Happy Slapping

[natalie_1982]

Did anyone watch this on Trevor McDonald last night?  I'd never heard of the 'craze' before and actually felt sick, angry and frightened by the end of the programme. 

However, I can't help feeling that, for someone like me living on a pretty rough Council Estate having never heard of it, by showing what they did last night it will encourage people to try it that have never seen / heard of it before.

[MunkeyBoy]

I had actually seen clips of this on my friends mobile phones (not from what they had actually done but they downloaded from the interent). When I saw them I felt sick, these people are sick, evil people and should be  punished for this horrible crime. What relly worried me after seeing the programe was the pure evil in these kids eyes, you could see and hear the enjoyment they were getting. What happens when they want to go to the next level, will they actually go as far as to kill someone for kicks? I think the programme should have found these kids parents and asked them what they thought of it.

If it makes anyone feel any better being a young person myself this is not the sort of things that happen regulary, I've never heard anyone mention it. I think  these are very rare cases and are only commited by evil, childish thugs. I truely believe what goes around comes around so I think they should be very scared.

I just hope one day they come and "happy slap" me, having trained in kung fu for over seven years I would gladly "happy slap (followed by neck breaking chop)" them back into reality.

God now im angry, one day their time will come mark my words. Like I say what goes around comes around.

[catra1]

i'm afraid I agree that the media may well be encouraging this behaviour inadvertently