Of the Youth,London riots Benin,and other matters

[augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

Of the Youths,London Riots, Benin expedition of 1897 and other matters by

Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth,London,England

Example is better than precept so we should tell my Kid Brother,David

Cameron, Prime Minister of  United Kingdom in response to his

utterances following the London riots characterised by looting and

Arson following the fatal shooting of  Mark Duggan by the London

Metropolitan Police.

 

Those Youths and Arsonists are now being tried in Courts of Law  for

stealing things like Ice cream, Chewing Gum and  Table Water. Some of

the Youths are being charged for taking more tangible things like

Ipods, Ipads,Lap Tops  and Flat screen Televisions set sit all for" the Museum of Innocence".

 

But then what  do we say about the Benin expedition of 1897 by a

United Kingdom force of  1,200 under Admiral Harry Rawson  in response

to what the Wikipedia desrcibes as a "Massacre of a previous British

led expedition force" The trooops of Admiral    Rawson burned and

looted Benin city, bring to an end a west African Kingdom  but David

Cameron might not be ready to return the looted treasures from the

Benin empire if one is to go by his comments on his last visit to

India.

 

Cameron has recieved a  request for the return of the 105 carat

Diamond siezed by the East india company

 after the capture of Punjab in 1849 b and presented as a gift to

Queen Victoria but Cameron replied that returning  the 105 carat

Diamond would set a dangerous precedent for other priceless cultural

items kept in the British Museum.Remember what I stated as the Museum of Innocence?

We also have Nigerian money stolen by Nigerian Politicians in High

street banks in Britain , Cameron would not want to return these

monies because of  the negative effect the UK economy?

 

I think the youths  ought to be granted Amnesty in the Nigerian Spirit

they are not exactly responsible for the crimes they have commited  I

would blame  it more on  what the noted Nigerian Physicist Professor

Muyiwa Awe, in describing Wole Soyinkas craving for MArs Chocolate Bar

as a teenager, as the influence of advertising on the susceptible

mind.Advertising has gone  really far since the time of Soyinkas craving for Mars Chocolate Bar.

 

Toddlers, pre teens, teen agers and young adults are being manipulated

by the Advertising Gurus They do as much as make use of experts in

psychology and psychiatry  just to find out how they can  get these

children and youths to buy things that they do not need things that

would not necesarily add to happiness..

Our psychiatrists and Psychologists instead  should be at the fore

front of mitigating suffering of the youth and the populace in

general.The youths need to be protected from manipulation and

exploitation by the advertising Gurus.

The Youth Market is a very lucrative market especially for  Fast food,

Soft Drinks, Sports, Technology,Fashion, video gaming etc , Those

Psychiatrists and Psycholgists making  money out of the youth are not

necessarily investing in mitigating the suffering of the youth.

Big businesses making money out of the  Youth market should be made to give something back for the

general welfare of the youth especially the under priviledge.

 

Lastly , I am not into name calling but David Cameron described the

Labour Party as irresponsible in the way they managed Britain under

Gordon Brown, Well I do not exactly agree with Mr. Cameron in his

Spending cuts being extended to youth services, Arts and Culture and

Libraries these are the kind of programmes that get the youth engaged

especially those described as NEETs, Not in employment , Education or

training.

Its allso does not seem to be wise  move on the part of David Cameron

to extend spending cuts  to the Police force in a time of high

employment..