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Dodge7



Joined: 21 Oct 2011

PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:17 am    Post subject: "You See These Rocks" Brother Now in the News Reply with quote

You dont see this too much on Korean subway platforms, do you?

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Teen-Punching-Man-at-CTA-Stop-Caught-on-Tape-133703583.html?dr
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Skipperoo



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Absolute scum.
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Zyzyfer



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pretty sure the cases were different.

edit: deleted dumb comment
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english puppet



Joined: 04 Nov 2011

PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Skipperoo wrote:
Absolute scum.


Completely agree. I'd like to think someone dropped a dime on the a-hole.

Did anyone ever hear what did happen to the African-American guy in Korea who was threatening the older Korean?

Maybe the guy just headed to the airport and that was it?
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Died By Bear



Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee

PostPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

english puppet wrote:

Did anyone ever hear what did happen to the African-American guy in Korea who was threatening the older Korean? Maybe the guy just headed to the airport and that was it?



Maybe he is one of us
Or just a stranger on a bus
Trying to make his way home
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english puppet



Joined: 04 Nov 2011

PostPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Died By Bear wrote:
english puppet wrote:

Did anyone ever hear what did happen to the African-American guy in Korea who was threatening the older Korean? Maybe the guy just headed to the airport and that was it?



Maybe he is one of us
Or just a stranger on a bus
Trying to make his way home


You may be right. Maybe nothing happened outside of the youtube world.

I'd be curious to talk with the guy. Who knows, there may be more to the story?
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Triban



Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station

PostPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

english puppet wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
english puppet wrote:

Did anyone ever hear what did happen to the African-American guy in Korea who was threatening the older Korean? Maybe the guy just headed to the airport and that was it?



Maybe he is one of us
Or just a stranger on a bus
Trying to make his way home


You may be right. Maybe nothing happened outside of the youtube world.

I'd be curious to talk with the guy. Who knows, there may be more to the story?


Woooooossshhhh.
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Died By Bear



Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee

PostPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Triban wrote:
english puppet wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
english puppet wrote:

Did anyone ever hear what did happen to the African-American guy in Korea who was threatening the older Korean? Maybe the guy just headed to the airport and that was it?



Maybe he is one of us
Or just a stranger on a bus
Trying to make his way home


You may be right. Maybe nothing happened outside of the youtube world.

I'd be curious to talk with the guy. Who knows, there may be more to the story?


Woooooossshhhh.



You had to point that out? Razz
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Adventurer



Joined: 28 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is rather disgusting. Look, I have to be honest, a lot of African youths in the ghetto have no sense of morality and of what is right and wrong. I am not referring to the majority in those areas. It is not a majority of the folks that are like this, but there's a very serious problem. They choose victims because they think it's fun. Even if I were a very powerful guy who could beat the majority of people out there, I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't that on my conscience and have that karma.


I hope that the teenager who did this regrets this for a long, long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNGKISmGOw&feature=related

This explains what happened. It's part of a game. They choose a victim and then punch him, so this could happen to you or me. It's a cowardly thing to do because the person's not going to expect the punch, and someone could die from this, especially if the person's old. If that old guy was instead a huge African American male, he wouldn't have dared do that.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-gXSNT_SCg&feature=related
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Julius



Joined: 27 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The main problem is the legal system which punishes good people and rewards criminals.


One thing you have in common with the bus incident and the subway assault is that everyone is too scared to get involved.
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Adventurer



Joined: 28 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Julius wrote:
The main problem is the legal system which punishes good people and rewards criminals.


One thing you have in common with the bus incident and the subway assault is that everyone is too scared to get involved.


In the Korean incident, they were scared. That part is quite possibly true. However, in this case that young male who hit the older African American male was laughing with his friends. None of them chastised him for hitting an old man. Imagine if that young man becomes old one day and is sucker punched. The old man was once young, and he might have been strong back in the day. He picked on an old guy, and he thought it was funny to punch him and so did his friends. It's rather sad to say that.


There is a game some guys from the hood play to where they choose a victim, and they tell their friends who they're gonna hit. He was chosen. They knew he was going to hit the old man. Did they say anything to him, so that he wouldn't hit an old man? No.
I believe in karma, and what they did was very cruel.
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The Floating World



Joined: 01 Oct 2011
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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This explains what happened. It's part of a game. They choose a victim and then punch him, so this could happen to you or me. It's a cowardly thing to do because the person's not going to expect the punch, and someone could die from this, especially if the person's old. If that old guy was instead a huge African American male, he wouldn't have dared do that.


There is a simmilar phenomenon in the UK called 'Happy Slapping.'

A group of youths walk the streets and their aim is to walk up to and slap accros the face, a total stranger whilst their friends video it on their handphones.

You can youtube search it.

I like to see ones where the intended victim fights back.
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ajosshi



Joined: 17 Jan 2011
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Floating World wrote:
Quote:
This explains what happened. It's part of a game. They choose a victim and then punch him, so this could happen to you or me. It's a cowardly thing to do because the person's not going to expect the punch, and someone could die from this, especially if the person's old. If that old guy was instead a huge African American male, he wouldn't have dared do that.


There is a simmilar phenomenon in the UK called 'Happy Slapping.'

A group of youths walk the streets and their aim is to walk up to and slap accros the face, a total stranger whilst their friends video it on their handphones.

You can youtube search it.

I like to see ones where the intended victim fights back.


It's popular in the States, too, but they do the slapping with a razor. It's called a buck 50. Basically, thugs roam around and find an innocent and docile victim, then slash their face with a razor, with the goal of giving the victim 150 stitches. Really sick!
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Julius



Joined: 27 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ajosshi wrote:
It's popular in the States, too, but they do the slapping with a razor. It's called a buck 50. Basically, thugs roam around and find an innocent and docile victim, then slash their face with a razor, with the goal of giving the victim 150 stitches. Really sick!


...And this is quite commonplace??

"people" who do that should be hunted down and shot where they stand.
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Leon



Joined: 31 May 2010

PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Julius wrote:
ajosshi wrote:
It's popular in the States, too, but they do the slapping with a razor. It's called a buck 50. Basically, thugs roam around and find an innocent and docile victim, then slash their face with a razor, with the goal of giving the victim 150 stitches. Really sick!


...And this is quite commonplace??

"people" who do that should be hunted down and shot where they stand.


http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/buckfifty.asp
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