Another young life taken in our capital city. When will this madness end?

When we were kids, we respected all grown ups. we were probably scared of them, police, teachers and parents. Today it is the other way round. we are scared of the kids. You are not allowed to give them a slap for fear of arrest. When I was a kid, I got a clip round the ear by a policeman for riding 2 on a push bike. When I got home, I other off my dad, the copper got there before me and told him. We were more carefull not to do anything wrong just in case.

My son, who is now 40, stopped a bloke from hitting a small child in the street a few years ago. Because he hit the guy, he was charged with assault on a minor. The bloke was 16 years old, but looked 18 and nothing was done about HIM hitting a 7 year old.

My husband just told me that there was a shoot our in one of the town bars at home, three people killed others injured, and now I follow Ron's story and find that there has been a murder in my own little village of my childhood, and it seems that the man responsile is a boy in my school year.

Sad, very sad!

It seems to me with the increase in violence and the increase in natural disasters that the end times are near. And unfortunately it is going to get worse before it gets any better. A couple months ago a young lad, just turned 16, in my neighborhood shot his parents and two little brothers while they slept. To the public this was a picture perfect church going family. Underneath all that we find that behind closed doors this lad had been abused and finally snapped.

I believe that the family unit is the most important thing in society these days. Respecting your elders is no more. When I visit my parents I still don't touch or take anything without asking. I always consider others before myself. I am so thankful that my parents taught me values and morals.