Emos not shot
Two emos in Christchurch kicked a passing car. The driver stopped and remonstrated with the emos who claimed they had a knife. So he showed them the gun in his boot and has been arrested for it.
Would anyone have complained if he had shot them? I mean we are talking emos here.
He’d get community service at best.
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January 9th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Of course the emos had knives, they need to cut themselves constantly.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Emos are like so gay.
Oh no the gay lobbists will be publicly lynching me for being “homophobic”!
Asuming they take time out from crusing the sites of adolescent schoolboys and actually see this.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:32 am
An “air rifle” ?
Bwaaaa……has the damage potential of a thrown Mintie.
The security clown should be highly embarrassed.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:33 am
For a start I doubt they were Emo’s. They just weren’t Polynesian or Maori. So now we know when white youths get publicity the media automatically tags them Emo.
I have yet to actually see anyone describing them selves as Emo
directly connected with violence.
I can certainly understand ChCH being the most violent city in the nation.
It all stems from the bus drivers. Esp the European ones. Totally intimidating and insulting. If I was a permanent ChCh resident using public transport I would plan my journies around avoiding those drivers.
Any Emo’s who could enlighten us bout this situation.
I will say being raised in ChCh I am still a Canterbury supporter and found it totally hot seeing the Emo hair dye of red and black sported by the Waikato youth. Priceless
January 9th, 2008 at 9:33 am
I think they got all emotional, and they guy they got into an argument with just ‘didn’t understand them’.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Would anyone have complained if he had shot them? I mean we are talking emos here. He’d get community service at best.
Get community service? He would have been charged with community service!
Thank you, thank you. I’m here all week. Tip the waitresses.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Sigh……… Age creeping up. can somebody please explain to me what an EMO is?
January 9th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Sooky wet pants rehashed beatniks for the 21st cent wannabes who think the world hates them Bill.
They kind of gay too.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:46 am
read the story barnsley….
Once many years when I worked in a high security organisation overseas, the guards on duty were armed at all times. So a colleague who was on night shift poked fun at a security guard about his obvious ´headmaster´!
needless to say he was soon looking down the barrel of a gun
January 9th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Bill – an angsty, apathetic, fad-driven child between the ages of 13 and 20.
In other words, a teenager.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:50 am
they don’t sound like emos to me.
maybe mainlander versions are more violent though… (in keeping with Chch being more violent overall)
the only danger emos pose is to themselves.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Once upon time those same 13 year olds all took a 303 to school once each week because they were all Army Cadets and were trained to use them.
Stats indicate a period of extended low in violent crime. As opposed to now when were all peace loving and inclusive in this benign strategic environment and there is no youth violent crime at all…
Interesting.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:52 am
There are a thousand or so definitions, none of them are particularly positive. The fashion and the music of “emo” seem to have no official connection.
Courtesy of The Urban Dictionary:
Emo
Normally a 15-17 year old teenager. Considers themselves to be much more in touch with their emotions than anyone else; whereas they really just feel sorry for themselves. Most emo’s will claim to be depressed, or simply misunderstood. They think they are unique, and fail to realise that they actually look like half the teenage population of south england. You can recognise an emo by looking for these general characteristics:
SKINNY JEANS (both boys and girls) The tighter the better. If an emo can hardly walk because of their jeans, then they’ve reached optimum emo status.
STRIPEY JUMPERS. Normally black and grey. If you’re a boy, this should again be worn as tightly as possible. Breathing comfortably is a luxury you may have to sacrifice.
TATTY CONVERSE. Usually drawn on, as most emo’s regard themselves as artists.
BLACK LONG HAIR COVERING ONE SIDE OF YOUR FACE. Vision can be compromsised for style as an emo. Try and make it as greasy as possible.
Finally, emo’s MUST look down on everyone else, accuse them of being uncreative, judgemental, and the sole cause of their ‘depression’. If you’re a hardcore emo you’ll cut yourself occasionnally. If you’re not, then you at least have to pretend you do.
EMO: I wouldn’t expect you uncreative facists to understand my art. It’s a statement. I’m all alon in this world, all I have is my poetry and my paintings. I am destined to travel through the misty and cold fog of existence alone and cold. My heart has long ago turned to stone, and now your harsh words simple hit the surface. The depths of my soul can no longer be tarnished by your small minded and stereoptyped views…
ME: CHEER UP EMO KID!
January 9th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Murray,,
Was that your portrayal of sarcasm?
Otherwise I’ve lost your point completely
January 9th, 2008 at 9:53 am
bit of an odd thread mr farrar:
“Would anyone have complained if he had shot them? I mean we are talking emos here.”
What are you saying?
Combined with your strange meeting last night on that other thread – you sure you weren’t under some influence last night and are still feeling the effects?
January 9th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Kick an emo into happiness today!
Its a public service.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:54 am
It’s possible they were chavs!
They look as ratty as emo’s but are more violent.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:56 am
“Once upon time those same 13 year olds all took a 303 to school once each week because they were all Army Cadets …”
really!!
