Serotonin – yet again blame the press, why did they sell there stories if they really wanted there privacy.

The whole situation is yet another example of the continuing downward slide of the moral standards in this country.

I suspect the parents of the baby and the children see it is somekind of badge of Honor, and which will allow them all to continue claim loads of benefits that we the taxpayers pay for.

I think that people claiming benefits should be made to do some form of voluntary work, and with them having to start the workday at 8.30 – get them use to having to do something to receive the benefits.

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No.1, this story is purely the fault of the parents who saw the opportunity to sell their story to the highest bidder. It is not the fault of the press, who would not have published this story had they not been approached in the first instance.

I am sure there are other children in this country who have gone through the same experience, where their parents have not sold the story due to the shame.

You really do not like the press, but at the same time, feel the need to express your feelings via their website. A contradiction indeed!

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“Children are not responsible for their actions”?

What planet are you on? If they are old enough to have sex then they are old enough to take full responsibility for the consequences – and they might if people like you stopped making excuses for them.

They are not little innocents, and I refuse to believe they had not heard of birth control.

Stop blaming journalists for reporting truths that you do not like.

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The thing I find most amusing is that the Messiah aka Max Clifford is now asking for the lads privacy to be respected, that’s where he has not really got a grasp on publicity, you cannot one minute be hawking pictures and stories to the great unwashed and the next remove the subject from the menu.

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Serotonin, it is a fact that whenever someone starts to lose an argument they resort to exaggeration and silly comments. “Hey why not hang him? That’d stop him doing it again.” What a marvellously well-considered response. Brilliant.

The fact is, they are too young to be having sex. Better parenting and more discipline might have helped. It probably wouldn’t have stopped them, but they might have used precautions. Education is so important in these matters, and that’s the job of the parents – not the schools – the parents.

But you’ve probably got an excuse for the parents as well, haven’t you?

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Mark

I apologise for my use of satire I through it was befitting of the farcical comments I had read including your own.

If you did read my response you’d have noticed that I mentioned ‘irresponsible parents’, so no I’m not making excuses for them, please don’t put words in my mouth.

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In that case, Serotonin, I sincerely apologise.

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St George if I was in power everything would be much better.

I would do the following

1) Cancel all benefits paid in cash. benefits to be paid in vouchers for food and energy, no luxuries ie cigarettes, alcohol allowed if you live on benefits

2) harsher jail terms for serious crimes ie over 40 years and life to mean life

3) No luxuries allowed for prisoners, a bed a toilet is all which is required

4) MP’s to no longer have expenses paid, all expenses come out of the very attractive wage they recieve

5) If a child under the age of 18 breaks the law the parents recieve a automatic 250 pound fine

6) Child benefit to paid for one child only – this will eliminate people having over 4 children to claim benefits.

Am I elected then?

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Has anyone actually asked these children why they are having sex so young instead of just lecturing them? You cannot attack a problem unless you know the root cause of it. We need to know how they know so much about it, why they’re doing it and what alternatives we can offer them.

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Y Mab Darogan – This would have worked in a previous society, but society evolves along with the race which upholds it. Its nothing new that children will have children, its just the UK being too bl**dy greedy over teenage birth rates.

’2) Journalists have only got our interests at heart, they are defenders of the British way of life and how dare I question the motives of such an unelected, largely uneducated and influental group of people’ – Depends which journalists you’re on about really, journalists for papers eg. The Sun make their money from big selling stories. Or they’re politically inclined. Whereas journalists for local papers such as this one tend have more pride and publish a stronger range of material.

Again Y Mab – No arguments here but you’ve contradicted yourself.

’1) Cancel all benefits paid in cash. benefits to be paid in vouchers for food and energy, no luxuries ie cigarettes, alcohol allowed if you live on benefits’

’5) If a child under the age of 18 breaks the law the parents recieve a automatic 250 pound fine’

Would it not appear to you that the children who commit the most crimes usually come from a benefit orientated background? What happens when daddy gets sent to prison, because he can’t pay said fine (unless he flogs his food voucers), son goes mad as an element of that getting even more involved with the wrong crowds. Running around in circles.

I might one day go into politics, elect me? If I could send you back in time, i’m sure you’d work wonders. But its too late for those methods sir!

PS. I’m 19, I have had a troubled but steady background which has in the past lead to crime, but that was over two years ago, I’ve learnt a lot the hard way, ‘grown up’ if you like. A close friend of mine had her first at 16, second is on its way, but she to the best of her ability has supported her child and worked! That was considered a teenage pregnancy?

Alex.

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What if I was to tell you, a bit of both?

As a single mother at the time, what’s the problem with that? The benefit is there to be used, and used it may have been. Not abused.

Alex.

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