WTF is wrong with people these days?

[Karlos]

Hi,

I found out a good mate (who shall remain unnamed) was assaulted in a bar Friday night. A complete stranger, unprovoked in any way decided to smash a bottle over his head and then lay into him and the two friends he was with, one of whom is a hulking big bugger who managed to pan him.

Fortunately my friend was lucky enough not to be cut or have any major trauma save a nasty concussion, which came as a big relief. I've known the guy the best part of 20 years and in all that time I've never seen him do anything to provoke anybody.

Of course he's pressing charges against the guy. I hope the fecker gets locked up :-x

What drives someone to attack a complete stranger this way?

[X-ray]

I can only guess that the assailant is a drunk, a chav, a complete moron or all of the above.

Hope your friend gets better. I have yet to come off second best in a fight (well, I tend to avoid altercations as best I can) but sometimes you can be going about your own business and someobody can take a swipe at you. Glad the other mate sorted the problem out.

[X-ray]

Here's what was probably going on in the assailant's mind:

'Yeah, ee was looking at mah missus, I seen 'im. Wew, I'll do 'im, ee ain gunna look at mah missus an fink nuffink gunna appen. I'll fukken bo'l 'im.'

or

'...'ats the bloke give my mate a load of bollox the other night, innit? I'm sure ats the one. Wew, ee's gunna fink diffrent nah, innie?'

Any number of misguided, alcohol-impaired reasons could have been conjured up by the man who hit your friend.

[Karlos]

From the sounds of it, the guy just came from nowhere and attacked him out of the blue, the first shot being the bottle over the head.

What kind of chickensh!t thing to do is that?

[Vincent]

The one reason I only go to metal night clubs where I know most people.  I never go into a normal pub/club because it's filled with chavs and pissheads.  Mind you, there are always a lot of pissheads at the metal nights, but most are lazy, fat goths/moshers :-D

Glad your mate is ok, could've been a lot worse if the hulking big bugger wasn't there.

[KennyR]

I'm glad to hear your friend is ok. He wouldn't have been the first person minding their own business and enjoying a night out to have some alcohol-fuelled {bleep}tard knock someone's face to pieces or put a knife in their guts - for no reason whatsoever. I couldn't imagine how bad that would have been.

Some people just can't handle the drink - the alcohol turns them like nasty kids, unreasoning, vindictive, and pitiless. Some people go out looking for a fight for some kind of feeble machismo. Some people can't take the fact that they're lacking something everyone else has and decide just to attack whoever looks the most vulnerable when it spills over in drink-addled rage. Then they attack the medical staff when taken to hospital...

The bars are at least partly to blame though. Nightclubs and bars do their best to sell as much drink in as short a time as possible, in overcrowded places. They build up powder kegs waiting for a spark. Binge drinking is pure evil. It brings out the worst in everyone.

[Karlos]

It's times like this I'm glad I gave up drinking and generally prefer to avoid bars and such. However, it's a tad extreme as a solution and I doubt it would suit most people. After all, you should be able to go for a night out without wondering if some drunken psycho is going to start on you :-(

[adz]

@Karlos

Jeez, thats a bit harsh...I hope your mate is ok. The world is full of assholes and sadly your mate happened to come across one at the wrong time. Funny how if that was a dog whom randomly attacked a person for no reason, it would have been put down.

[the_leander]

Having lived in the port town of Plymouth for most of my life, I know only too well the mindset of these sorts of prats, the really disgusting thing about it all is that most of the time they pay a pathetic fine and are told that they are very very naughty, and shouldn't do it again.

And the following friday night they start killing each other again as per usual.

[Karlos]

@All,

Thanks for the get well soon sentiments; I'll relay them to him when I catch him next.

[T_Bone]

I think you should need a license to drink in public. Something that can be revoked when it's obvious public intoxication and certain individuals don't mix.

[X-ray]

That's a good idea, T-Bone. It wouldn't hurt the well-behaved people who drink responsibly.

[PMC]

Good idea T-Bone...

Living in a Garrison town, I was out on the tiles with a mate last year (luckily he's about to complete his final year of studies before becoming a jr doctor).  

We were walking through town and heard some screaming and shouting a hundred yards ahead.  We passed a drunken soldier who was bragging to his g/f about what he'd just done.

Turned out he'd walked past two blokes and just laid into them both, for absolutely no reason other than to prove to his g/f how hard he was.  One of his victims was unharmed other than slight shock, but the other was out cold on the pavement.  My friend was able to administer first aid on the scene and briefed the paramedics when they arrived.

[KennyR]

T_Bone wrote:
I think you should need a license to drink in public. Something that can be revoked when it's obvious public intoxication and certain individuals don't mix.

We'll make a socialist out of you yet, T_Bone! ;-)

[KennyR]

Just as a side note: hospital staff are always innundated around the Christmas period with victims of drunken brawls. There is a day in the calendar some even call Black Friday: the last Friday before Christmas, where office workers on their office nights out can mix with hardened clubbers. Apparently the two never mix that well.

Anyone heard of this?