Wills wrote:
Who the hell is armed with a cross bow? Weren't those popular in the middle ages or am I missing something here? Either way totally unacceptable behaviour, you can see why the youth of today act the way they do if this is the kind of moronic parenting they have been brought up with.

Sceptic wrote:
Maybe the council should add an \'N\' to the street sign.

Dave Hunter wrote:
I used to walk these streets as a kid, and had many friends from the area. After getting married we moved to Merryoak. I used to wander these means streets alone after football matches and long evenings at the pub or club. My point is that "Trouble finds Trouble". Years ago you only had one idiot living in your road, now you possible may have 10 or more. Give these people some descent weapons and let them wipe each other of the face off the earth. We now live in New Zealand, we get to look at green fields, ice bergs and penguins, a long way from the stabbings, beatings and drug dealing of the council estates in southampton.

Finlay wrote:
...just another day in a lawless city I guess there will be even more to come. Now when my critics start blasting me for my comments from the US they need to read the article first and then decide who is in a better place now. Men, women and children warring on the streets, baseball bats, crossbows blah blah blah - Hmmmm how errr 'nice' A wonderful place to bring your family up I guess

Finlay wrote:
...just another day in a lawless city I guess there will be even more to come.

Now when my critics start blasting me for my comments from the US they need to read the article first and then decide who is in a better place now.

Men, women and children warring on the streets, baseball bats, crossbows blah blah blah - Hmmmm how errr \'nice\'

A wonderful place to bring your family up I guess

Southampton Pensioner wrote:
Make Tea, not war!! It was never like this in my day, they should've been in the blitz then they'd know hardship. Bring back the birch...etc...etc... etc

Finlay, Des Moines, Iowa wrote:
... Your all vermin and I'm so glad I'm well shot of all the inbred chav scum that are the people of Southampton!

one who was involved wrote:
the fight on saturday was soely started by a family that live on viloet road and i got involved because my girlfriend and my best friends girlfriend were beaten with bats and wood,and a friend who tried to stop it from being beaten was himself beaten to the ground.if it wasnt for him the girls would have been alot worse! so my hat goes off to him,what man hits women with fists let alone with bats and wood they deserved everyting they got.we all know the police are too busy nicking motorists than to deal with scum like that,so to everyone there thanks the drinks are on me!!!!!!!!!!!

one what was not involved wrote:

one who was involved wrote: the fight on saturday was soely started by a family that live on viloet road and i got involved because my girlfriend and my best friends girlfriend were beaten with bats and wood,and a friend who tried to stop it from being beaten was himself beaten to the ground.if it wasnt for him the girls would have been alot worse! so my hat goes off to him,what man hits women with fists let alone with bats and wood they deserved everyting they got.we all know the police are too busy nicking motorists than to deal with scum like that,so to everyone there thanks the drinks are on me!!!!!!!!!!!

Is your English and use of grammar always this good?

King Mush wrote:

one what was not involved wrote:

one who was involved wrote: the fight on saturday was soely started by a family that live on viloet road and i got involved because my girlfriend and my best friends girlfriend were beaten with bats and wood,and a friend who tried to stop it from being beaten was himself beaten to the ground.if it wasnt for him the girls would have been alot worse! so my hat goes off to him,what man hits women with fists let alone with bats and wood they deserved everyting they got.we all know the police are too busy nicking motorists than to deal with scum like that,so to everyone there thanks the drinks are on me!!!!!!!!!!!

Is your English and use of grammar always this good?

Is your Holier Than Thou condescending pedantic irrelevant posturing always this good? Seems that the young lady is only offering an insight and should be commended - not condemned.

