What is going on?

[Loosehead]

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1206125,00.html

I wish the press would stop using this awful "happy slap" term

Are we just degenerating when vermin like this are roaming the streets? Are we just powerless to stop it? please someone reassure me are we doomed as a society? Are the kids so totally devoid of any feelings, compassion, respect?

[gary baldy]

This is getting silly - i agree with loosehead twice in one day!
Like you say - Vermin! I remember the papers tried to stop using the term 'joyrider' a few years ago cos there is no joy in loosing family members to a brainless 12 year old jumping a red light in a twoc-ed car.
I'm pretty much against state sponsored violence but i'm all for public humiliation. Get these scum- strip them naked - parade them through the streets and get everyone to film them on their phones! 'Happy slap" that you morons!

[Loosehead]

Gary, Gary, what's happenning? agreeing twice in one day! great stuff, shall we go for the hatrick?

[Englishbird]

It make's me feel slightly sick. Why can't the government ban something useful like banning stupid people from breeding? To a certain extent I do hold with the saying 'give me a boy until he is 7 and I'll show you the man'. I think something has to be targeted at the up n coming generations to try and 'stamp' this out for want of a better phrase. The kids that do this sort of thing have no fear, their not scared of authority, parents, the law, police - nada. We need to find a way to scare them again.

[LazyGun]

I blame Tango personally ;)

[shaneystar2]

What annoys me is some of them "cannot be named for legal reasons". Name them and shame them and their families.

[jgs]

How can someone kicking a persons head like a football until he dies not be done for murder? They need putting down.

[metagirl]

i read that today! how terrible....I agree with you Loosehead, the media and govt. should not use this "happy slapping" term - it makes criminal behaviour sound like a cool trend! And what do kids like to follow - cool trends!

I'm appalled at how little respect the police and judicial system is requiring juveniles to have for authority. Kids will always try to get away with extreme behaviour, but we should not allow them to! Instead of getting a warning or "slap" on the wrist or a paper with ASBO written on it, they should be punished or "reformed" in some way. Maybe Tony Blair should enlist the services of Supper Nanny? It worked for Ruth Kelly and Jamie Oliver.