Must have been BEFORE your time Murray, since the guns were owned by the army they were kept under their control
January 9th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Funny how Emo’s feel all alone yet they surrounded by each other.
I think the key to Emo is based around the level of texts received each day
Under 500 and the depression levels sink in,,
not to mention paranoia!
January 9th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Does one “portay” sarcasm?
If making an actual point is a prerequiste for adding to effulent flow of comments on a blog then I didn’t get the memo.
Failure to on your part understand does not indicate a failure to make a lucid presentation on my part.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I am very much under the influence
January 9th, 2008 at 10:06 am
What are you saying?
Combined with your strange meeting last night on that other thread – you sure you weren’t under some influence last night and are still feeling the effects?”
Perhaps DPF is a secret Emo and inadvertently received a dose of high spirits last night. They can betray themselves that way.
and just as an excuse to name drop, If emo’s could vote I’m sure they would with complete consensus vote for Obama.
Obama 08.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:19 am
I think you may need more hair to be an emo DPF? maybe there is a starter grade, like the way all goth chicks start out fat and spotty?
January 9th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Remember Charles Bronson in Death Wish Thats what we need A few good citizens with 357 Magums to clean up the streets of Christchurch and every other city in this fair land.
Time for the criminal classes to be terminated with extreme prejudice.
Oh watch the soft cocks and hand wringers.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:34 am
gd , they allready tried that its called Baghdad.
Or better still speak to any South African immigrant about every body having guns , which will reduce crime.
Then again some peoples heads never leave the movies they watch
January 9th, 2008 at 11:08 am
GWW a rifle is a rifle and a gun is a gun. They were WW1 version ‘DP’ grade weapons – Lee Enfields. (DP means drill purposes only and they had their firing pins removed. They were stored in the school armoury under lock and key, none the less.)
If any dickhead like you referred to his weapon as a ‘gun’ he was made to hold it out in front of him until his arms dropped off. I think they weighed in at about 4 kg. I suppose that renders you relatively ‘armless?
January 9th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I wish my lawn was Emo. Then in would cut itself.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:26 am
“emos” is kind of useless as a label, as it says little meaningful about the people. 10 years ago it may have but these days it’s so main-stream that half of the 1st 15 at any given high school could probably be given this tag. So a little out of touch with the youth I see DPF – that’s gotta hurt, given all the time you spend sniffing around 18-25 year olds.
[DPF: You think it is wrong to have friends of different ages to yourself? How weird.]
January 9th, 2008 at 11:39 am
“emos” is kind of useless as a label, as it says little meaningful about the people. 10 years ago it may have but these days it’s so main-stream that half of the 1st 15 at any given high school could probably be given this tag.
If you’re in Christchurch go hang out at Cashel Mall around lunchtime on weekends.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:48 am
JC – I know plenty of emo kids – they play rugby and cricket, drink Speight’s and hang out with girls that dress like Paris Hilton. Basically “emo” is to the late 2000′s what grunge was to the early 1990s – a former sub-culture focussed on music that’s been appropriated and perverted/distorted by the corporate world to the point where it’s just a meaningless tag given to people who dress a certain way.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
i.e. this what “emo” music used to look like say 10 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnqjZzMscFo
Contrast that with this hook ridden pop – more about the look than any “emotional” content…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suHrCRWUYJ0&feature=related
January 9th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
But come ON, charging a guy with showing he had a gun, in these circumstances? Actually, I quite enjoy it when the PC lefty anti-gun establishment makes themselves look THIS ridiculous. Hope some judge tosses the case out.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Bullshit Nome. Half the 1st XV are emo kids? Emo kids drinking speights and being into sports? Whatthefuck are you on about? I can’t see Panic at the Disco in the first XV roger.
Haven’t been to Dunedin for a couple of months, but yeah, the pubs these days are all full of emo kids right? Lots of emo tradesmaem out there, it’s the tough guy thing to do?…. whatever man, I think your faux outrage has once again displaced reason from your tiny brain.
Ok, it’s a fad and even emo’s themselves can’t precisely define it, but you’re so off the mark it ain’t funny.
As for the dudes in the story, if they’re the violent type, my guess for what it’s worth, is that they’re probably straight edge punks. Angry vegans with lots of tattoos and generally like a good punch up.
“Basically “emo” is to the late 2000’s what grunge was to the early 1990s”
Except emo sucks.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Anyway, Elliot Smith is So not emo. Damn you’re thick.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
helmet – you obviously don’t have clue, and are just looking to spread a little of your misery around (do try to cheer up won’t you). So there’s little talking to you about this. I will say however that I can play half of Elliot Smith’s released material – turkey.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Emos ??????????? Don’t think we have any around here, they sound like good voting fodder for the leftwing nuts in Liarbore.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Roger the Racist Dragon- I don’t care what kind of kind of crap you think you can play on your bed flute, Elliot Smith ain’t emo. Just because a singer is emotional doesn’t make them emo. If you anything at all about the genre, you’d at least know that.
