“if there was government funded activities and somewhere to host them they wouldnt be out causing trouble why waste money on stupid welly dogs!!! put some money into runnin hip hop and street dancin groups and give the kids a chance to shine. and FYI i am 27 and i sometimes wear hoodies, i dont carry spray cans so who are YOU to generalise!!!!”

“This is a historic day in the history of freedom- for the first time in over 50 years the government has decided to enforce a curfew. Who is the enemy? There are millions of them, all waiting on street corners to stab you, shoot you and steal your ipod. But this time, it is not SS troops and Nazi spies, but the future taxpayers, politicians, doctors and dentists. The world is in uproar over Zanu-pf's stolen election, but while there is Gordon telling us of the evil of Zimbabwe, they plan to enforce the reppression of millions of young people. Previously I have been a labour defender, but this ageism has finally turned me to the yellow side of the parliament. Discrimination is a ugly word, but then you punish the many on the sins of the few, the words to use are not powerful enough.”

“We should be applauding the fact that community leaders in Redruth are prepared to make a stand to put right some of the social problems in the town. Yes, it is only a small minority of youngsters causing this trouble, but they cause a vast majority of good, honest people in the area to think twice before venturing out at night, AND THIS IS WRONG! We should be supporting, not criticising people for taking steps to reverse this trend of thuggery and intimidation. How long before we start to get reports of knife crime on the same scale as larger cities if we dont do something about this problem? A lot of these so called 'Redruth Gangsters' refer to themselves as "soldiers on da front line". How pathetic!! I dont remember seeing any of them stood by my shoulder during my tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. Put them in that situation and they are so far out of their comfort zone, they would fall apart. And to all parents.....do you know what your child is doing tonight?”

“Police state : I assume that the Police will stop and question anyone they think is 16. You will be required to answer their questions. Failure to do so will be obstruction. ( thats one right gone for everyone ) Failure to cooperate will result in arrest - then finger printing - then DNA samples will be taken.
Some bright spark will then suggest some form of ID card, of course failure to carry one or produce it will be in itself an offence.

Because of a few troublesome kids - your rights -YES YOUR RIGHTS - are being taken away.
If the Police did their job with existing powers and provision was made for young people this curfew would not be needed.
I would like to bet that on the day this comes in Police will be everywhere - they will throw addition funds at this to show how effective a curfew is. The same funds and effort would be just as effective spent on working with the youth without us all giving up more of our freedoms.”

“I wish the agencies involved the best of luck with this. Its a brave move and I hope they havent bitten off more that they can chew. Im concerned about the possible broad brush involved here for the majority of good kids. But to hear about people pulling together to make these few destructive children and their hopeless parents accountable for once gives you hope for a better town for all of us. Well done and good luck.”

“About time.”

“this aint gonna work cops aint gonna be everywhere and the behaviour problems is because of the booze and if there something to do in redruth they wouldn't have to bring this cerfew in”

“Well, i dont know what to say really as both sides of this argument have good points, how is soceity going tp pin point the bad eggs to the good eggs? its not fair ALL teenagers should suffer for somes misbehaviour, but something needs to be done countywise so cornwall doesnt end up like the likes of birmingham and london subject to our children getting shot or stabbed.”

“When will people start to realise that not all teenagers are the same? No wonder they are growing up with an attitude problem when everyone believes anyone under the age of 20 to be a hoodie wearing drug-taking yob. Admittedly there are groups of very unpleasant youngsters, mainly from families that dont give a damn, but dont paint them all with the same brush. Its about time people tried to see the good in kids - they are not all bad. After all, society has made them what they are, so I think we can all be held responsible to a certain degree.”

“Personally I think that about 90% of teenagers are a waste of time. I think that all kids should be vetted from the age of about 10 and if they are showing signs of being troublesome, removed from society until they are mature and well behaved enough to be released back among us decent folk. This in my opinion would gradually remove all the rotten apples and after a couple of generations there would be no crime. The best idea would be to sterilise certain adults to prevent them from reproducing carbon copies of themselves in the first place. Some people should just NOT be allowed to have kids, full stop.”