Fire In The Hole....

Just recently I was watching a newscast, a general no-no in this house, and heard a story about some kids in Huntingdon, PA who have begun a new game.

This game is called "Fire in the Hole". The kids drive through a fast food place, order food and then throw it at the server. The objective in this game is to videotape it and put it on YouTube.

Now I'll grant you that we were rather mischievous as kids, too. But our idea of mischief was to toilet-paper a house or egg someone's windows. With the security patrol in the neighborhood, we wouldn't have gotten too far doing either on a regular basis ~ but we occasionally managed to unload some TP or a carton of eggs somewhere. The most that happened if we were caught was that we'd have to clean it up.

I got in trouble personally for writing on the bathroom walls in high school. Several of us wrote pretentious paragraphs that started with things like "In these hallowed halls of academia..." nWe were suspended for a few days and made to wash the walls on the weekend.

We really thought we were so clever.

We certainly didn't put anyone in danger.

Imagine if they begin to throw hot coffee on a server instead of cold soda.

Someone mentioned that their ultimate objective was to throw fire crackers in the windows. Another person took it a step further and speculated that it would be fun and interesting to shoot one of them between the eyes with a 9MM handgun.

Meanwhile, these videos are being played on YouTube, to the apparent amusement of other teenagers.

Where and when did kids become so hateful? And why?

I can speculate on how I think it came to be. In my culture, we have a thing called "face" and disrespecting someone, especially in public, is simply unacceptable.

And I can't help but wonder why it is not emphasized here.

The people working at those fast food places may be often young, or poor, maybe both ~ but they are working people and deserve the same respect as any working person.

Something tells me these kids would not target a lawyer ~ or a cop. They wouldn't dare!

Somehow these workers are considered to be acceptable targets.

I'd like to know if you heard this story... and, if so, what are your thoughts? What do you think has brought this kind of "amusement" about?

Personally, I find it repulsive.

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