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| OpEd: Lost Boys need us to think |
| By Winnipeg Free Press |
| Published: 04/08/2008 |
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WINNIPEG, CANADA - I've heard them called a lot of names. I'm referring to those "punks" and "joyriders" and "young offenders" who infuriate and endanger the public by habitually stealing anything with a motor and four wheels. But I'd never heard these ambassadors for our national image called "Lost Boys." Not until Monday. That phrase was uttered by a retired elementary schoolteacher who had accompanied her husband to deliver a tag-team lecture to members of city hall's protection committee. Sel and Christine Burrows decided to speak up after seeing something in Saturday's Free Press. It was a tired old story, with a new twist. City orders study as youth bail system frustrates police, the headline read. Our Stephen Harper-friendly civic leaders had reacted to the public shock and outrage over two high-profile incidents in one tragic weekend by deciding to jab yet another pointed finger in the justice system's chest. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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