Morning all. I'm at work again, and I wanted to write a nice post about my life: how I'd got on at the Robin Hood casting session or something else positive but my sister Katy, who's currently at home in Lynn for the weekend has informed of something that has made my blood boil. Honestly, I'm livid.
Apparently, a group of people have destroyed the fence panels in the driveway at my parent's house in Lynn. Now this may not seem so bad on the surface, but when I explain that they have absolutely ruined the place you may start to understand. Now, I've walked back from the town centre pissed on a number of occaisons, and I have never once wanted to vandalise anything. I can understand stealing road signs and traffic cones, and I've knocked over people's wheelie bins before. But those aren't bad things to do. The traffic cones can be replaced and doesn't affect anyone and the bins can be picked up with very little effort. Now, I'm not defending myself - I'm not proud of these things. What these people did tonight have really pissed me off.
The story goes that my sister pulled into the drive from wherever it was that she had been to find the driveway in an utter ruined state. Apparently, the first four wooden fence panels were no longer there and there was debris and bits of the panels all over the drive. There were wooden shards on the opposite of the road. There was a fence panel in the neighbours drive. So they dragged this stuff all over the place. They apparently also smashed the glass in the bus shelter down the road. They must have been doing this for some time, and must of really been laying into these fence panels.
The neighbours on one side heard the commotion, and apparently my mum heard it but didn't think it was in our driveway. The problem is though, that in the society in which we live, even if my mum or dad, or my neighbours were well aware of the situation whilst it was taking place, I doubt they could have done anything for fear of being attacked themselves. I certainly don't think I would have said anything.
It just shows you the world we live in. We aren't safe in our own houses and we can't do anything to protect ourselves or one another. Let me ask you a question - If you were walking down the road and you saw someone getting beaten up, would you help or would you ignore it? Because, as ashamed as I am, I think I would ignore it for fear of being hurt myself. There is no sense of community in this country anymore. Something that I think our American 'cousins' still seem to have. Is the church a factor? I don't know. But I know for one thing, there is no way that I will bring up kids in this country.
It still may only seem like a few fence panels to you, but it's really my Dad who is the victim in all of this. He runs his own business, and works 7 days a week just to ensure that he makes money. He hasn't it easy over the last few years, and as we're reminded daily, we are in the middle of a recession, which can't be easy when running your own business. Particularly when that business is a luxury business and not a necessity-based one. So, tomorrow, he will get up and have to spend his day and his money on fixing this situation. He shouldn't have to be doing that and it's really pissed me off.
Apologies for the rant and believe me I could go on, but I won't. Although, Katy said she may get me some pictures of the damage to show you.
More from me later.
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