The film depicted teenagers "dealing drugs in playgrounds, threatening homeowners, vandalising cars, brawling and engaging in drunken underage sex".
Was it accused of demonising young people? No. The legal threat came from Buckfast, a tonic wine made by an order of Benedictine monks. They didn't like the idea that their drink might contribute to antisocial behaviour.
The message is clear. Feel free to demonise young people, but don't mess with the monks.
"If you look closely, you'll notice one of my ears is bigger than the other." That's Andrew O'Hagan, beginning a column of egobabble in The Daily Telegraph.
He explains that he grew up "before the Age of Hysterical Child Protection". Complete strangers who "caught you trying to do something nasty in the street" would feel free to clip you round the ear, he says.
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