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Rich 07-14-2005 10:25 AM

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Surely they could just take off their hoodies or caps before they enter Bluewater? That's if they were entering for kosher reasons.

Exactly, I agree. It's no problem to take them off if you've got nothing to hide.

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Out of intrigue, Dino. Are you Codek?

Oh dear. I smell trouble.

Dino 07-14-2005 01:29 PM

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Surely they could just take off their hoodies or caps before they enter Bluewater? That's if they were entering for kosher reasons.

'Muslim terrorists wear turbans'

There's a generalisation that can go straight to the 'Generalising...' topic.

Out of intrigue, Dino. Are you Codek?

"Muslim terrorists wear turbans" isn't a generalisation you arse, it's a fact. They have to because it's part of their religion, which they abide to, they're highly religious even in war since they consider their "terrorism" to be a jihad. And by Muslim terrorists I mean, terrorists of Muslim dissent, not "all muslims are terrorists". If you gave even a gram of effort to reading my damn post you'd know what I was on about.

And no, I'm not Codek. Haven't you seen my photos? What do you think I pulled those out of my brown eye? I haven't seen you posting any photos Jacob... so how do I know that you're who you say you are? You might just be... wait...

Goddamnit I thought I had something for a minute there. >_<

Teal 07-14-2005 02:13 PM

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Bluewaters don't need to ban hoodies and baseball caps. They aren't intimidating - the only reason that anyone is scared of teenagers who wear their hoods up is because the news media has been fearmongering to make teenagers lives more difficult than they already are.

Although I agree with you that it was a bit of a pointless gesture in banning hoodies outright, and I was mostly playing Devil's advocate, I'd argue the idea that "teens in hoodies don't look intimidating". Sure, a lot don't - but banning intimidating-looking-teens-in-hoodies sounds a bit... unworkable. One person's major terrifying threat is another person's schoolfriend looking cool.

I'm a young single female, and a lot of kids/early teens that live round my way seem to go out of their way to look like they'd jump you as soon as look at you - I'm fully aware that it's mostly newshound scaremongering, but the fact is that in recent weeks gangs of youths (like those Bluewater have banned) HAVE caused peoples' deaths, and it does make you think twice about standing on a platform at an unmanned train-station with a gang of jeering teenagers down the platform throwing glass bottles on the track. They're probably no threat whatsoever, they're probably discussing school and shopping and computer games - hell, they might be discussing azaleas for all I know - but the fact is I DON'T know that - for all *I* know they might be sizing me up and about to try and nick my handbag. Human nature to over-react and fear the unknown, and all that?

...and I'd argue that teens lives are so "oh GOD SO HARD *angstangst*!" but then I don't know much about you and I don't want to generalise. ;)

And can't people leave the whole Dino/Codek thing alone, now? *geesh*

Jacob 07-14-2005 02:55 PM

'"Muslim terrorists wear turbans" isn't a generalisation you arse, it's a fact'

Oh God yeh, i completely forgot that in the CCTV footage of one of the London bombers he was actually wearing a Turban(!) Crazy!

'Haven't you seen my photos?'

I could post a picturegraph of a Phallus wearing a tophat. It doesn't mean i'm a Phallus wearing a tophat.

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'And can't people leave the whole Dino/Codek thing alone, now? *geesh*'

As far as i am aware, i've been the first to mention it.

Dino 07-15-2005 01:55 AM

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'"Muslim terrorists wear turbans" isn't a generalisation you arse, it's a fact'

Oh God yeh, i completely forgot that in the CCTV footage of one of the London bombers he was actually wearing a Turban(!) Crazy!

YES some of them don't, it's a moot point. My point is that some of them DO and that has lead to some ignorant people being intimidated by people who wear turbans and traditional islamic dress.

I could use the same thing back at you by saying that some teenagers don't wear hoodies OR baseball caps when committing crimes... it flattens neither your point nor mine.

The question is, should we ban turbans because a few terrorists have worn turbans? Should we ban anyone who looks like osama bin-laden because they have a beard AND a turban? People are intimidated by them, so surely by the same logic as the hoody thing we should ban them?

Rich 07-15-2005 02:09 AM

It's popular chav culture to steal. Plus, theres a higher ratio of theiving twats to terrorists.

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The question is, should we ban turbans because a few terrorists have worn turbans? Should we ban anyone who looks like osama bin-laden because they have a beard AND a turban? People are intimidated by them, so surely by the same logic as the hoody thing we should ban them?

