No More Hoodies or Swearing For You!! ;)

Targeting badly behaved Britons
Mall bans 'hoodies' in latest
effort to curb yob culture


BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTER, England - Although accustomed for decades to violence from "yobs" and football hooligans, Britain is stepping up its fight against what's been dubbed an epidemic of antisocial behavior.


The perpetrators of the thuggery have been identified as "hoodies," young people who wear hoods and caps to avoid detection and give off a threatening image.

Prime Minister Tony Blair has made banishment of this street crime a priority for his third term of office, while one of his closest aides has disclosed a scary encounter with the teenage gangs that roam Britain's urban areas.

Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who once launched a fierce left hook to retaliate for a thrown egg during an election campaign, described his alarm at being accosted by a large group of hooded youths.

“I went to a motorway café about a year ago and some kid said something to me,” he said. “I said ‘what did you say?’ and he came back with 10 people with hoods, you know, these fellas with hoods on.

“He came at me in a very intimidating manner,” the 66-year-old said.

Prescott, who was rescued from any possible attack by his security detail, is one of the big supporters of Blair's decision to focus on street crime.

Although gun crime here pales when compared with the United States, binge-drinking, street brawls, vandalism, muggings, and general menace are seen to be terrorizing the public.

The United Kingdom is the most-monitored nation in the world, with more than 4 million closed-circuit television cameras operating around the country. But culprits frequently evade Big Brother’s watchful eye by concealing their identities with the ubiquitous head wear.

"I think the fact you go around with these hats and these covers... I mean, it is a uniform, in a sense," Prescott said last week.

As a result, a large shopping center in southeast England offered a new tact by implementing a "code of conduct" that includes a ban on the wearing of "hoodies."

The 330-store Bluewater center in Kent drew up the code of conduct to outline its “zero tolerance approach to antisocial behavior” following consultations with guests and staff.

In addition to banning head coverings (other than those used for religious purposes) and swearing, “groups of more than five without the intention to shop will be asked to leave the center,” the mall’s leaflet says.

Blair last week praised the initiative. “This type of disrespect and yobbish behavior will not be tolerated any more,” he said.

This is only part of the article. The link is: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7897532/?GT1=6542

Bout time! Crazy B@stards!

'you know those people in hoodies' lOL.

This was on the news last week, and on breakfast tv this morning, we actually had an update on this matter. Apparently store owners have reported a 22% rise in the profits, since these 'yobs' were banned from the centre.

But where do YOU go shopping now, Kev? :P

send them all to australia like we used to

poor gazthomas.

Shops around here have banned hoodies and even ask you to remove baseball caps before entering, there are signs on most of the shop doors now.

Im wearing a hoodie right now with Harlem written across the front, Im bad.....

I can understand the hoody rule, its the same as not being able to wear crash helmets in bank, its put the robbers off attempting a robbery as they can be seen.

Dawn

hey you thug where did you get that top? did you mug it of some poor teenager?