re: #429 iossarian

I think the “flash mob” angle makes it interesting as a social development. If these are people who don’t necessarily know each other but spontaneously decide to get together and beat other people up, I’d say that’s a different phenomenon from a brawl at a block party, and worth reporting.

They had a spate of “happy slapping” incidents a few years ago in the UK, where (mostly white) teenagers would gang up and randomly attack adults, often chronicling the attack with their cell phones. Again, worth reporting as a new development in the wonderful human condition.

I blame Japan.

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