Policing teenagers the Ali G way ..and we thought we had education woes

[SoCalDem]

Monday, 30 January 2006, 19:44 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4663990.stm

Policing teenagers the Ali G way

A message to the area's teenage trouble-makers


Warning signs aimed at young people and written in the style of the TV character Ali G have had a mixed reaction in Bristol.

Signs went up in an area of Kingswood plagued by vandalism and petty crime.

Roughly translated they say: "The police patrol this area and will pay your parents a visit if they find you are misbehaving."

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Inspector Gus Krouwel said: "Young people understand text language. They speak the language and find it interesting and the challenge attracts attention.

"I suspect if you just put some plain language signs up it would attract very little attention at all."

But dissenters say the signs, which call parents "olds", are patronising.

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[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. exact translation...

"Do your Parents know where you are or what you are doing? because the cops will tell them."


Yah. If they can catch em. :rofl:

[sandnsea]

2. What-Ever

Call me babaloo in a mumu, just don't vandalize shit. Whatever works. How do people find time in their day to even care what teen-agers are calling them.

[Hello_Kitty]

3. "babaloo in a mumu"

Thank you for the badly needed belly laugh :rofl: