Fathers

The edition of the London Evening Standard yesterday night brought out the utterances of three fathers on the the three tragic stories involving their teenager of youngster sons.

The first one is Mr. Ofosu-Asare, a prominent TV sports presenter in Ghana. His 17 son was stabbed to death by "two-hooded youths" on Friday the 2nd.in Brixton. Of course, he was very "talented", captain of the football team of his school and actor, and he has even been receiving advice from Rio Ferdinand. The Eevening, pretty boldly, titles: "Innocent teenager stabbed to death by gang". It was his first time in Brixton. However, the inner information in the Evening seems to contradict utterly this statement of innocence. It is said: "Detectives are also examining whether Kwame's murder is linked to seven other stabbings within a few miles of each other in eight days, including an attack on the top deck of a 432 bus in West Norwood". Apparently, the boy was waking to a music studio to recod a rap track with a friend. But the identity of the friend (who could escape unharmed) is either not known, not disclosed. The innocence statement stinks bad to me and to make things worse, putrefied, the newspaper report further down declares: "Detectives believe the pair may have been targeted, either in revenge for the bus stabbing or because they strayed onto a gang's territory".

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The second father is Amy Winehouse's, who declared that his daughter "might still be alive , if she had been better educated about drugs"... Oh, yea, Mitch, whatever. Just go ahead with your campaigns. Why do you think public money and public schools would have cared more about your daughter than yourself?

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On the opposite end stands Rossli Harun, father of the 21 year-old Malasyan boy robbed after attacked during the riots of August in the capital of the Almighty Great Britain, in Barkingside. He says that the system in this country "makes people lazy". I believe so. In fact, Ashraf Rossli got stolen his bicycle, a game console and £500-worth of games from his bag by a boy who "was only 17 (...). He wasn't at school, he wasn't at work, and he was getting government money". Beau Isagba, the perpetrator, plus John Kafunda and Reece Donovan will be sentenced next week to jail, but the main claim (i.e. "benefits system encourages crime") remains out of serious debate.

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