Posted on 02/02/2010 6:24:39 PM PST by jerry557
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (CBS) ― Two teenage girls went at it. Two adults allegedly watched and another minor videotaped the whole thing in Louisiana.
The fight popped up on YouTube more than a week ago. Days later, in Lowell, Mass., local authorities discovered similar videos online and said local educators report about 80 percent of school fights are now girl against girl.
Some experts believe the trend is partly fueled by the Internet.
CBS 2 HD met with members of the cyber safety group "Teenangels" at The Ursuline School in New Rochelle.
"People want attention from it. They want to be on the Internet. They want to be famous and they're willing to go to any cost to do that," said Teenangel Angelina.
We plugged in "girl fight" on YouTube and 267,000 videos popped up. Under them you'll find pages of comments from viewers all over the world.
"That it's funny, laugh out loud, ha ha ha, wow, that guy's just laughing," Angelina read.
"It's really important that parents become informed even parents of younger children need to know this because it's becoming such a widespread phenomenon that parents really need to protect their children, learn about it how can they prevent it," said Teenangel Maggie.
(Excerpt) Read more at wcbstv.com ...
This activity was glamorized and popularized by the rap song “Girl Fight” three years ago. The pop culture/media contributing to the continuing degradation of culture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhBM7H-ggvY
It's hilarious stuff, good for hours of entertainment!
Soebody ought to put together a compilation of the best scenes.
Correction: Every PUBLIC school...
That’s pretty significant. So much for the stereotype of boys being more violent than girls.
So much for the stereotype that assault is because someone is a persecuted class protected by "hate crimes" legislation. Jocks, nerds, brains, fat kids, and those with glasses are all "safe" targets in today's (and yesterday's) schools.
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