It is mildly disappointing that the only response I have had to recent published letters is from an 18 year old who accuses me of discrimination.
This seems to be a very modern mantra against anyone who has a reasoned opinion and should ensure Jess Purchase a long career as a member of New Labour.
I am accused of saying the young roam the streets, well that's what it looks like to me and ma
ny others. Who are all those people who sit in parks every night drinking cider and smashing glass? Why don't the elderly feel safe on the streets after dark? Nowhere to meet? What about a youth club, an excellent one of which is in Chapel.
What on earth does Jess Purchase think we did as children? There was no 24 hour satellite TV, no computers, no games consoles, nothing.
It isn't that the young have too little to do, it's because they have too much choice, and their brains have become so addled that only stupid and moronic behaviour survives.
As for adults in Market Square, I have already suggested making drinking in public places illegal and that would cure that problem. And I would also address Jess Purchase's assumption that the streets are somehow democratic.
Getting under sixteens off them by 7pm is beneficial to the community, simply by dint of the fact that they are off them. That portion of the population who paid to have the streets laid and who pay to maintain them would, mostly, be very happy. I have received letters of support for my views, one of whom thought a £50 fine was ludicrously small and who suggested that the fine should be £5,000. Even I don't agree with that. Make parents responsible, that was what I was asking for, it is what I am asking for again, regardless of the bleating of Jess Purchase.
Dennis Snape
Eccles Road
Chapel-en-le-Frith
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