No, because it doesn't cause as much fear as the hoody thing. Probably because the hoodies have been hyped by the media, but still, I'd fear a bunch of leering chavs with the clothing Jacob described over some 20 year old man with a beard and turban minding his own business.

And no, I'm not scared of chavs because of the media. I was scared long before the media hyped it. When I'd go outside in my Green Day hoody and baggies years and years ago, I'd know to try and avoid these guys wearing Nike caps and trackies as they would hassle me and threaten me.

Not so much now, I'm getting better. In the street next to mine there is a 'muslim' family. All their children are chavs and part of the local 'kru'. One has a girlfriend with which he often has underage sex. He steals, smokes, swears loudly, intimidates people. His brother stole my friends phone and ipod in broad daylight, threatened him with a knife and also smoked and ****ed underage. When I tell them they are stupid low life chavs, they say "It's cuz I iz a muzlim, innit?" When judging from behaviour, hoqw could they possibly call themselves muslims?

If banning hoodies keeps these scum out of shops, I'm all for it.

Dino 07-15-2005 02:17 AM

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No, because it doesn't cause as much fear as the hoody thing. Probably because the hoodies have been hyped by the media

That's an interesting conclusion...

Do you not think that terrorism has been hyped up by the media more than chavs wearing their hoods up? I'd say that it has...

I'd say that people are more frightened of terrorists than they are of chavs. Yes there is the fact that you can look at a chav and be intimidated more easily than you can look at a muslim and be intimidated, simply because they're more widespread... but if you live in an area where there is a muslim/islamic community then I'd say it's probably MORE scary if you have that irrational fear that they are all terrorists.

Rich 07-15-2005 02:25 AM

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Do you not think that terrorism has been hyped up by the media more than chavs wearing their hoods up? I'd say that it has...

Maybe. But the chav thing is more immediate and applies better to situation of going to the local shop. It depends on who, or where you are.
There are some places where the terrorists would never bomb, such as my local chippy. But the chavs congregate there like flies gather round shit. So the old lady is going to feel more frightened of chavs when she goes for some chips, not the muslim bloke who owns the shop.

See what I mean?

Jacob 07-15-2005 03:49 AM

From what my friends have said, quite a few of us don't give a bothered about the potential terrorist thing. I, for one, don't actually feel any fear when walking past a group of men who look like they're going to a Harry Potter convention (Professor Quirell, anyone?) or a group of women who're trying to prevent invoking their Hayfever allergies.

When walking past the Lower denzients, however, i will speed up and if i can, cross to the otherside of the road. I'd say up until the London attack, quite a few people were rather blase about the whole terrorist issue, purely 'cos of the sceptism around it. However, i'd say some of the older generations were quite blase about the Chav issue, purely because they don't seem to understand how vile and cretinous these scum-dwelling c*nts are.

Though saying that, there have been two moments in the past year where i've been quite relieved that Chavs are around today. These moments were resolved in violence/intimidation. So, i've decided that when i become the ruler of England all people with bad attitudes to life with no respect for anybody WILL be castrated temporarily (with it becoming permanent if they don't change their stylee-o), HOWEVER, some will then be recruited as members of the 'Red Hounds'.

Every memorable Leader has some form of secret group.

Yeh.

Rich 07-15-2005 04:01 AM

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However, i'd say some of the older generations were quite blase about the Chav issue, purely because they don't seem to understand how vile and cretinous these scum-dwelling c*nts are.

That greatly annoys me. My dad thinks it's like mods and rockers, with both sides being as violent as each other. He doesn't understand when I tell him that everyone except the chavs just want to get on with their lives and live peacefully. He doesn't understand that they cause all the trouble, start all the fights and do all the crime.

However, since he watched the happy slapping thing he's started to realise that I'm talking sense.

Jacob 07-15-2005 04:08 AM

In Hull there've been quite a few clashes between the Chavs and the Alternatives. One instance being all the Townies standing near all the entrances for a shopping centre and shouting abuse at all the Alterts who came out, they even started punching and kicking them.

It eventually led to a bit of fighting, with the Chavs coming off worse, as the Alterts had some neeto chains and spiked cuffs. Plus, as we all know, the typical Altert is used to pain, what with the self-harming shenanigans and they're also pretty strong as they store all their violent urges and repress them totally. So when they do pop, they pop like a little pop-rocket.

Rich 07-15-2005 04:12 AM

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In Hull there've been quite a few clashes between the Chavs and the Alternatives. One instance being all the Townies standing near all the entrances for a shopping centre and shouting abuse at all the Alterts who came out, they even started punching and kicking them.

