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http//www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/article/0,2763,1470214,00.html

"Concern over rise of 'happy slapping' crazeFad of filming violent attacks on mobile phones spreads.

In one video clip, labelled Bitch Slap, a youth approaches a woman at a bus stop and punches her in the face. In another, Knockout Punch, a group of boys wearing uniforms are shown leading another boy across an unidentified school playground before flooring him with a single blow to the head. In a third, Bank Job, a teenager is seen assaulting a hole-in-the-wall customer while another youth grabs the money he has just withdrawn from the cash machine.

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. According to police and anti-bullying organisations, the fad, which began as a craze on the UK garage music scene before catching on in school playgrounds across the capital last autumn, is now a nationwide phenomenon."



I must confess I was entirely unaware of this. The very idea of a group of people lightly assaulting "normans" while filming it for the web is really odd. Has anyone else heard of this?

Old news this, am sure there is a thread on this in the archive. Anyway....couldn't believe it when I first heard of it, I guess it just brings something new to mugging, having your pic taken whilst you are down roll

This has been going on for some time now bungle [at least the past 12 months].

some have been particularly nasty, including the "filming" of rapes and stabbings...

They need birching in front of the local town hall.

:evil: Are you serious? this is a trend? Jeez....

nope.

Not sure why not, though -although it's the first I've heard of it, sadly I'm not overly suprised. Disgusted, yes, surprised, no.

I'm sure we did discuss this a few months back.

Doubt it will catch on here - someone in a gunlaw-friendly state will draw their concealed weapon and shoot the "not-so-happy-slapper" in the back as they run away.

Several of us agreed that the Scotland most Violent report was crap. Hmmmm o

hmmm slipped by me then ...not that that's not unheard of..... couldn't find the thread though.... but there's a first time for everything.... :lol:

too true. But then maybe it will catch on with a fatal twist as the happy slappers use their own firearms....

Stange, potentially, this footage could be used as evidence against them.

I guess prilgrim saw it then

I remember it coming up before, too. It was just before my trip to the UK in May - while I was there there was a newspaper story about a woman who had jsut completed cancer treatment and still very fragile who was punched in the kidneys by some so-called "happy slappers" while waiting for a bus.

I remember commenting that the UK was beginning to sound like a scary place. (

I already deferred to Pilgrim's greater knowledge. What is it with this childish necessity to keep going? You feel owed an apology? You think you're trying to make me look stupid? Guess what? I don't need help with that! Or you just feel the need to have the last word? In which case, be my guest, then please get the funk back on topic.

Here you go .....Glaswegians last word on the topic of how much smarter he is:

(what's the betting he finds the missing apostrophe that I can't be arsed to go back and correct?) roll

Monster....don't know why you feel the need to act like this towards me, especially when have offered an olive branch to you in the past. Life is too short eh

Is the above a form of cyber slapping then? lol lol