Nah Mr. Bench, it seems youre the catcher. Me and Flagpole are both pitchers, but from what I know of Johnny Bench is that he always loved to catch.
But sweet though, a gay joke. I have gotten laid by more good looking women this month than you will in your lifetime. You don't need to believe it, I don't really care, but of all the very sexually satisfied people I've known none of them have ever been spiteful douches. Sorry.
This has been a big problem for us in the UK for some time. Happens a lot in schools. Kids bullying other kids. Punching and slapping and kicking whilst recording it on their mobile phones. I think It led to some serious injuries and possibly even deaths. It was quite a serious problem at one point.
Happy slapping is a fad in which an unsuspecting victim is attacked while an accomplice records the assault (commonly with a camera phone or a smartphone). The name can refer to any type of violent assault, not just slapping, even rape and sexual assaults have been classified as 'happy slapping' [citation needed]. Within the UK, where the term is much more used than the US, it is associated with the ned/chav sub-culture.
Happy slapping filming attacks seem to be common in modern bullying, and not unique to happy slapping. The core defining feature of happy slapping is an effort by the attacker to make the assault seem like play [citation needed], though some happy slappers have indulged in extreme violence.
Often those found performing such activities will say they were just "happy slapping", asserting that they were just kidding [citation needed].
Media-reported incidents
By necessity, the incidents are listed by the time of media attention rather than the time of the attacks themselves.
England, UK, December, 2005: The manslaughter of David Morley. A 15 year-old-girl, Chelsea O'Mahoney (initially not named in the media for legal reasons, this later changed at the sentencing to name and shame her.[3]) and her co-defendants Reece Sargeant, 21, Darren Case, 18, and a youth, David Blenman, 17, were all found guilty of the manslaughter of David Morley near Waterloo Station, in London. Barry Lee, 20, and another 17-year-old were cleared of all charges. According to press reports, "The 15-year-old girl had told Morley that she was making a documentary about 'happy slapping' before her gang of friends kicked him to death." [4] [5]
Northern Ireland, UK, 2005: Groups of youths filmed vicious attacks on firecrews. Two were convicted for setting fire to a man during such an incident.
England, UK, 8 June, 2005: A 17-year-old girl was shot with an air rifle and filmed in Wortley area of Leeds.
England, UK, 18 June, 2005: Police arrested three 14-year-old boys for the suspected rape of an 11-year-old girl who attended their school. Authorities were alerted when school staff saw footage from the students' mobile phones.
Denmark, March 2006: Newspapers reported that a 16-year-old girl had been arrested for participating in an episode of "happy slapping". She was standing with a good view of the scene, filming the incident on her mobile phone. Witnesses told the police that the attack looked planned. The attacker is still at large (no serious injuries or deaths have yet been reported as a result of such activity in Denmark).
April 5, 2006: The two attackers were sentenced 6 and 8 months in jail for this attack. The two kids said it was a spur of the moment attack, but the judge did not believe them. He sentenced them using premeditated attack laws, where a non-premeditated attack only carries a 40 day prison sentence.
Denmark, 6 March 2006: Two young boys aged 7 and 10 years old were attacked by older boys, who hit and kicked them. The assailants filmed everything on their mobile phones.
Hungary, 22 March 2006: Six young boys attacked another boy in a classroom by pulling him into a corner, then punching and kicking him. This attack has been filmed on one of the boy's mobile phone two weeks before the report.
Belgium, 24 March 2006: A 15-year-old handicapped boy was beaten up by 10 pupils from the same school.
Belgium, 3 April 2006: The news program Telefacts broadcast a documentary about "happy slapping" in the country. It mentioned two cases: one with a 15-year-old victim, another about a 37-year-old mentally handicapped person who was held hostage for a few days in his house while being beaten and tortured. In the latter case, one of the "gang members" was threatened by the others that if he informed anyone about what was happening, he would become a victim, instead of a participant. Telefacts also mentioned that the imprisoned gang leader still threatens his victim.
France, 24 April 2006: A teacher was beaten up in class by a 18-year-old pupil, because she reproached him for being late. This was recorded by another pupil in the class with his cellphone. The man was arrested and released the following day.
Denmark, May 10 2006: Yet another case was reported in the newspapers.[1] Two men aged 17 and 19 attacked a woman in Copenhagen, one kicking the victim while the other filmed the incident using a mobile phone. Two plain clothes police officers saw the whole incident, and the assailants were immediately arrested and the mobile phone confiscated.
