The pen is mightier than the sword !! Except of course in Brent. Here your find the spray and pray Ozi sub machine gun has to have a say. Violence is often overstated within inner city areas. However since living in this borough I've been a little to close too a number of shootings. One of these was of a girl aged 8 years old. Very sad by these wanna be gangsters. 

Saw a piece recently about the effect of ASBO's. Good or bad. The subject of one complained that his actions had justification. He had to go to school with holes in his shoes !! He had the piss taken out of him because of his cloths so he had a right to rob !! Who has been poor and in this situation. He could have learnt to write, got his education, used some words wisely and possibly learnt that the pen can be mightier than the sword.