> “I think everything is more fragile after the pandemic years. Many people, irrespective of age, felt they had their lives stolen for two-and-a-half years,” Commissioner Patton said.
> “Any society — it’s not just Victorians and Australians — has had its social cohesion and unity tested as a result of that, and what the ramifications are from that, whether it’s meant a sense of entitlement, or people just focusing on themselves, I don’t know.
passionOftheAnus on
I think it’s fair to say lockdown probably did exacerbate the risk factors for already troublesome youths who probably do everything they can to be away from their homes, which are more often than not already terrible environments and not conducive to good behaviour
Normanisanisland on
I also feel people have been driving like shit since lockdown and also not picking up after their dogs
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He articulates some important insights:
> “I think everything is more fragile after the pandemic years. Many people, irrespective of age, felt they had their lives stolen for two-and-a-half years,” Commissioner Patton said.
> “Any society — it’s not just Victorians and Australians — has had its social cohesion and unity tested as a result of that, and what the ramifications are from that, whether it’s meant a sense of entitlement, or people just focusing on themselves, I don’t know.
I think it’s fair to say lockdown probably did exacerbate the risk factors for already troublesome youths who probably do everything they can to be away from their homes, which are more often than not already terrible environments and not conducive to good behaviour
I also feel people have been driving like shit since lockdown and also not picking up after their dogs
Another factor is the impact of no repercussions.