As I said, these attacks are started by the low-life. The alternatives had done nothing to provoke them and didn't start the fight, they were only defending themselves from the kicking and punching. That is why I hate the chavs so much. Evil, evil bastards...

Dino 07-15-2005 04:19 AM

I've always thought it would be quite funny to watch an alternative spike-wearing dude blat a chav in the face with a sharp pointy wristband thing.

The most I ever experienced in terms of cool people vs chav violence was in Bournemouth, a surfer throwing a chav out the store old fashioned style (grabbed him by the shirt and arse, lifted him off the ground, then threw him out the door face first into the pavement). He had a broken nose, cuts and grazes, ripped clothes, and hobbled away with a limp. If I remember right my social group and I made a point of shaking the shop owner's hand for it.

Rich 07-15-2005 04:23 AM

I have a friend in another town and he says the skateboarders have taken up 'chav slapping'. Apparently, they ride up behind a chav at high speed and smack them. The chav is so bewildered that by the time he realises whats going on, the skater has already gone.

Also, I've heard of people, who when approached by a mouthy chav, wait until the chav's all 'in ya face' then steal their burberry hat and run. :D

Dino 07-15-2005 04:28 AM

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I have a friend in another town and he says the skateboarders have taken up 'chav slapping'. Apparently, they ride up behind a chav at high speed and smack them. The chav is so bewildered that by the time he realises whats going on, the skater has already gone.

Also, I've heard of people, who when approached by a mouthy chav, wait until the chav's all 'in ya face' then steal their burberry hat and run. :D

That sounds awesome...man...I gotta start doing that...

I so hate chavs.

Let's make Britain a no-chav-zone...we could call in the UN for violating cease-chav treaties or something.

Rich 07-15-2005 04:44 AM

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That sounds awesome...man...I gotta start doing that...

I so hate chavs.

Let's make Britain a no-chav-zone...we could call in the UN for violating cease-chav treaties or something.

Yeah. The sight of a chav makes me have Jacob style genocidal ideas.
I was waiting for the bus on wednesday and there was the chav couple and the mother was literally shouting 'fuck' every few seconds while conversing (shouting) with her partner and her push-chair bound son. I was thinking, shall I kill the child now and save society another couple of thousand on dole money and generally make Britain a better place to live in, in about 12 years time.

But then I caught the wrong fucking bus and had to walk across the city to get home. Don't laugh. :nonono:

Dino 07-15-2005 06:30 AM

On a totally unrelated note; Buses are annoying like that. Like when you get on and you're half a mile away from the bus stop where you got on and you hear the driver mutter "oh damn, got the wrong headcode on again!". You end up in the next town when you wanted to get to the center of the one you were in previously.

Grr.

*keyword* chav */keyword*

Jacob 07-15-2005 08:08 AM

My stance is that, that kind having children is a form of child abuse, because it is. No child who has been brought up correctly swears constantly, is homophobic, racist, narrow-minded, violent, intimidating and revels in the fact that they smoke/drink/copulate at a young age.

On a seperate note, i recently went to one of my local clubs for rock night and was quite baffled to see quite a few Trendy-puffs (the White Shirt Brigade kind) on the dancefloor. As i watched them attempt to dance to a bit of Slipknot, i then realised they were there purely to "get some bird, like, maaaaate"

They make me nauseaus. One of the reasons being the fact that they danced like utter prickards whilst trying to "woo" the ladies. Then they took off their shirts (one had a rather nice body, but his friend looked as if he was auditioning for the role of Fat Bastard from Austin Powers) and attempted to "woo" the ladies even more by thrusting their pelvis' at them.

Needless to say, many-a-pretty-lady moved away and got on with their grooving.

I hate Trendy-puffs in my club. MY. CLUB.

Coolmanbizkit 07-15-2005 02:47 PM

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My stance is that, that kind having children is a form of child abuse, because it is. No child who has been brought up correctly swears constantly, is homophobic, racist, narrow-minded, violent, intimidating and revels in the fact that they smoke/drink/copulate at a young age.

Thats not true, Depends where the kid is. If they go to a normal school, They will learn swearwords and use them alot, They might mix in with the wrong crowd, Get into smoking, Drinking or Drugs. Also it depends about the area they live in, somewhere rough they might learn to be homophobic and/or racist. So yeah :p

Dino 07-15-2005 03:32 PM

Yes, I mean look at Jacob for instance, he considers himself to be of the "higher orders" but he's a total asshole. XD

I kid.

