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Title: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: TehBorken on Apr 17 06 09:28
 [font style="font-weight: bold;" size="2"]HA HA! Great video.
[/font][hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"][font style="font-weight: bold;" size="5"]Happy slapper . . . . slapped![/font]
By Will Pavia
Victim turned the tables after a youth attacked him while another thug filmed with a mobile phone

A HAPPY slapper's mobile phone recording of an attack took an unexpected twist when his victim retaliated, flooring his assailant with a single punch.

In [a  href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x97VLJBFWuo"]footage that is rapidly gaining cult status[/a], an athletic young man in a white vest is seen plotting the attack on a stranger, filmed on his friend's mobile phone.

The British man, on what appears to be a foreign street beside the entrance to a shopping arcade, addresses the camera and, as if he were preparing to sing on the ITV1 show Stars in Their Eyes, says: "Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be. . .a happy slapper."

The cameraman, also British, can be heard encouraging his friend, saying: "OK, the next person who comes out." In front of the camera the would-be aggressor is getting excited. "Which hand?" he says. "I'll give him both. A double, he's getting a f***ing right slap."

Sufficiently prepared for the assault, he tells his audience: "All right, let's have it."

A passer-by emerges from the shopping arcade: a smaller man, wearing a leather jacket, a bag slung over his shoulder. The happy slapper runs towards him, drawing back one arm to swing and catch the man full in the face.

The victim recoils in pain and drops the bag. He sees his attacker turn and walk back to his friend, who is laughing and still recording the scene.

Incredulous, he screams with rage. He asks his attacker what he was doing. Judging by his accent, he appears to be from Liverpool. The victim then approaches the youth and throws a fierce right-hand jab, punching him on the chin and knocking him unconscious.

The man holding the camera phone shouts his friend's name but carries on filming. The man in black regards his assailant sprawled out on the floor. Then he picks up his bag and storms off, still muttering in anger.

 
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: kitten on Apr 18 06 08:33
Serves the idiot right.  What a ridiculous idea that was!  Apparently "happy-slapping" is the latest fad for morons in the U.K.   The lowest common denominator rears its ugly head again.
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: TehBorken on Apr 18 06 10:01
 kitten wrote:
Serves the idiot right.  What a ridiculous idea that was!  Apparently "happy-slapping" is the latest fad for morons in the U.K.   The lowest common denominator rears its ugly head again.

If they did that here in Seattle they'd be lucky not to get shot.

 
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: Gopher on Apr 18 06 11:09
kitten wrote:
 Serves the idiot right.  What a ridiculous idea that was!  Apparently "happy-slapping" is the latest fad for morons in the U.K.   The lowest common denominator rears its ugly head again.[/DIV]
 [FONT color=#40007f]All sorts of wierd things going on in the U.K. these days - since the beginnig of April everyone over there aged 60 or older gets free bus travel.[/FONT]  
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: tenkani on Apr 18 06 11:13
Sorry, just wanted to be clear. Did the slapper actually slap someone or just draw his hand back?
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: kitten on Apr 18 06 11:15
Free bus rides sound like a good idea, but I read that they are "restructuring" the health plan and closing quite a lot of hospitals.  Sounds like B.C., doesn't it?  
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: Chicklet on Apr 18 06 11:17
Oh he slapped the guy all right.  What a stupid thing to do.  He deserved everything he got.
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: tenkani on Apr 18 06 11:22
Yes he did.

I need glasses I think      (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Sad/11.gif)

Anyway, this kind of thing reminds me of Clockwork Orange.

These little shits need to be rounded up and brainwashed/lobotomized.
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: Chicklet on Apr 18 06 11:23
We are working on it I assure you.  

NEXT!!!
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: Gopher on Apr 18 06 11:23
Chicklet wrote:
Oh he slapped the guy all right.  What a stupid thing to do.  He deserved everything he got.
 [FONT color=#40007f]The sinister thing about this is the way that it's taking off in British schools[/FONT]  
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: Chicklet on Apr 18 06 11:24
I have never heard of it.  Who comes up with this stuff?  The seriously have nothing better to do?  Someone could get seriously hurt.
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: Gopher on Apr 18 06 11:26
Chicklet wrote:
I have never heard of it.  Who comes up with this stuff?  The seriously have nothing better to do?  Someone could get seriously hurt.
 It's not a case of someone COULD get seriously hurt, they actually do
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: Chicklet on Apr 18 06 11:27
Brutal.
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: TehBorken on Apr 18 06 11:30
   Chicklet wrote:
I have never heard of it.  Who comes up with this stuff?  The seriously have nothing better to do?  Someone could get seriously hurt.[/b]

Yeah, like the first dumbass that "happy slaps" me.

   
Title: Re: Happy slapper . . . . slapped!
Post by: tenkani on Apr 18 06 11:33
Makes me want to start carrying a shiv again.

I think being chased with a knife might give one second thoughts about this kind of bullshit.