Lawmakers Fighting Makers of Violent Internet Videos

[The Straight Story]

Lawmakers Fighting Makers of Violent Internet Videos

The disturbing video showing of a group of Florida teenagers beating a 16-year-old girl has been all over the internet over the past couple of months.

The group in the footage allegedly planned to record the March 30th attack so they could post it on MySpace and YouTube for others to watch.

Internet footage of so-called "bum fights" have gained notoriety over the past several years.

The video's creators bribe homeless people with cash or alcohol to incite homeless people to fight, pull out their teeth, light themselves on fire, and do other disturbing things.

"The people in these videos, they make me sick," says State Senator John Flanagan of Long Island. "Their behavior is repugnant. It's reprehensible. It should be the vast departure from the norm of society and, frankly, we have an obligation to act."

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[baby_mouse]

1. Freedom of speech! Censorship! Voice of a GENERATION!

Bumfight video makers are exercising their right to FREEDOM of SPEECH! Cos bumfights are LOLSOFUNNY!

FREEDOM of SPEECH = LOLSOFUNNY.

In someone's head.

Christ, I'm absolutely saturated with bile. Please, humanity, give me a break.

[msongs]

2. conspiracy to commit (insert crime here) is not a free speech issue nt

[Arctic Dave]

3. Yes we must be pissed off at the video?

Because we can't put our heads in the sand about the way we treat people on a day to day basis. I think it would be easy to say that these type of repulsive acts were happening already but now we can't deny them.