State of the UK - Is it safe?

[GurjantGnostic]

3 hours ago, CharhdiKala said:

Boys need fathers in their lives to control them, especially if they are living in a low income neighbourhood where crime is prevalent. Being politically correct will never fix problems, in fact it will add more fire to the flames.

I think rap music in general has a negative effect, it promotes violence, materialism, shallowness, misogyny and other crime. In Punjab rap music is big and has been for the last 7 years, is there any coincidence that this is when alcohol, drug abuse and violence is at it's highest?

Youngsters will mimic what they see on TV or hear on the radio. Black youth will mimic what the black rappers are rapping about and Punjabi youth will mimic the likes of Honey Singh, Sidhu Moosewala etc

Citing music as a cause for societal degeneration started well before rap. 

Not saying rap isn't in this category, but heavy metal promoting racism, satanism, black magic, sex, drugs, violence, etc. isn't exactly wholesome, and has been effecting the uk much longer. 

[Big_Tera]

I think we are focusing to much on musics influence. How about people are just criminal minded. 

Also many do stabbings and violent attacks for the thrill of it. Its not to make money. The youth of today dont care if they get stabbed or attacked. These kids just care about their street cred .

[GurjantGnostic]

2 hours ago, Big_Tera said:

I think we are focusing to much on musics influence. How about people are just criminal minded. 

Also many do stabbings and violent attacks for the thrill of it. Its not to make money. The youth of today dont care if they get stabbed or attacked. These kids just care about their street cred .

A lot of these young men are looking for respect, especially from older men. They are also looking for food, and to belong to something greater than themselves they can be proud of. 

I've had good luck interacting with gangs in my area, have you ever tried street parchar with them?

I'm ready for confused bootha to come out in force, but I'd warmly and vigorously greet them with a Sat Sri Akal. Or Akaaaaaali.  

When they ask what the heck you just said, say that's how we greet fellow warriors or how we greet immortal warriors. 

That gives them proper respect to start and might be all the hook you need to get them very interested in Sikhi. 

You'd want to be coming from a loving couragous place, street kids smell fear like sharks smell blood. 

Even if Sikhi isn't for them, the better treated they are by Sikhs and respected the less likely they are to target the Sangat. 

When they are out intimidating people, in part they are interviewing for targets, looking for the fear response that signals the go ahead, they are also looking for love, respect, and acceptance whether they realize it or not. 

 

[CharhdiKala]

15 hours ago, GurjantGnostic said:

Citing music as a cause for societal degeneration started well before rap. 

Not saying rap isn't in this category, but heavy metal promoting racism, satanism, black magic, sex, drugs, violence, etc. isn't exactly wholesome, and has been effecting the uk much longer. 

Heavy Metal singers never sang about shooting and stabbing people in the same manner that rap does. Those heavy metal bands that promote racism, satanism were never played on mainstream radio or TV like rap music is.

But the biggest issue is boys growing up in fatherless homes.

[ipledgeblue]

16 hours ago, GurjantGnostic said:

I'm ready for confused bootha to come out in force, but I'd warmly and vigorously greet them with a Sat Sri Akal. Or Akaaaaaali.  

When they ask what the heck you just said, say that's how we greet fellow warriors or how we greet immortal warriors. 

That gives them proper respect to start and might be all the hook you need to get them very interested in Sikhi. 

wow awesome!!!