Oh wait, sorry, I take it back, just read about his suicide note-
“I’m so sorry love, Elliot God forgive me.
[P.S. I'm an emo].”
Gotta love those square brackets ay rog?
January 9th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
“Just because a singer is emotional doesn’t make them emo.”
OMG what a revelation. You’re an angry little man Helmet – I sincerely hope 08 goes better for you than 07 did.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
hey rogered gnomer ; A young hooded emo smacked me in the head with a bottle on my front door at my house in Christchurch. I chased him and cops got him. He tried again after he got bail, so I threaten him to stay away and the keystone meatheads got me up on threatening charges. He is a walking crime wave, but that don’t worry bent cops, as they got me by the short and curly’s and that is all that matters. It pays to be a violent young offender in Canterbury, because these criminal creeps hold the power. Our justice system is a dysfunctional – corrupt mess. I do wonder how long before he comes for a third time?
January 9th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
In Tauranga high schools only a few call themelves ‘emo’ – the rest usually proclaim that they HATE emos (no particular reason given apart from the ubiquitous ‘thats sooo gay’)
January 9th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Yeah thanks Roger, cheers for that mate, you’re a star.
I mean last year was so f$#king embarrassing for me on so many levels here on Kiwiblog, you know, I got pulled up for insulting women, constantly lying, and was continually arrogant and smug.
I was blatantly dishonest whenever I thought I could get away with it, I’d make up quotes, alter them, smear people, use outdated data to back up my conclusions, and when proven wrong I’d always try and blame someone else, or call them racist names If they’re Maori.
I especially liked telling everyone how smart I am. I’m very very proud of that you know. I’m very very smart. Did I mention I graduated with first class honours? I did by the way, and one day I’m going to be a highly paid academic.
In 2007 I was always bragging about my qualifications, how smart and hot my girlfriend is, how many songs I can play on my guitar, and how much sex I got during the holidays.
I found myself a few times making absurd stories up about people, and accusing them of doing crazy stuff like hacking other people’s blogs.
Speaking of other peoples blogs, I often found myself being pilloried on other blogs because I’d made such an ass of myself here.
I was always bagging DPF, the blog owner, and lying about him, and yet still I kept coming back.
Yep Philip Mason, I hope 08 improves too. I do occasionally enjoy it, but if you’d stop posting such shit all the time, I’d spend much less time pointing it out and making you look stupid. It’s that simple.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
“what a looong memory,” Little Red Riding Hood said.
“Perfect for Rogering!”
January 9th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Should have shot them
January 9th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
This situation is dangerously clost to police reprimanding victims for offending the sensibilities of perpertrators.
We are getting so close to those kind of times.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Wasn’t this the plot for a movie??
Fighting ‘n emo.
Sorry.
G
January 9th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I’m almost flattered that you spend so much time making up stories about me helmet. Only thing is that it’s hard to be flattered by the attention of someone who comes across as more than a little deranged and obsessive. Had any luck getting laid yet helmet? Say in the last year? …. wait no need to answer that one.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Are you elmo or the goldfish gnomer ?
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/elmosworld/
January 9th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
JC – I know plenty of emo kids – they play rugby and cricket, drink Speight’s and hang out with girls that dress like Paris Hilton. Basically “emo” is to the late 2000’s what grunge was to the early 1990s – a former sub-culture focussed on music that’s been appropriated and perverted/distorted by the corporate world to the point where it’s just a meaningless tag given to people who dress a certain way.
WTF, how old are you again? I’m pretty sure emo kids don’t play rugby and cricket, drink Speights and hang out with girls that hang out with Paris Hilton. Emos dye their hair black, have fringes, wear trendy goth clothing with tight pants, listen to gay ass music like 30 Seconds to Mars and hang out with fat skanks that can’t get the jocks.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Na no sex for me Roger. Ever. I’d love to know what it’s like though. I’m so ugly I can’t even pay for it.
But I was talking about me, not you, in that last post so no need to get defensive although I realise there are a few similarities.
And Jesus Crux- I’m with you man, but Roger seems to know better. I know trends change fast these days, but last time I was at my local (last night) I didn’t see any emo kids at the bar. Maybe I should have gone to the rugby club instead?
January 9th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Although ironically I did hear that Jared Leto from Thirty seconds to mars rooted Paris, but that doesn’t prove anything, I mean hell, who hasn’t?
January 9th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Red and black in Waikato,,
fascinating to see.
January 9th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
JesusCrux’s description of the emo look is spot-on, except it is unfair to compare them with goths as goths are a lot more stylish, particularly the chicks…
January 9th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
BTW:
If an Emo kid who (we assume) is not a working, contributing member of society whacks a beneficiary dad4justice over the head, is society the richer or the poorer for it?
January 9th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Society is in blissful ignorance of D4J
And all the richer for it.
January 9th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Who cares? Really.