Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
One poster argued this has been happening since 1610, but it is also because of Margaret Thatcher, which doesn't really make sense. (Not to defend Thatcher.)
The UK has a really low murder rate but a lot of violent crime, and it has as much to do with your drinking than class.
I'm from Canada, and my brother went to Oxford. A friend of his got worked over by a gang of toughs after the pubs closed. He was on the losing end of it so but he was grappling, so bit off a chunk of the other guy's ear. A few days later my brother saw a guy walking around with a piece of his ear missing. So they were both students at Oxford.
My point being, it's not a lower class thing. It's part of what people do for fun - go out, drink too much and get in a fight. Another friend of mine got pulled to the pavement in London and was kicked in the head for calling someone a cunt.
People get drunk and get in fights just everywhere, but in parts of the UK it seems worse. The fact that "bottled" and "glassed" mean what they do in the UK is a sign that maybe drunken violence is a bit too common.
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