Have you had a 'Happy slap'?
 

I'm referring to:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...470161,00.html

Quote:

Welcome to the disturbing world of the "happy slappers" - a youth craze in which groups of teenagers armed with camera phones slap or mug unsuspecting children or passersby while capturing the attacks on 3g technology.

When they added cameras to phones I asked 'why?' - I have to ask it again - because clearly these kids are trying to find reasons to use a camera which they have no real use for and otherwise wouldn't have with them.

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Hopefully (should it ever happen to me) they'll video the hefty kick in the nuts they'll get too.

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they added cameras to phones because they new that there would be geeks out there that would buy them reghardless of the fact that they produce such poor pictures that they produce. Its a way of making perfectly good phones redundant by adding a new feature that people just have to have.

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I had a random punch a few weeks back.

I didn't see who did it or if any pictures/videos were taken. I have to say if I had seen who did it the red mist would have come down.

Seeing most of the little ******* in Glasgow seem to carry knives or something similar its probably a good thing I didn't see them.

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Hmm, anyone who tried this on me might find themselves at the local cop shop rather pronto with me pressing for charges of assault or public order offences.

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Just a new twist to the old crime of mugging and a rite of passage into a gang...

Trouble is now everyone will think EVERY teenager is doing this. :(

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what the hell, is todays youth on LSD or something, I would bloody batter them and see how they like it.

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Apparently you are right there Coggy

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the Native American concept of 'counting coup' on rivals refers, also, I think.

The difference being that 'counting coup' was a way of expressing superiority without doing harm, like tag rugby - I share the concern that a minority will escalate this to another level, unprovoked attacks, even without a robbery motive, are already common.....

I admire your forbearance, after what happened to your husband the other night, Incog, and you are right - not all teenagers are bad, by any means, but I do feel the ones who are, are getting worse...

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in your opinion :dozey: , i dont suppose you would like to contribute more to it than just agreeing with someone would you ;)

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Sure, not ALL of todays youth or taking LSD and not ALL of the youth are slap happy :rolleyes:

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ahhhhhhhhh good , i was just wondering if you had a voice of your own or you were just a yes man ;)

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i just prefer not to waffle, and as coggy made a good point why say it again :p:

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Errm i have a camera phone, though i dont use the camera for whats clearly being described, but i agree on the whole it is totally stupid.

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:confused:

There is nothing wrong with agreeing with someone else.

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I agree.

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I have seen a couple of colleagues watching these on thier phones and they find it hilarious [edit] (I do not find it funny in the slightest)

I do wonder how much they would laugh if they were a victim though.

They would probably think that thier world had come to an end.

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Could be it's an extension of those home video clip programs. Sometimes they show clips of people really getting hurt, and the audience just laugh.
It's so dumb.

Maybe if they showed the hurt following the 'hilarious' clip they'd see it differently.

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Maybe.

I have quite often watch those shows and laughed, only to think later, jeez that must of smarted!