Happy Slapping

[MagicRat]

Anyone reading a paper in the UK knows about this recent stupid trend for bored younger people to do.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/s...52b82a&k=26184

http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/art...470214,00.html

Some idiots even slapped singer Mylene Klass, (they dumped fries over her head). Personally, if I met Ms. Klass, I would behave better.

Do you think happy slapping is just dumb kids, harmless fun or a trend that it out of control?

I can see it starting in England (no guns), but if much slapping occured in the US, then inevitably, some slappers would end up with a .38 caliber enema.

Comments?

Happy slapping
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Happy slapping is the term used to describe a recent fad whereby a person, or group of teenagers slap, strike or even attack a stranger (usually women or lone men) while an accomplice films the assault using any form of video recording device, most commonly as camera phone or a smart phone. It is thought to have first become popular in South London, but it has now spread across Europe and North America.

Although the concept of filming a crime is an old one, the ease and general availability of video cameras in mobile phones means that such attacks need not be planned carefully beforehand and are more easily watched and circulated afterwards. Some political and media commentators have alleged that the craze is inspired by television programmes such as Jackass and Dirty Sanchez. Others have attempted to have the issue viewed and treated as a moral panic which unfortunately inflates its importance by creating a national scare.

Happy slapping can often become more violent than a mere slap. Sometimes the assault is performed with other crimes, such as mugging and rape. Variations of the "happy slap" have been reported in Northern Ireland, where groups of youths have filmed vicious attacks on firecrews. Two youths were convicted for setting fire to a man during a "happy slap" in 2005. On 8 June 2005, it was reported that a 17-year-old girl was shot with an air rifle and filmed in Wortley area of Leeds, Britain. On 18 June 2005, British police arrested three 14-year-old boys for the suspected rape of an 11-year-old girl who attended their school. Authorities were alerted when school staff saw footage from the students' mobile phones.

In Sweden on 5 June 2005, the day before the Swedish National day, there were articles in Swedish newspapers that groups of left-wing activists (AntiFascist Action, Revolutionary Front, etc) had commited attacks against neo-nazis which had been filmed. In one of the attacks commited on a crowded subway station the attack was so brutal witnesses thought the nazi-skinhead had died but he survived with headwounds.

[twospirits]

Another example of the undisciplined youth of today. I see someone (a victim) will end up killing one of these kids for assaulting them. makes me more and more wanting to have a stun gun to retaliate.

I hope the authorities catch these misfits and charge them to the full extent of the law, fuck it that they are kids or below 18 years of age. You do the crime you do the time.

TS out

[HighOctaneNOSUser]

That's fucking messed up. Jesus, I am glad that's not going on in my city. Holy hell, not so happy is it? Sometimes, I'm glab I always have a 4 inch pocket knife on me....

"Happy slap!"
*smack*
"Happy shank..."
*dead*

[BleedDodge]

Originally Posted by HighOctaneNOSUser

That's fucking messed up. Jesus, I am glad that's not going on in my city.

Winnipeg? Sure it happens.

[Jonno]

Originally Posted by HighOctaneNOSUser

Sometimes, I'm glab I always have a 4 inch pocket knife on me....

Why would you carry a knife on you? If anyone fucks around I'll just knock them flat on their face. I've been in situations where if I had a weapon on me, I would of used it, and probably got done for murder, or attempted murder.

[CivicSlayr]

For awile i seriously carried a stud girdle off of my nova around with me, course i had a reason for it. Carrying a wepon more often than not is a method of deturance. You don't happy slap someone carrying around a stud girdle.

[King Of Crunk]

that is retarded to the maximum....like you guys said...if someone did that to me i would beat the piss out of them and their buddies...just sitting on a bus or whatever and somebody randomly slapping you is bad enough...but they have it on video....no way in hell am i going to let them get away with that.....speaking of violence...i bought one of these off of my uncle last month...enjoy...


it's a little rough around the edges but fires beautifully...


I also have a .22 pistol for the stun effect....won't kill em...but it'll bring em down....

[HighOctaneNOSUser]

Beretta 92FS? I'm sorry, I'm freehanding names here. Maybe an M9... Anyway, like Civic said, it's mainly for the, "Oh shit there are 3 of them trying to kill me" idea.

Bleed - Really? I've never heard of it or seen it happen. Given, I don't actually watch for it, but I've never actually SEEN it.

Jonno - Why? Well, first because it comes in very handy for those "I wish I had a knife to (unscrew/cut/pop) this, whitch happens to me more often then you'd think for whatever reason.

Second, because there are dumbass trio's of Indians (No offense) who walk around and, quite frankly, have nothing better to do than collect welfare checks and fight people. And personally, if it was a 1 on 1 fight, it wouldn't call for a knife. BUT, if it was 3-5 on 1, I'd consider using it if I was gettig beaten down by guys with baseball bats. Which, to point out, has happened to someone in broad daylight on Main Street here

Now, I'm not harping on Aboriginals as a people. My best friend is Metis. Just the bums who make a living getting "Bus Fare" and other fares *cough*wellfare*cough* who have nothing better than to fight people and go to the ratty as McLaren hotel with prostiutes.

I'm sorry, a little bit of stress relieving and thread hijacking. I'm done. You may have your thread back 8(

[fredjacksonsan]

I'm with MagicRat on this; someone's going to try to happy slap the wrong person.

This is a perfect example of nipping something in the bud. These kids/whoever that are doing it should be come down on, hard, to send the message that it's unacceptable - assault is assault.

[Jet-Lee]

Let someone happy slap me......

I'd get tried for murder...with my bare hands.

[elementskater15]

I made the mistake of showing my friend at school this thread. I ended up busting his lip for him.

[Pavlo]

I don't have the best temper, but I will try to choke the person who just slaps me in public for entertainment purposes. When someone does something like that to a person, i am pretty damn sure they will have the energy to beat the living crap out of the kid.

[HighOctaneNOSUser]

I agree, like I said, I have my ways of dealing with slappers, but someone is gonna smack a cop or it's going to escalate untill one of them dies and the public will be ridiculed because it was "Just a fun little game gone horrably wrong" Yada yada yada.

[Schister66]

just so i don't get arrested....if someone slaps you, are you allowed to lay them out on the sidewalk?

[HighOctaneNOSUser]

Technically, if it's one hit, then it is self defense if he assaulted you. If they have a weapon or are in a group and you fear your life is in immediate dangr, then it is justifiable to use lethal force. BUT, if you have to go with option B, make it as clean as possible. IE, if you have to pull a knife, after you get them to back off or, in the event they don't, put them down/out, don't continue to stab them in the neck. You'll get Murder 2 if you go beyond necessary limits. ALSO, it all depends how the court sees it. 1 judge may see using a knife against 4 people as a necessary action, while another judge may say the exact opposite.