Happy Slapping

Happy slapping became a feature of the news recently. This generally involves youths, in a group picking on a single person, but instead of it just being verbal bullying, they actually hit the person they are picking on. The offender does this whilst his/her friends film. Some of these films were posted on the internet on websites like youtube, they are now banned. Many things could be blamed for youths doing this, video games, films etc. But the truth is they can think for themselves and they are just warped individuals who do it for a laugh and get a kick out of it.

Emily Nakanda (pictured above) was an x factor contestant in 2007. She was loaded with talent and a possible winner of the show, but she was forced to leave because it came to light that she had been involved in happy slapping another girl. This video was posted on the internet while she was on x factor.

This could just be a phase that teenagers go through, a lot of people when they are young like to think they are tough and act big in front of their friends. This doesn't just apply with happy slapping, but with smoking and drinking too. How somebody can find happy slapping amusing is unbelivable but it happens.

There are so many awful happy slapping stories, it doesn't always result in just injuries but it can lead to death as this story shows. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2906113/Happy-slap-killer-out-after-4-years.html

This has probably happened for years, in effect it is bullying, which has always happened. The invention of mobile phones and the internet are just bringing more incidents like happy slapping into the light.