Slovakia, September 1 2006: A 54-year-old homeless man was beaten to death by pair of 24-year-old and 17-year-old boys. Attackers filmed his dead body on a videocamera.
Sweden, September 1 2006: After a 16-year-old African boy hospitalizes a 15-year-old Balkanese boy in the city of Örebro, the latter's 17-year-old sister stabs and kills the former with a hunting knife and claims self-defense. The killing is filmed and distributed online. [6][7]
stormin wrote:
Two plain clothes police officers saw the whole incident, and the assailants were immediately arrested and the mobile phone confiscated.
That'll teach 'em.
Real tough guys...it took eight of them? Just imagine if they encountered a Taikido or Akido practitioner who kicked all eight of their collective asses?
Next time use a rock, a broken bottle, a club anything...let this new generation of little s*its know they will pay a price.
I won a faceoff with two little scuz who aimed a truck at me on a back road once: they both smirked as they were aiming at me. I had time to find a a nearby rock, picked it up and hollered "How bad do you want it?"
They swerved, those smirks vanished quickly and I never saw that truck again either.
I am tired of hearing about s*it like this. Time a few of us took our collective pound of flesh back. You'd be surprised how these tough clowns in the safety of their vehicles get all panicky if you jump ON the vehicle screaming at them and acting totally psycho.
Advise to all: if you can, rip off one of the windshield wipers and get the plate number, find a nearby house or payphone and report it ASAP.
If it's a nice shiny car, mark it with rock, brick or something.
Damn I'm getting angry reading about this.
Two female runner friends of mine were harassed by some a*sholes in trucks, too. Women should NOT wear headphones or IPODS while running. Sadly, it's just not that safe out there these days.
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I live in England and i watched a teenage girl 'happy slap' an old muslim lady, i couldn't do nothing but laugh, but i was only the age of 18 then and even i was shocked and it's supposed to be part of my culture, you lot don't get chav's in America(well i don't think you do) their scumbags that make crap up all the time.
Another example of what chav's get up to, but it is funny and i would of probably done it when i was younger, well now im still young.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-1425122809790019320&q=merry+go+round
That is really disturbing. I am glad you're ok.
I run all over DC and Maryland and it is alarming to know that there are punks like that roaming the streets. The only thing that can cure them is a serious beating.
Please let us know if you ever have an update on this story and I will keep my eyes opens for this Tahoe.
carry pepper spray
How many of you thought that this was about some homosexual hazing ritual?
Man, I hate these kids. I feel bad for you. Too bad you didn't get their plates or something -- keep an eye out in case you see the truck again, and take them and their yuppy parents to court.
I was once out for a run and some teenager started to sing "who wears short shorts" and grab at his crotch as I went by. Something about him just pissed me off, and he was just with other kid, so I spat right on his chest as I ran by. I am not normally very tough or badass or whatever you want to call it, and this was a big deal for me. I dropped it to a sprint thinking they'd come after me, but when I looked back they were just staring. Overreaction? Probably, but it made up for the week before, when kids threw a f***ing slurpee all over me and I didn't do a thing because there were nearly a dozen of them. I wish I could be like that boxer dude in the video, but I'm not, and these swarming things never end well for the swarmee.
Is that like chicken choking or carrot cuffing?
You know I feel bad for you. At the same time though, I did sort of laugh about that. The more I think about it, the funnier it becomes.
Of course I wouldn't feel that way if it happened to someone in my family. Maybe it's just because it reminds me of when I was in school and the crap we used to pull. I like this concept though. I think it's pretty damn funny.
Its pretty stupid really. Wait until the kids get shot and killed at the scene or a victim goes into a school and shoots it up because he has had enough of stupid kids.
this must be exvirginia getting "happy slapped"
scary shit
You "like the concept"of assualting innocent people, often elderly women, and sharing the recording for your own amusement? That's great, man. You're a real gem.
I can see why things like Abu-Gharib don't surprise anyone.
DC Area Runner wrote:
That is really disturbing. I am glad you're ok.
I run all over DC and Maryland and it is alarming to know that there are punks like that roaming the streets. The only thing that can cure them is a serious beating.
Please let us know if you ever have an update on this story and I will keep my eyes opens for this Tahoe.
yeah seriously...what color was it?