Anyone catch Panorama last night very shocked at what I saw

[CFH]

The young people of Britain are everything that is wrong with the place. Of course, that is a generalisation but what an unpleasant place it is with those types of ignorant little shits everywhere. And I include most of their parents in the list of wrong 'uns too.

The UK is fucked up. I have never in my time in Korea ever been anywhere where I am fearful of gangs of fucked up teenagers. The most insulting thing a kid has ever said to me is "Hello". I'm always complaining about the racist media out here, but give me that over swarthes of youngsters teeming with hate anyday!

Life must be so difficult for too many in the UK who just "don't fit" and where people target them just for being a bit different. It's very, very sad. I don't think I will ever return permanently. The UK is a wonderful place if you just subtract 70% of the population.

Personally I blame all the expat English teachers but what do I know, being a Canadian I should probably just be happy that I'm sober enough to type...

We have a lot of racism around here as well. Primarily it's directed at the indigenous peoples, but people also seem to direct it at the Indian and Asian communities as well. One thing I've noticed over the last few years is a sharp rise in xenophobic and anti-immigrant attitudes, which is painfully ironic to say the least given many peoples views towards the First Nations...

[Gandalf]

The young people of Britain are everything that is wrong with the place. Of course, that is a generalisation but what an unpleasant place it is with those types of ignorant little shits everywhere. And I include most of their parents in the list of wrong 'uns too.

The UK is fucked up. I have never in my time in Korea ever been anywhere where I am fearful of gangs of fucked up teenagers. The most insulting thing a kid has ever said to me is "Hello". I'm always complaining about the racist media out here, but give me that over swarthes of youngsters teeming with hate anyday!

Life must be so difficult for too many in the UK who just "don't fit" and where people target them just for being a bit different. It's very, very sad. I don't think I will ever return permanently. The UK is a wonderful place if you just subtract 70% of the population.

Personally I blame all the expat English teachers but what do I know, being a Canadian I should probably just be happy that I'm sober enough to type...

We have a lot of racism around here as well. Primarily it's directed at the indigenous peoples, but people also seem to direct it at the Indian and Asian communities as well. One thing I've noticed over the last few years is a sharp rise in xenophobic and anti-immigrant attitudes, which is painfully ironic to say the least given many peoples views towards the First Nations...

Yep, blame it on the English teachers!

I comment on the UK being somewhat distanced, but I recall life living in big cities and follow the media voraciously. This Panorama programme shows nothing unexpected when it comes to life in probably too many parts of the UK. The UK can be such a grim and unpleasant place to be, even for those of the acceptable ethnic look. Our societies like to think of themselves as tolerant or developed and racism is now such a dirty word in the printed media, but on the streets I would imagine it is a very common thing. It isn't very enlightened at all.

With the UK it isn't just the racism, it's that underlying simmering violence that comes with it, ready to explode at any point. Why kids are allowed to hang around shops of an evening is beyond me? Don't they have homework to do or families to spend time with? Instead they prefer to hang out doing nothing waiting for trouble to come along in the form of people going to the shop. It's insane, it really is. I couldn't imagine groups of kids getting drunk all evening outside a shop in Korea. All the old people would beat them into line and the parents would be dragging them home, belt in hand, telling them how they have brought shame on their family. Seriously.