The Knockout
Game
A tragic contest
played for “fun” by youths with little sense of self-worth, little sense of
self-love and very little hope for their future.
This game
called Knockout, where someone punches a victim with the intent of knocking
them out, is an alarming trend that seems to be growing in popularity on the
east coast. The victims are apparently chosen at random and have included senior
citizens, and women: some who even had children with them. There have also been
reports that this game has caused a few deaths.
The thugs
who are perpetrating this vileness are usually teens who travel in gangs or
packs and are out looking for a manly thrill. They don’t seem to understand the
sickness and cowardice of their actions, similar to the creeps who use guns as
a way of settling beefs. It is an alarming microcosm of the larger picture of
the glorification of violence that has swept up many youths who are engulfed in
it in just about every facet of their lives. This is of course exacerbated by the fact that
there are very few places where teens can go and blow off steam the right way;
like social clubs, youth centers and community rooms. And of course, this is
all complicated by the fact that there are very few after-school jobs for these
teens. Hence, they have nothing to do after school and on weekends, so they
walk around in groups looking for trouble.
These young punks
would probably never step into a real boxing or MMA ring and fight someone one
on one. No, they operate on “gang courage’ and only feel secure when the have
their equally sociopathic peers around.
The Knockout
Game
A tragic contest
played for “fun” by youths with little sense of self-worth, little sense of
self-love and very little hope for their future.
This a deeper pathology than the lack of self esteem. This mimicks a pack of wild dogs terrorizing others and the courage is only measured in numbers.The need to feel empowered over those who are a your mercy is cowardice at the highest level but these young people believe that this is some type of bravado like shooting unarmed individuals.This is scary our people understanding of entertainment is unprovoked violence to unsuspecting people. It is our responsibility to right this ship by instilling self respect that will manifest respect to others.Its bout education from where they are and rising them from their misunderstanding of what manhood,womanhood and real strength comes from
ReplyDelete