But really I must say CMB has a point... not everyone who is raised as a chav swears all the time, and not everyone who is raised "properly" becomes what you expect.

Jacob 07-16-2005 02:00 AM

'If they go to a normal school, They will learn swearwords and use them alot'

And who will they learn to use them (the swear words) constantly from? Precisely, the Lowers.

'They might mix in with the wrong crowd'

Which wouldn't exist thanks to the castrating process.

'somewhere rough they might learn to be homophobic and/or racist.'

This is the whole point of the castration thaaang!

If you get rid of the Lessers, stopping them from breeding, then all the rougher areas will slowly be purged of their kind. Meaning the rough areas can then be made prettyful and nice again and a decent place for society to blossom.

Coolmanbizkit 07-16-2005 02:06 AM

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'If they go to a normal school, They will learn swearwords and use them alot'

And who will they learn to use them (the swear words) constantly from? Precisely, the Lowers.

'They might mix in with the wrong crowd'

Which wouldn't exist thanks to the castrating process.

'somewhere rough they might learn to be homophobic and/or racist.'

This is the whole point of the castration thaaang!

If you get rid of the Lessers, stopping them from breeding, then all the rougher areas will slowly be purged of their kind. Meaning the rough areas can then be made prettyful and nice again and a decent place for society to blossom.

You cant just get rid of the lowers! How would you do it anyway?

Facsimile 07-16-2005 02:36 AM

You obviously haven't read Jacob's thread 'Ugly people, should they REALLY breed...?'

Coolmanbizkit 07-16-2005 02:37 AM

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You obviously haven't read Jacob's thread 'Ugly people, should they REALLY breed...?'

Ive read some of it. Ill take a look

Dino 07-16-2005 04:54 AM

IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN! :eek:

Jacob 07-16-2005 05:23 AM

"How would i do it?" i hear you cry, doubtfully. Well, let me tell you...

With The Jacobians Law, the civil issues are dealt seperately from major (murder etc). The more serious crimes are punished in a more harsher way, for example, if somebody is raped, their rapist would be institutionalised and used for either experimentation for medical or cosmetical purposes. Depending on the situation, their sentence would vary from the minimum of 10 years to the maximum of life. I'm also playing with the thought of having really heinous crimes punishable by the harvesting of organs (so, basically the death penalty).

The punishments that are dealt out through the Civil courts are less harsh. For instance, you have your typical Chav making a nuisance of himself, he gets two warnings, he ignores these warnings, he is then given the snip. His reproductive cells are, however, stored in cryo, so if he ends up being a useful member of society, he can still have his own children. However, if he is still a c*ck, his cells are incinerated, making sure he never has offspring and his badness dies out with him.

IF he has already had children, his children will be given the snip too, but as before their reproductive cells will be stored just in case they end up being decent. If they're not then off to the incinerator they go.

"But once they've been castrated, they won't be afraid of anything else, will they?! What's their deterrant?!"

Well, under Jacobians rule, the Police can used brute force. Their Asps have an electric current coursing through them and all of them are well trained. If a situation seems too hot to handle for the Police, The Hounds are then brought in, and they can use whatever force they deem necessary.

Of course, once we've stamped out the vermin, potential problems that could arise from above situations will be no more. I'm quite confident that we'd eradicate any Lesser orientated problems by 2050.

Rich 07-16-2005 07:02 AM

Interesting. How exactly do you plan to get into this position of power?

I agree with everything you say. These are good ideas.

Coolmanbizkit 07-16-2005 07:06 AM

Abit harsh, But yeah I'd vote for you Jacob :p

Dino 07-16-2005 07:33 AM

Yes yes ok, we all had sex with Jacob's ego and went home merrily ever after the day before christmas.

Let's not have another "ugly people, should they really breed?" thread.

Rich 07-16-2005 07:35 AM

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Let's not have another "ugly people, should they really breed?" thread.

Ok. Agreed.

Anything else to discuss on this topic?

Dino 07-16-2005 07:36 AM

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Ok. Agreed.

Anything to discuss on this topic?

No it's pretty much kaput.

Go on Rich, make your first thread closure!

Coolmanbizkit 07-16-2005 07:36 AM

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Ok. Agreed.

Anything else to discuss on this topic?

Dont think so.

Rich 07-16-2005 07:37 AM

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Go on Rich, make your first thread closure!

I already did yesterday. :happy:
It's in Necrum.

*Closes*