September 22, 2006
Teens posting schoolyards fights on-line
Students engaging in violent fights just so they can post videos of the clash on the Internet is something for parents to deal with, not Canadian lawmakers, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Thursday, reports The Globe and Mail.
"The fight videos from Orangeville District High School posted on YouTube show different pairs of teens punching and kicking each other as others cheer them on and use their camera phones to record the action.
There are similar videos from high schools across North America posted on the popular video sharing web site. A search for ‘school fights turns up over 3,000 videos on youtube.com, including several from Orangeville, Ont.
Users of the video-sharing web site can also post comments about the images they see, and most of those talking about the Orangeville fight club were full of profanities."
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