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Old 06-20-2005, 12:17 AM   #1
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`Happy slap' yobs breed fear, anger

Watch out for \"happy slapping,\" the latest youth craze to sweep Britain.

It's not a new dance step or even a new designer drug. It's a criminal assault...
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Old 06-20-2005, 01:02 AM   #2
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its a very serious thing over here omi someone actually died caused indirectly by this craze and people are starting to design websites so you can watch them humilate other people through degregration and force my mate has an web address of a site like this i will post it later
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Old 06-20-2005, 01:12 AM   #3
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Says the "happy slapper" yob Huni Bo: "I dnt see nowt wrong wit it tho, ima good person! Its well funni tho!!"
"Wes onli do it ppl lyk are age ish, say from 15 -- 19 or 20. summats, wunt do it to an old man, even though they keep avin a go at us, an it dus are heds in!"


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Old 06-20-2005, 06:06 AM   #4
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here is a bit of the site have a look at your own peril

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they call that "swarming" over here.
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That is really disturbing! I can't believe that people are stooping to violence for entertainment's sake.
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I'm convinced this kind of anti-social behaviour is caused by massive ammounts of people living in big citys where people become disposable. That's why I don't like citys, I've seen it here in Ireland with the population spurt that the Celitic tiger brought. Nobody cares anymore, everyones a stranger that you don't care about and don't want to get involved with.

Yet we're all still squezed into smaller spaces.
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That's it, I'm carrying my shiv with me from now on...
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With or without the little bloody voodoo doll impaled on it?
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With or without the little bloody voodoo doll impaled on it?
Gotta be with, I mean c'mon, you want the would be slappers to know you mean buisness.

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That is really disturbing! I can't believe that people are stooping to violence for entertainment's sake.* *
people have been stooping to violance for entertainment's sake for centuries. I mean it really is nothing new.
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Jesus christ. Raping an 11-year-old girl and filming it?

I agree, unfortunately this is nothing new. Shit like this has been happening over here-- maybe minus the video cameras in most cases-- for a looonnng time.
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^ And I mean "here" as in the U.S.
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Jesus christ.* Raping an 11-year-old girl and filming it?*

I agree, unfortunately this is nothing new. Shit like this has been happening over here-- maybe minus the video cameras in most cases-- for a looonnng time.
oh by all means I am not condoning(sp) this sort of behavior. yes raping a girl of any age is quite pathetic if you ask me.
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Oh, Adam, I wasn't implying that you were condoning it! I was just pissed off by the article.
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Oh, Adam, I wasn't implying that you were condoning it!* I was just pissed off by the article.*
I yeah I did not think that you were. I was just stating
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I wonder how these things get started? I mean, how does one think it up and spread it around...
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If you see someone getting 'happy slapped', I recomend that you and anyone you are with start happy slapping the happy slappers. Give them a taste of their own medicine.

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I wonder how these things get started?* I mean, how does one think it up and spread it around...
Well all it really takes is one to think it up, then they tell a few and next thing you know they tell a few. Sure it might be 15 kids starting this BS but you add in one poorly designed webpage just to get attention and now you have worldwide coverage. From there people make copy cat type sites and by the time that it works it way up high enough to authorities it is already a big "underground" sensation.

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The only happy kind of slapping there is is the salami variety...
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