This is sickening.

[Jay520]

That was pretty bad, though it wasn't as terrible as some here have made it out to be. I was expecting the victom to be nearly dead or be seriously injured, a dislocated jaw, broken leg, or something of the sort. Instead, it didn't even look like he was bleeding much. Living in Detroit, I've seen one-on-one fights were people get beat much worse than that. He'll probably have a few bruises, but I doubt he'll have any injuries lasting over a few months.

Maybe, I've just been desensitized, but I just wasn't as moved as some people here. I've witnessed people get beat by groups before where the victom went out cold or even had mental damage. Hell, a few times people have been beaten to death. This....this just doesn't seem as gruesome to me, when you've seen kids beat someone with raging hate with the intent to kill, or permanently injure.

Those guys looked like they weren't really trying to hit him with full force, except for maybe a few hits, espescially in the beginning where I even thought the video looked fake. It looked to me like some teenagers just harming some dude, though not causing any major damage. I'd say they were maybe about 8-10 blows that actually caused intense pain.

This sounds like the way my older cousins used to "play" with me when I was younger. Hell, barring a few of those kicks & maybe three of those punches, I'd say my cousins used to "rough me up" just like that when I was younger. Of course, this video is completely different though. Those guys weren't family and the victom didn't know if they were trying to kill him or not (though a few times, I did used to wonder if my cousins would make me pass out when they were "playing" with me.

They didn't look like they wanted to cause any permanent injuries, and espescially didn't want to kill him. I don't know, maybe I've just had a fucked up life, but this just doesn't seem as bad as I was expecting. Of course, this was still a horrible act and the kids should be punished. They should not be killled though IMO.

EDIT: This sort of makes me question myself as a person. Everyone here is going nuts saying the kids should go away for a long time, they're horrible people, and the victom is going to be scarred for life. Then, I was sort of indifferent to the whole thing, just because he wasn't killed or seriously injured (compared to what I've witnessed). Has my life been that shitty that I can't sympathize with this? I don't know, I've found myself calling others soft a lot of times, but maybe it is I who is over-hardened.

EDIT 2: After thinking for a while, I did have a pretty rough life growing up. This could be one of the reasons why my family says I was a very happy kid from 0-10 years old, but became extremely silent & reserved between ages 11-15. I lot of rough things happened those years that I don't want to talk about. I've opened up a bit these last few years, (I'm 17 BTW) but maybe my life from 11-15 really scarred me and I didn't know it. I think I'm going to go see a psychologist now.

Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.