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Okay, is it just me, or does seem like the kind of stuff every schoolkid has been getting up to since the dawn of time, rather than the bad influence of telly shows? Just because they're using their mobile phones to film it doesn't mean hitting unpopular kids is a new thing. If anything, shows like Jackass and Dirty Sanchez are an extension of the kind of childhood japes that we all used to play at school, no?
Yet another OMG TV AND TECNOLOGY ARE RUININNG R KIDS FUTURES! story to chuckle at, in a world-weary, middle class kind of way.
Okay, is it just me, or does seem like the kind of stuff every schoolkid has been getting up to since the dawn of time, rather than the bad influence of telly shows? Just because they're using their mobile phones to film it doesn't mean hitting unpopular kids is a new thing. If anything, shows like Jackass and Dirty Sanchez are an extension of the kind of childhood japes that we all used to play at school, no?
Yet another OMG TV AND TECNOLOGY ARE RUININNG R KIDS FUTURES! story to chuckle at, in a world-weary, middle class kind of way.
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Okay, that video is another matter. From the way that BBC story was written, you'd think it was just people messing about in the playground, but it just looked like a bunch of chavs whaling on each other and generally having a race to see who can get an ASBO the quickest. I still don't ever recall seeing anyone on either programme hitting strangers in the face, only each other.
Rest assured, if I ever saw anyone do anything like that I'd either get involved or call the police and have them arrested for assault.
Rest assured, if I ever saw anyone do anything like that I'd either get involved or call the police and have them arrested for assault.
Well wouldn't you know it. Just read another BBC article from their front page, and the person who blamed this phenomenon on telly programmes is my media lecturer at uni! Nice one, Graham.
[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4539913.stm[/URL]
[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4539913.stm[/URL]
Mr Snuggly wrote:
> Rest assured, if I ever saw anyone do anything like that I'd either
> get involved or call the police and have them arrested for assault.
Watch Sky News report on it.
The videos they seem to find are of chavs hitting perfectly innocent people and filming it.
There was this one of an old man on a bus and they just callously clobbed him around the head.
> Rest assured, if I ever saw anyone do anything like that I'd either
> get involved or call the police and have them arrested for assault.
Watch Sky News report on it.
The videos they seem to find are of chavs hitting perfectly innocent people and filming it.
There was this one of an old man on a bus and they just callously clobbed him around the head.
Mumbai Duck wrote:
> Unpopular kids -- fair game
> Strangers -- unacceptable?
No, I'm saying that bullying has been going on since year dot. It always will. Filming a mate slapping a stranger in the face for the enjoyment of others is a new "craze", and directly related to the technology available. Of course, it's started from kids filming themselves bullying others, but it's supposedly escalating into a method of getting their 15 minutes. I'm unsure as to the true extent of it, but then again, I only heard of it 2 weeks ago, so it's a little early to tell.
> Unpopular kids -- fair game
> Strangers -- unacceptable?
No, I'm saying that bullying has been going on since year dot. It always will. Filming a mate slapping a stranger in the face for the enjoyment of others is a new "craze", and directly related to the technology available. Of course, it's started from kids filming themselves bullying others, but it's supposedly escalating into a method of getting their 15 minutes. I'm unsure as to the true extent of it, but then again, I only heard of it 2 weeks ago, so it's a little early to tell.
How long has this been going on?
The media are making it out to be a nationwide craze that's come from nowhere.
Are they just playing it up to make a good story to scare and thus interest people?
Or has it been around for a while, but for some reason suddenly gathered much more attention?
The media are making it out to be a nationwide craze that's come from nowhere.
Are they just playing it up to make a good story to scare and thus interest people?
Or has it been around for a while, but for some reason suddenly gathered much more attention?
I've never actually seen anybody be happy slapped or do the slapping themselves. We are good boys and girls in Walsall.
Mumbai Duck wrote:
> How long has this been going on?
>
> The media are making it out to be a nationwide craze that's come from
> nowhere.
>
> Are they just playing it up to make a good story to scare and thus
> interest people?
>
> Or has it been around for a while, but for some reason suddenly
> gathered much more attention?
I found out about it from BoingBoing.net, a good weblog site. Jan 2005 is the first entry, and links to a Scotsman article. [URL]http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/21/happy_slapping_is_sa.html[/URL] Missed it that time.
Next appearance was [URL]http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/28/happy_slapping_updat.html[/URL] April, linking to the videos.
> How long has this been going on?
>
> The media are making it out to be a nationwide craze that's come from
> nowhere.
>
> Are they just playing it up to make a good story to scare and thus
> interest people?
>
> Or has it been around for a while, but for some reason suddenly
> gathered much more attention?
I found out about it from BoingBoing.net, a good weblog site. Jan 2005 is the first entry, and links to a Scotsman article. [URL]http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/21/happy_slapping_is_sa.html[/URL] Missed it that time.
Next appearance was [URL]http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/28/happy_slapping_updat.html[/URL] April, linking to the videos.
Mr Snuggly wrote:
> having a race to see who can get an ASBO the
> quickest.
That's crazy, only the other day, in my head, I 'invented' the TV show 'ASBO IDOL'. Basically you have to go out and get an ASBO, with points scored for speed and originalty. Just being mouthy and violent wouldn't get you far, so you'd have to be more creative.
> having a race to see who can get an ASBO the
> quickest.
That's crazy, only the other day, in my head, I 'invented' the TV show 'ASBO IDOL'. Basically you have to go out and get an ASBO, with points scored for speed and originalty. Just being mouthy and violent wouldn't get you far, so you'd have to be more creative.
There's a programme on tonight about it. "Mugging for kicks"? ITV
On Sky One tonight there's a show called "OAPs With ASBOs".
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