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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1227505" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Nice logical fallacies.</p><p></p><p>As to the actual Knockout Game, had you even done a little bit of research instead of kneejerk reaction you might have found <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/knockout-game-case-shocked-st-louis-then-fell-apart/article_cdf5032a-b65e-51e0-a84e-de0f0ce0c5f8.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000">this article</span></a> from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, dated March 2012. The article, an investigative report, appears to have discovered the origins of the Knockout Game with a teen in St. Louis known by the handle, The Knockout King. The whole thing began in the summer of 2011 with him (thanks to boxing training) and became centralized around a gazebo at a park known as Gravois Park. As you read the piece one other item sticks out and that is a lot of kids (maybe not all) mentioned appear to be in school and not dropped out. Based on federal standards of compulsory attendance, no 14 year old is allowed by law to drop out of school, rampant truancy maybe be that's another matter. No 14 year old is officially dropped out or allowed too. </p><p></p><p>And from this did the knockout game just copy cat from there and take off? From what I can tell searching the net for incidents, as I posted earlier, so far it seems a purely urban thing focused from the middle midwest to the upper midwest and going due east to the mid atlantic coast up to the upper northeast. For the moment, and I realize that might change, it doesn't appear as problem elsewhere around the country and no I don't live where it is a problem either. </p><p></p><p>But wait, let's actually considered more to the root causes. I'll suggest the knockout king is preparing to be a productive adult in American society. That's right, you heard me. Maybe a great leader, real potential for political power. Major Corp. head or Wall Street titan. A maker-shaker on K Street in Washington. Am I crazy you say? Nope. </p><p></p><p> What does the American State do? Won't share your resources on our terms? POW, KNOCK THEIR ASS OUT! Won't submit to our economic hegemony? POW, KNOCK THEIR ASS OUT! It's our time to rule, we dominated on election day, it's our way or the highway so what we say goes and we don't care how it disrupts or doesn't work for you. You aren't going to submit? POW, KNOCK THEIR ASS OUT! Oh yeah, these kids are learning the adult game fast, they just skip the nuances and go to the harsh reality of how it all works.</p><p> </p><p>In all your rants and emotional tantrums, did you ever once ask the question and ponder the thought that these kids may be doing nothing more than mirroring the very thing they see from the adult world?</p><p></p><p>BTW: if you actually do the research and look at case by case by case, you'll also discover that not all victims have been lilly white either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 1227505, member: 2189"] Nice logical fallacies. As to the actual Knockout Game, had you even done a little bit of research instead of kneejerk reaction you might have found [URL="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/knockout-game-case-shocked-st-louis-then-fell-apart/article_cdf5032a-b65e-51e0-a84e-de0f0ce0c5f8.html"][COLOR=#ff0000]this article[/COLOR][/URL] from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, dated March 2012. The article, an investigative report, appears to have discovered the origins of the Knockout Game with a teen in St. Louis known by the handle, The Knockout King. The whole thing began in the summer of 2011 with him (thanks to boxing training) and became centralized around a gazebo at a park known as Gravois Park. As you read the piece one other item sticks out and that is a lot of kids (maybe not all) mentioned appear to be in school and not dropped out. Based on federal standards of compulsory attendance, no 14 year old is allowed by law to drop out of school, rampant truancy maybe be that's another matter. No 14 year old is officially dropped out or allowed too. And from this did the knockout game just copy cat from there and take off? From what I can tell searching the net for incidents, as I posted earlier, so far it seems a purely urban thing focused from the middle midwest to the upper midwest and going due east to the mid atlantic coast up to the upper northeast. For the moment, and I realize that might change, it doesn't appear as problem elsewhere around the country and no I don't live where it is a problem either. But wait, let's actually considered more to the root causes. I'll suggest the knockout king is preparing to be a productive adult in American society. That's right, you heard me. Maybe a great leader, real potential for political power. Major Corp. head or Wall Street titan. A maker-shaker on K Street in Washington. Am I crazy you say? Nope. What does the American State do? Won't share your resources on our terms? POW, KNOCK THEIR ASS OUT! Won't submit to our economic hegemony? POW, KNOCK THEIR ASS OUT! It's our time to rule, we dominated on election day, it's our way or the highway so what we say goes and we don't care how it disrupts or doesn't work for you. You aren't going to submit? POW, KNOCK THEIR ASS OUT! Oh yeah, these kids are learning the adult game fast, they just skip the nuances and go to the harsh reality of how it all works. In all your rants and emotional tantrums, did you ever once ask the question and ponder the thought that these kids may be doing nothing more than mirroring the very thing they see from the adult world? BTW: if you actually do the research and look at case by case by case, you'll also discover that not all victims have been lilly white either. [/QUOTE]
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