'When I see that space where my friend should be sitting, I feel empty and completely lost,' says Yaseen, who is now 18.
'Yousef wanted to be a surgeon; he wanted to save lives and help people, but because of the actions of someone else, he bled to death on the street.'It takes two to tango, Yaseen, doesn't it? Play silly games, win silly prizes...
Moriarty, as I recall, defied real justice in fiction.
ReplyDeleteOnce they stepped up to attenpted robbery, they're no longer 'nice but misguided middle-class kids play-acting', they're just crims.
ReplyDeleteThe other issue here, I bet, is parents who are too busy to take any interest in what their kids are up to.
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ReplyDelete"The other issue here, I bet, is parents who are too busy to take any interest in what their kids are up to."
ReplyDeleteBingo!