Sept 12 2007 Rhys Jones Broken Society 2/Tarantino

Our Broken Society....

I'm getting keener on this National Service idea. If they haven't got a job then give them one. Give them purpose, direction, discipline. Give them some skills. Give them a chance in life.

Tommy Harris from Walton reckons Cameron's idea to make it voluntary is half-baked nonsense. He argues, very sensibly, that the gun-toting, hooded low lives aren't exactly going to be queing up for an application form.

He's right. The idea is sound in principle but it's middle-class claptrap far removed from the streets.

Deal with the bad kids not the good ones. I'll tell Cameron next week, for certain.

Gary Bowness reckons YouTube have a case to answer for allowing the gang-glorifying videos to be uploaded on the web.

Should the web be an unfettered flow of information beyond moderation or intervention? Is that it's true meaning?

Or do these video films need removing the instant they are uploaded?

Let me know.

And that got me thinking about last night at FACT when I was privileged to listen to Quentin Tarantino talking and answering questions about his work and his new 'slasher' movie, Death Proof.

There was a protest outside and some pointed questions inside about Tarantino's use of rape motifs and violence against women generally.

I love his work.

But are he and other film makers Breaking Society?

What do you think?

Lynne really struggling post-chemotherapy. Is anything ever going to stop this horrible slide? She'd do just about anything for something as basic as a good night's sleep. We're just coping as best we can.