I’ve written before about Happy Slapping here and here. Basically, it’s the practice of slapping an unsuspecting person hard, while their friends (can people like this have friends?) film the action and reaction on their video phones.
The videos are then shared over the web and passed from phone to phone by Bluetooth.
Firstly, it sounds like it’s a bit of an urban myth, exaggerated by the media, including bloggers. Some have accused me of making this up.
Secondly, it actually sounds like little harmless, if high-spirited, fun. I’m sure everyone’s youth had a few semi-violent incidents and we grew up OK.
Blogger, Alfie Dennen, has done some great investigation and put together and put together a video of some of the clips (via Textually) that are doing the rounds.
You can view the video here.
BUT before you do, I have to say that it’s very nasty and features raw criminal violence. While it starts off with prankish slapping, it deteriorates very quickly into acts of blatant criminal violence. I only bothered watching a few minutes, before I felt compelled to switch off. It’s grim, it’s not funny and I hope these kids are sent to gaol.
However, it is another incident of a blogger making the news.
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