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Originally Posted by Stravinsky
I think we may need to put things into a little perspective here 
A violent crime in the UK generally may be getting the crap kicked out of you on a Saturday night when you've been down the pub and drunk too much (although of course there are more serious crimes).
A violent crime in South Africa is more likely to be having your head blown off on your drive outside your house all for the sake of a mobile phone, or having your house broken into and seeing your wife and daughter gang raped in front of you just before you are stabbed to death.
Having had a fair amount of exposure to stories of SA life in the past, although the figures may or may not be right, I dont think you can really compare crime in SA to crime in the UK |
Well Strav, in the past week there have been three seperate shooting incidents back here in Sheffield. Knife and gun murders are now common place, there are plenty of no go areas that used to be safe places.
The sink council estate 'post code' gangs often pose on u tube. The last one that I saw has two young teenagers (15'ish) holding machine guns, some had automatic hand guns, and the rest has axes, meat cleavers, Rambo knives etc. They organise battles with other like minded chavs from estates with different post codes.
The ethnic gangs are running riot, the Asians are at war with the Afro's for control of the drugs territories, and either will mow down anyone who gets in their way. These guys are are seriously dangerous, the Afro's are usually high on drugs and the Asians hate anyone who isn't Asian.
You're completely out of touch Strav, parts of the UK are now as dangerous to be in as down town Beruit. Don't get me wrong, I don't see police officers patrolling Sheffield carrying machine guns, as I have in certain parts of Manchester. Come to think of it, I don't see police officers patrolling Sheffield persay.
So when you see the Guadia, Local and Municipal police out and about, think yourselves lucky, I'm thinking of starting a new craze called Spot The Cop.