Know it all wrote:
Why is it always the chav estates that have these problems? These people that were fighting will probably be evicted, the Council do seem to take this seriously but why always is the fighting on a council estate? I have witnessed the same stupid idiots fighting (council house family) in Kendal Avenue, Millbrook, Derby Road, St Mary's, Hinkler Road, Thornhill, Oak (I believe it was called) Road, Woolston, Sholing, and Warren Avenue, Shirley Warren. I have never seen this in Testwood, Totton, Chilworth, Regent's Park, Upper Shirley, Ocean Village or Lyndhurst. Basically where people own their own homes. Why do the rest of us have to put up with these people. I appreciate they are not as clever or well bred as the rest of us but we are doing our best to help them with our tax paying their housing, food, booze and 4 x 4. Surely we should stop helping these people in this way and help to educate them on how to live properly. There are good arguments for cloning and test tube babies that are genetically enhanced like those that don't live in a council estate. Whilst on the subject, why do houses on Council estates look the same. They all seem to have an outsized dog, a 4x4 vehicle or an old Jaguar on bricks out the front. Their gardens are nearly always overgrown and have bottles and for some reason an over turned childs trike somewhere in the garden, or a mattress. Telephone wires and street lights often have a pair of trainers or a bike tyre thrown over them and everyone seems compelled to wear tracksuits, large hooped earings and pink tops (and thats just the men). They don't speak properly either, they always say, "I don't know nothing" and "Innit." Why? I hope those responsible for fighting are tried, found guilty and thrown into jail!

Anon wrote:
Speaking from experience the police do nothing constructive in these instances even when provided with hard evidence.
It does not surprise me at all that people take action in to their own hands, not that it is right. I still don’t understand why as an authority we have to provide housing for these families when they behave so badly. Until you have had one of these families living near you its hard to imagine just how horrible they make life for everyone.

anon wrote:

Know it all wrote:
Why is it always the chav estates that have these problems? These people that were fighting will probably be evicted, the Council do seem to take this seriously but why always is the fighting on a council estate? I have witnessed the same stupid idiots fighting (council house family) in Kendal Avenue, Millbrook, Derby Road, St Mary's, Hinkler Road, Thornhill, Oak (I believe it was called) Road, Woolston, Sholing, and Warren Avenue, Shirley Warren. I have never seen this in Testwood, Totton, Chilworth, Regent's Park, Upper Shirley, Ocean Village or Lyndhurst. Basically where people own their own homes. Why do the rest of us have to put up with these people. I appreciate they are not as clever or well bred as the rest of us but we are doing our best to help them with our tax paying their housing, food, booze and 4 x 4. Surely we should stop helping these people in this way and help to educate them on how to live properly. There are good arguments for cloning and test tube babies that are genetically enhanced like those that don't live in a council estate. Whilst on the subject, why do houses on Council estates look the same. They all seem to have an outsized dog, a 4x4 vehicle or an old Jaguar on bricks out the front. Their gardens are nearly always overgrown and have bottles and for some reason an over turned childs trike somewhere in the garden, or a mattress. Telephone wires and street lights often have a pair of trainers or a bike tyre thrown over them and everyone seems compelled to wear tracksuits, large hooped earings and pink tops (and thats just the men). They don't speak properly either, they always say, "I don't know nothing" and "Innit." Why? I hope those responsible for fighting are tried, found guilty and thrown into jail!

WUM!

Know it all wrote:
Why is it always the chav estates that have these problems? These people that were fighting will probably be evicted, the Council do seem to take this seriously but why always is the fighting on a council estate? I have witnessed the same stupid idiots fighting (council house family) in Kendal Avenue, Millbrook, Derby Road, St Mary\'s, Hinkler Road, Thornhill, Oak (I believe it was called) Road, Woolston, Sholing, and Warren Avenue, Shirley Warren. I have never seen this in Testwood, Totton, Chilworth, Regent\'s Park, Upper Shirley, Ocean Village or Lyndhurst. Basically where people own their own homes. Why do the rest of us have to put up with these people. I appreciate they are not as clever or well bred as the rest of us but we are doing our best to help them with our tax paying their housing, food, booze and 4 x 4. Surely we should stop helping these people in this way and help to educate them on how to live properly. There are good arguments for cloning and test tube babies that are genetically enhanced like those that don\'t live in a council estate. Whilst on the subject, why do houses on Council estates look the same. They all seem to have an outsized dog, a 4x4 vehicle or an old Jaguar on bricks out the front. Their gardens are nearly always overgrown and have bottles and for some reason an over turned childs trike somewhere in the garden, or a mattress. Telephone wires and street lights often have a pair of trainers or a bike tyre thrown over them and everyone seems compelled to wear tracksuits, large hooped earings and pink tops (and thats just the men). They don\'t speak properly either, they always say, \"I don\'t know nothing\" and \"Innit.\" Why? I hope those responsible for fighting are tried, found guilty and thrown into jail!