badbhoy

As a Glasgow-born Canadian I found the coverage of this story flawed and missing the "elephant in the room" reason for violence in the city. Sectarianism. Like Belfast, Glasgow has a long history of sectarian violence and prejudice that infiltrates all aspects of life in the city. Whereas the viloence in Belfast manifests intself through the much-publicized political turmoil in Northern Ireland, in the west of Scotland it still hides under the surface. This was either intentionally or unintentionally skipped over in this story, instead implying that Scottish youth are just headcases who like to beat the pulp out of one another. To do this was irresponsible journalism in my opinion and further demonstrates the hidden agenda of most CBC news stories.