Comments on: Let’s reclaim our great city

By: Sean Grima

Sean Grima — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:19:31 +0000

While I agree that a stronger police presence is needed for me having been in school communities and now trying to assist youth into work I feel that people need to be held accountable we have now taught more than one generation of youth that they do not have to be accountable through political correctness and things such as a teacher not being able to put a cross on a childs work, or learning to spell by having a few guesses(look say cover write check)When you go into a trade are you aloud to guess. I see this translate at the employment end when an apprentice will walk off the job cause the boss says something like you have just cost me money. They have not lost the job but they have been groomed to not understand consequence and accountability. They don’t understand understand communication as they live in a world where text has replaced talking face to face and the ability to guage feelings and what is appropriate at the time. In my time you did things at school that helped you learn about these things I find myself teaching the youth of today how to introduce themselves and promote what they can do. What a diservice we have done to our youth by not recognising what basic things are so important. This is why I feel the Teach Australia program is excellent it is encouraging people with life experience who are natural educators to be in our schools who can share what lifes ups & downs are really about, they have not gone from college to uni and straight into a classroom. I have worked with youth for over 30 years and in a variety of contexts and I see it as a privilige to influence someones life. Yes have more police and yes give them more power but give the noble art of educating the respect it deseves. Make it harder to become one so that those that go into it as a degree because they did not get the marks they wanted for something else are eliminated. We put our lives in the hands of Dr’s and they earn the rite to become one we put the lives of our children in the hands of teachers yet we don’t make that system as accountable. You learn respect from accountability and with accountability and integrity respect is earned.

By: Stan Hardman

Stan Hardman — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:08:21 +0000

The problems in the CBD have become increasingly evident.The foul language,intimidating behaviour,lack of respect for others make one think twice about shopping in the CBD.As for having a greater police presence it is obviously needed,but i feel sorry for police trying to have some positive effect when the judicial system is far too leanient on affenders. I feel society has gone down a path & set a precedent with no return.
What we see in the CBD is just
the tip of the iceberg.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:42:05 +0000

The launceston mall is full of antisocial behaviour. Everything from foul language to broad daylight bashings. Maybe if police were able to issue fines for such offences and make some money of these bogan mall terrorists something will happen. They are too worried about the bottom line so give them some insentives to get these trouble making loosers out of the mall.

Im sick of it and if the cops dont do something about it and word gets out that Launceston is a violent intollerant place less uni students will be willing to come and study and spend their money in launceston.

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:48:17 +0000

There needs to be new legislation so that crimes againt people are treated more seriously than fraud and theft. For example people who defraud Centrelink (first offenders) have to pay the money back AND also usually get a gaol sentence. People (first offenders) who seriously hurt someone else will often get a suspended sentence. There is not even a compulsory rehabilitation program for them. Because of this these bullies gain power over victims who are often afraid to give evidence because these people and their “mates” threaten revenge if they do and there does not seem to be any way they can keep safe short of moving to another area.
It must be bad for tourism to find out that Launceston can be a more dangerous place to wander round at night than Melbourne or Sydney.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:19:09 +0000

Antisocial yobs are a problem in almost every regional town in Australia. Can ours really be cleaned up ? Lonnie alone can’t change the legal system, and its the legal system which gives them a tiny tap and sends them out again. How can you tackle the problem when everyone knows their is no punishment?

People don;t call the police because the police aren’t interested. The police aren’t interested because the courts aren’t interested. The courts aren’t intersted because society has decided that criminals shouldn’t be punished anymore.