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Condescending respect.(The media)

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| February 01, 2006 | Bowman, James | COPYRIGHT 2006 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The New Year began in Britain with an initiative from the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, designed to combat what many Britons see as an epidemic of anti-social behavior, particularly on the part of young people. Titled "Respect Action Plan" or RAP,--the usefulness of the acronym will become apparent presently--it proposed increased police powers and on-the-spot fines for anti-social behavior, more social and "outreach" workers for "problem families" and classes in parenting, all in the name of increasing the sum-total of "respect" in British society. The example of its absence cited by Mr. Blair was of someone "spitting at an old lady on her way to the shops'-- something ...

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