What is wrong with society in Liverpool? Rhys Jones & James Bulger?

Question

Two of the most shocking murders this country has seen happened in Liverpool. How did Liverpool end up like that?

Answer 1

The James Bulger murder was fifteen years ago...but don't let that stop you. What, indeed is wrong with society in the UK. Period.

  We have wee girls between the age of 7 and 12 dressing and camping up like women twice their ages...be they in Liverpool, or Livingston. How did London turn into a city where if one boy is vexed by another, he returns with a dozen 'friends' to knock his 'enemy' into the middle of next week - or kill him. Why are young men that cowardly nowadays?

  Why are the gun-toting CO19 Firearms Unit all jumpy (again, in London) when they've had a wee bit too much 'Daily Mail' for breakfast telling them of 'nasty Asians' - so much that they 'do an Eastwood' on a Brazilian (again...some time ago - but as a result, it's made Londoners more paranoiac than they usually are).

  There are many other observations of 'society' most can reel off, that would sicken - but I wonder how many other children have been killed since young Rhys Jones...we know one that went missing (aka snatched) - and not in Liverpool, but hey...as already stated, mustn't spoil your fun.

Answer 2

The James Bulger murder was a long time ago. For a city the size of Liverpool it is expected that there will be crimes, and ones which are especially repugnant like this.

What worries me in particular about the Rhys Jones murder, is that a community was cowardly enough to live in fear of a teenage thug, and people failed to turn him in. Someone also supplied him with a gun.