Oppositional Behaviour

Along with many people this week I was dismayed at the sight of local businesses and hard working shopkeepers surveying the wreckage of their livelihood.

I could not suppress a wry smile, however, at the sight on Sky News of a trashed Sony warehouse and distribution centre in Enfield.

I know that this means hardship for people employed there, but my point is this...

I heard a commentator on Radio 4 this week state that young people and children were involved in the rioting because they had been "raised by computer games and play stations" rather than parents....

So, if their parents do turn out to be the Sony Corporation, could what happened to the company's warehouse in Enfield last weekend be described as 'oppositional behaviour' - or rebellion against their parents - rather than mindless rioting?

Parenting classes for the board members of Sony and Nintendo methinks. Game over!