Friday, April 29, 2005
"Happy Slapping" latest craze for British kids
Everybody has a camera phone now, right? Well, everybody but me, anyway. British teens, and even pre-teens, have found a fun new use for the popular gizmos. It’s known as “Happy Slapping”:
But now there's a disturbing new trend emerging with the way some teens overseas are using these phones to videotape themselves slapping innocent bystanders.
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Indications that "happy-slapping" may be spreading. British transport police investigating 200 incidents in the last six months.
Most, they say, go unreported.
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The attackers then upload the video straight from the phone and onto the web, where there are dozens of images of slap-hapless victims.
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Authorities say the craze was born in the club music scene, before catching on in school playgrounds.
I can see only one way to deal with this strange craze. I’m going to start a fund to send British kids to France for their summer vacation.
But now there's a disturbing new trend emerging with the way some teens overseas are using these phones to videotape themselves slapping innocent bystanders.
***
Indications that "happy-slapping" may be spreading. British transport police investigating 200 incidents in the last six months.
Most, they say, go unreported.
***
The attackers then upload the video straight from the phone and onto the web, where there are dozens of images of slap-hapless victims.
***
Authorities say the craze was born in the club music scene, before catching on in school playgrounds.
I can see only one way to deal with this strange craze. I’m going to start a fund to send British kids to France for their summer vacation.
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