Happy slapping update

David recently wrote about "happy slapping," the UK-based craze among teenagers of hitting people and then videotaping their reactions. Here's more info on the sad fad by Carlo Longino of TheFeature.

Blogger Alfie Dennen has cobbled some videos he's found together to make the point that these kids are violent criminals (via The Mobile Technology Weblog). It's grim and disgusting footage, showing clips of kids attacking not just their friends, but complete strangers minding their own business (this video depicts scenes of real violence, so skip over it unless you're prepared to be offended).

The most disgusting thing in this video is the wheezy cackle of the cretin who is videotaping his pal kick strangers in the face, knocking them senseless. Link