ChrissySC Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/flash-mob-turns-felony-germantown/story?id=14316655 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Sad....people take something fun and then turn it into something horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 This is such a scary phenomenon. I read the article and it really irritates me that the police let the 70 youths involved in one of these incidents go with a warning. Then they threaten parents with jail if they don't control their kids?! The police had an opportunity to make an example of these kids and IMO they should have. How are the parents supposed to predict that their child would participate in something like this, especially when we are talking older teens who are driving? Even the article says that the people who are participating would not usually commit a crime, but are doing it because of the mob mentality. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 I thought this was a relevant post because of the fair incident - Wisconsin fair had a flash mob that went violent. What is wrong with these kids? Did "we" fail or are "we" failing as parents? Could it be that parents have given far too much freedom? When did parents stop asking what their kids were doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbkaren Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 They are EVERYWHERE in the US; the media is keeping it hush-hush. Between this and the random beat-downs at stores and Fast Food restaurants, you kinda can't safely leave the house anymore, looks like. Kansas City: http://m.kansascity.com/kcstar/db_41534/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=Ed5OquhD&detailindex=0&pn=0&ps=5&full=true#display Maryland: http://wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2497681 Philly, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, D.C., and Milwaukee http://www.eutimes.net/2011/08/questions-arise-over-flash-mob-attacks-in-us-cities/ http://m.npr.org/story/136578945?url=/2011/05/26/136578945/flash-mobs-arent-just-for-fun-anymore http://www.gopusa.com/news/2011/08/09/flash-mobs-a-growing-menace/ http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/07/orwellian_media_response_to_flash_mob_racial_violence.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 That was not a "flash mob." Flash mobs are all about the fun factor, not about crime. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Sad....people take something fun and then turn it into something horrible. I think they created a whole new thing and the media is just using the same name to identify them. There's a big difference between a surprise street performance and organized criminal activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I think they created a whole new thing and the media is just using the same name to identify them. There's a big difference between a surprise street performance and organized criminal activity. Exactly. That was not a flash mob, any more than people who lock their kids in basements and never let them out are homeschoolers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbkaren Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Actually, it's the "fun" mob folks that have the term wrong. A mob is EXACTLY what these groups of people are, stealing and injuring others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 We've talked to our kids quite a bit over the years about mob mentality and this is a prime example. Very disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatMomof3 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 1 in 10 stores have been hit :blink::scared::sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 We've talked to our kids quite a bit over the years about mob mentality and this is a prime example. Very disturbing. That is interesting to me because I think the "fun" flash mobs are kind of creepy and disturbing. Masses of people gathering to call attention to themselves seems bizarre to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 If you look up the definition of the word "mob," you will see that these violent ones are indeed flash mobs. Perhaps the happy gatherings should be called something else. I agree that these are scary. Technology is a funny thing. It definitely has its downside. I can see this affecting our personal freedoms, and it's going to get controversial. Case in point, officials in San Francisco last week cutting out an area of cell phone service based on the suspicion that a flash mob was scheduled to form. I wonder at the media's lack of sensational coverage (ie, many of these stories not going big on the national news channels), but I suppose there's a justifiable fear of spreading the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterflymommy Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I wonder at the media's lack of sensational coverage (ie, many of these stories not going big on the national news channels), but I suppose there's a justifiable fear of spreading the idea. A number of the mob attacks have a racial element that for whatever reason the media doesn't want to investigate. in Philadelphia, virtually all the mobs have been black teens and virtually all the victims white. Same for some other mobs. I don't buy the "mob mentality" argument that otherwise good people will just get carried away and misbehave. You could surround my kids or me with all the flash mobbers you want, and we would not participate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbkaren Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 ... I can see this affecting our personal freedoms, and it's going to get controversial... I agree. As usual, they'll be happy to restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens in an effort to control an unruly few. ...I wonder at the media's lack of sensational coverage (ie, many of these stories not going big on the national news channels), but I suppose there's a justifiable fear of spreading the idea. Me too - I imagine they also don't want people staying home in fear, and not going out spending money in this economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbkaren Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 A number of the mob attacks have a racial element that for whatever reason the media doesn't want to investigate. in Philadelphia, virtually all the mobs have been black teens and virtually all the victims white. Same for some other mobs... Shh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 A number of the mob attacks have a racial element that for whatever reason the media doesn't want to investigate. in Philadelphia, virtually all the mobs have been black teens and virtually all the victims white. Same for some other mobs. I don't buy the "mob mentality" argument that otherwise good people will just get carried away and misbehave. You could surround my kids or me with all the flash mobbers you want, and we would not participate. We are definitely seeing the racial aspect here in KC, and there's at least one local radio talk show host calling attention to it. But it's apparently a sticky detail for the national media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadianmumof5 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Our local media reported them as "flash robs" instead of flash mobs. So disturbing on so many levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 That is interesting to me because I think the "fun" flash mobs are kind of creepy and disturbing. Masses of people gathering to call attention to themselves seems bizarre to me. Hee hee . . . I would SOOO participate in a flash mob should the opportunity arise. I occasionally watch them on YouTube and get a kick out of them; especially the ones they do for charitable causes :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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