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happyslapping

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:05 am
by rep
http://news.yahoo.com/s/chitribts/20050 ... dfearanger

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.

Groups of teenagers approach an unsuspecting person and begin punching and kicking him or her while capturing it all on their mobile camera phones. The images are later uploaded and shared on the Internet.

The victims can be young or old, male or female. Bus stops, tube stations and parks are considered prime venues. In most cases, the injuries are minor. But on Saturday, British newspapers reported that an 11-year-old London girl had been raped by a gang of happy slappers, and Scotland Yard confirmed that three 14-year-old boys had been arrested.

The craze apparently started in London late last year but has spread across the country. British Transport Police say they have investigated about 200 attacks in London alone since the beginning of the year, but they acknowledge that most go unreported.

Happy slapping is the latest manifestation of what Britons call "yob culture." The word "yob" dates to the 19th Century--it likely derives from "boy" spelled backward--and it denotes a kind of loutish, anti-social behavior associated with working-class youth in Britain's urban centers. The British soccer hooligan is the quintessential yob.

"I happyslap people," explained "Huni bo" from Sleaford on a popular yob blog. "I dnt see nowt wrong wit it tho, ima good person! Its well funni tho!!"

What a cretin! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:08 am
by Massive Quasars
"But on Saturday, British newspapers reported that an 11-year-old London girl had been raped by a gang of happy slappers, and Scotland Yard confirmed that three 14-year-old boys had been arrested."

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:14 am
by eepberries
I hope they hit a gangstaaaaa someday.

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:17 am
by Massive Quasars
Ah, didn't notice rep had already quoted that section.

Pretty disturbing.

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:21 am
by phantasmagoria
It's not happened to anyone i know yet, it's mainly a southern thing among younger kids, but it's still a fucking disgrace to our already declining culture

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:46 am
by Grudge
Image

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:17 am
by Ryoki
Well well wellywelly well

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:59 am
by seremtan
I blame Thatcher.

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:09 am
by mik0rs
"So I deserve a beatin yeh?" replied Huni bo. "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!"
Never mind happy slapping, if that's a legit person posting that then they should have their fucking skull smashed in with a keyboard.

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:52 am
by r3t
What's with the awful spelling? Are those guys retarded or something?

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:55 am
by Dave
This would be a good thread for juggernaut to post his signature

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:00 am
by Eraser
wtf? proper deep? :icon27:

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:10 am
by r3t
Eraser wrote:
wtf? proper deep? :icon27:
Their use of language actually repulses me. :puke:

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:11 am
by 4days
r3t wrote:What's with the awful spelling? Are those guys retarded or something?
it's a dual-purpose chav variant on leet speak - partly designed to show that the writer is a member of street culture and hasn't 'sold out' by taking a step up off of the first rung on the intellectual ladder - and partly to disguise the fact that they've barely got one foot on that first rung.

there's a thing in the news here about some little chav pricks getting battered into comas by a gang of asians. their parents are trying to say that it was racially motivated, rather than facing up to the reality that their feculent spawn go out looking for fights they're sure to win and sometimes get it wrong.

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:13 am
by Eraser
4days wrote:
r3t wrote:What's with the awful spelling? Are those guys retarded or something?
it's a dual-purpose chav variant on leet speak - partly designed to show that the writer is a member of street culture and hasn't 'sold out' by taking a step up off of the first rung on the intellectual ladder - and partly to disguise the fact that they've barely got one foot on that first rung.
:lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:14 am
by mik0rs
4days wrote: there's a thing in the news here about some little chav pricks getting battered into comas by a gang of asians. their parents are trying to say that it was racially motivated, rather than facing up to the reality that their feculent spawn go out looking for fights they're sure to win and sometimes get it wrong.
It was probably racially motivated on the little chav cunts side. 99% of those would have been deserved kickings no doubt.

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:15 am
by Eraser
speaking of chav...
Image

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:23 am
by phantasmagoria
:(

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:24 am
by horton
id happy slap rep with a claw hammer

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:28 am
by mik0rs
Eraser wrote:speaking of chav...
Image
Tell me that's fucking photoshopped. WHO THE FUCK THINKS BROWN TARTAN LOOKS GOOD?

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 1:06 pm
by Uaintseenme
A CHAV MAYBE?

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 1:14 pm
by Dave
This English friend of mine was in the states when the whole Chav craze started and thanks to you guys, I ended up teaching her about it

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:06 pm
by Dave
I guess she's led a sheltered life... Besides, whether chav's are new fad in Britain or not is irrelevant since they've just recently become globally exported as an internet craze.

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:14 pm
by PhoeniX
The whole chav awareness thing has got out of hand really, their just townies like have been around for years but suddenly everyones talking about them.

That said and done, they still want battering. Seriously, Britains going to be fucked in a few years if these people continue raping income systems and not bothering with education.

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:17 pm
by Dave
Too bad you can't send them away to colonize the new world like you did back in the day with the puritans