What is ‘HAPPY SLAPPING’?

These days I would not use the words, childhood and innocence together. Everyday, I read the papers and find some new kid being a victim of the “Happy Slapping” craze. The most recent appaling story I came across was a year 8 student tied up against a tree using masking tape and then set on fire by some year 10 students. I do not understand why acts like this provide amusement to kids today. It is just so evil, sick and twisted. I believe that the idea of having fun these days as kids has changed. Kids today simply want to grow up fast and become adults. These days your cool status within peers is marked against whether you have the latest gadget!What happened to the good old days when as kids simple pleasures such as going biking or play in the mud or pretend to be pirates, just generally have a laugh would give amusement? I feel the media has does have a heavy role with influencing kids hwo to behavethese days. Kids are bombarded with voilent images everyday. About majority of playstation games are all related to gory blood spilling violence. There is the internet even movies. And programmes such as JackAss are all promoting that bit of voilence can be cool and funny. For example, stapling your hand tot he table! I have to admit I do watch Jack Ass sometimes and find myself laughing, but, being 21 I know they are stupid prats and I wouldn’t replicate their stupid stunts. However in the eyes of 13 yr olds they are being disillusioned thinking what they see is what all adults might regard as funny or cool, and naturally want to mimic it. Question now is what do we do? How do we prevent kids from carrying out evil nasty acts of “fun”? Persoanlly I believe the root of the problem lies with the parents. I definitly know that here in the UK that parents are somewhat loosing control on their kids from an early age. All ready we have many reality tv shows for parents who cannot even control their little toddlers. Little 4 year olds kids swearing the “F” word to them. Both mums and dads have full time 9-5pm jobs. They come home tired and not wanting any further stress let their kids do as they please. Naturally when the kids do not get their way they cause chaos. Now if the parents are angry shouting and swearing it is obvious that this part of their persoanlity will rub off on their children. Hence, the children will take this side of aggresion to the playground, stunt liek happy slapping take place. Parents need to be a bit more strict and more of an active role in their kids lives. Make sure what they see and do not see etc. Not to be afraid of taking control and show who exactly is boss. But this should be done by clever means- i.e. not always by screaming and shouting.
Anyways, I maybe totally wrong in the way I think but have viewed my opnions.

I was involed in a icident of happy slapping i got away but my freind died off a bassball bat

I am studying this so called ‘fun’ sport of happy slapping in year 13 at the momonet and i find it utterly ridiculous that this is the sort of behaviour that young people today have to resort to to amuse themselves. if the government paid more attention and put more money into entertainment and activities for today’s youth then maybe such violent and wicked attacks as we have seen recently will no longer occur! Tony Blair needs to get his act toghether!