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Originally posted by Mclaneinc
I'm sorry but the people saying this is nothing new are not as correct as they think, yes you had stupid gangs that would pick on people but the level of violence and the willingness to use it is numerous times what it used to be, now the kids will stamp on the head and carry on the attack far longer.
There's also the willingness to use deadly weapons without a thought, I've known people on my estate stabbed for bumping in to a person in a shop or simply for looking at a member of a gang.
The group thug mentality is now must more vicious and fearless, if they want food they just flash mob a shop, if a shop owner gets in their way they stab or shoot him.
It was NEVER like that in my day..
Originally posted by superman2012
I love the young people of today. Not only do they need gangs to be tough, but they have to hit an old man and then run away. These kids are cowards, pure and simple.
ETA: I am not violent and do not believe in corporal punishment, but, if these were my kids, they would get their asses beat.edit on 5-10-2012 by superman2012 because: (no reason given)
Cases involving teens playing knockout come to light when extremely serious consequences result. In one such case, in 1992, three teens were charged with assaulting an MIT student while he and a friend were walking near campus. Prosecutors said that one of the teens stabbed the student through the heart, killing him.[2] In another case, a St. Louis, Missouri teenager and his friends allegedly attacked a couple as they were walking home from the market. After one of the teens struck the man, he hit his head on the ground and ultimately died in the hospital.[3]
Originally posted by Mclaneinc
I'm sorry but the people saying this is nothing new are not as correct as they think, yes you had stupid gangs that would pick on people but the level of violence and the willingness to use it is numerous times what it used to be, now the kids will stamp on the head and carry on the attack far longer.
There's also the willingness to use deadly weapons without a thought, I've known people on my estate stabbed for bumping in to a person in a shop or simply for looking at a member of a gang.
The group thug mentality is now must more vicious and fearless, if they want food they just flash mob a shop, if a shop owner gets in their way they stab or shoot him.
It was NEVER like that in my day..
Originally posted by chaztekno
Come and smack me chumps and ill knock you into next week, kids like you make me sick. If i saw that happen i would chase and personally batter the youths involved, does that make me as bad as them? maybe, but this is un acceptable.
Originally posted by ItCameFromOuterSpace
reply to post by nvprose1
When the parents are only 5 years older than the kid, its obvious they have no direction or frame of reference in life to offer their offspring. Mandatory birth control, I tell ya!
Originally posted by clay2 baraka
Originally posted by ItCameFromOuterSpace
reply to post by nvprose1
When the parents are only 5 years older than the kid, its obvious they have no direction or frame of reference in life to offer their offspring. Mandatory birth control, I tell ya!
Holy racist comment, Batman!
Originally posted by kimish
Like some other posters stated, The majority of the problem is related to parenting, or lack there of. The parents don't care. Plain and simple.