crackdown last year but it doesn't seem to have made much difference.


https://www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...y-shooting


Also found an article on why boys join gangs.



https://7news.com.au/news/crime/from-inn...-c-9700527

“Whereas young women are going and seeking it in pro-social ways, many of these young men who do not have appropriate and or healthy role models in their lives, go and seek that purpose and connection, in antisocial spaces.

“So that’s leading them largely into these dangerous online spaces … connecting with like-minded individuals, which then moves into the physical world.”
But it’s also a social issue, Stevens says.
And, it’s more prevalent in countries where there is a large disparity between social classes.
“In countries where you don’t have a disparity between wealth and income, you don’t really have that many gangs,” he said.
“The gang offers them an opportunity for wealth, but also status and power.”

Gangs are rife across the country - and most of it comes down to drug turf.
Australia is a very attractive market for drugs."