(23-06-2015, 12:18 PM)imort Wrote: I think the kids/teens/twenty somethings in my area of Manchester are terrible ,until i think back to what i used to get up to

You've probably hit the nail on the head. The man watching his carpet being chewed up was probably horrified and no doubt scared by the experience - some at the time were probably really drunk and found it funny. Fast forward 20 years and a far lesser event is a horrifying act to us now that we're older, more responsible and more easily offended.

I lived on the Island from 1970 to 1991 - trust me, the fans in the 70s and 80s didn't spend their time doffing caps to everyone on their afternoon strolls. And the late 90s in Douglas were about the worst - girls getting them out for the crowds encouraged by the entertainment organisers, in full view of any kids around on the big screen - not to mention the thefts, the fights, the drugs and the vey very anti-social riding. Does anyone remember when locals started complaining en masse about the dangerous riding, when an out of control bike crashed into a local car killing some family??

No question there are idiots, but there always were, they follow big events everywhere. I probably found it not as bad this year as many in the past - I certainly never came across any trouble.

All i want to know is - when was it any better after society decided to drop some of its old fashioned behaviour, say from the 70s onwards?
And when did the organisers sit down and decide to attract trouble to the Island as some sort of policy / good idea?