Children’s online argument screeches into real-world violence

By THE NATION

 

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A teenage boy, infuriated by a fellow game player’s refusal to meet and accept insults about his mother, decided to drive to his opponent’s house and have it out face to face.

 

A video clip of the row was posted on Facebook on Tuesday. The clip shows the teenager arriving in a white car with his mother, who can be seen starting a row with the other boy’s mother.

 

The battle between the two families is reportedly over with nobody sustaining injuries.

 

The incident had taken place on Monday, when the two boys, both 15, were playing a game online and the teenager decided to call his opponent’s mother a prostitute.

 

More fuel was added to the fire when the teenager’s mother supported the insults her son was flinging at his opponent.

 

In order to gain more clarity in the case, Kom Chad Luek reporters visited the teenager’s home in Samut Prakan’s Muang district on Wednesday.

 

The teenage boy’s grandmother told reporters that her grandson was mentally ill and had not been taking his medication. Apologising for her grandson’s bad behaviour, she said he had moved out and was now living with his mother.

 

The reporters then visited the house the mother and son are said to be living in, but found nobody there, though the white car in the video clip was parked outside.

 

Reporters then headed to the home of the mother and son who posted the clip. This mother said she had posted the clip to teach the other two a lesson, especially since the other boy’s mother questioned her character just because she had posted provocative photographs on Facebook.

 

Her son also said their attacker used vulgar language while playing and had challenged him for face-to-face meeting, which he refused because he does not have a car.

 

However, the other boy did not give up and showed up at his opponent’s house with his mother, ready to fight and possibly run his “enemy” over.

 

Though the teenager’s mother stopped him from running over his opponent, the battle did not end there. The teenager then decided to jump out of the car and physically assault his opponent, who was saved by bystanders and friends.

 

“He tried to further beat me up, but my friends helped protect me. He later decided to stop and leave,” he said, adding that the other boy later apologised to him online.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30396281

 

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43 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

However, the other boy did not give up and showed up at his opponent’s house with his mother, ready to fight and possibly run his “enemy” over

 

43 minutes ago, webfact said:

call his opponent’s mother a prostitute.

 

43 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

If they were on Grand Theft Auto the prostitute jibe is nothing compared to some of the wacky insults on there like " your mother's your sister " or " a tourist just asked me for a hand job " .. and running someone over especially up on the sidewalk is a encouraged daily occurrence .. but they best separate out not acting in real life as they do in vid games ..

Edited October 15, 20205 yr by Justgrazing
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Parents  just like the kid, cretinous  morons

Stupid is an epidemic worse than the Wuhan China virus.  The Wuhan China virus will eventually be controlled but not sure about the Stupid epidemic!

It's surprising some of the spats on ThaiVisa haven't lead to zimmer-frames at dawn confrontations.

Or maybe they have...

1 hour ago, Thujone said:

It's surprising some of the spats on ThaiVisa haven't lead to zimmer-frames at dawn confrontations.

Or maybe they have...

Nope, no knocking on my door yet. 

Children don't drive cars ........ maybe the headline should be altered to 'youth' or 'young man'.

common as covid world wide..

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Kom Chad Luek reporters visited the teenager’s home in Samut Prakan’s Muang district on Wednesday.

he had moved out and was now living with his mother.

The reporters then visited the house the mother and son are said to be living in

Reporters then headed to the home of the mother and son who posted the clip.

Reporters then went to their own homes, tired and hungry and without anything interesting to write about.

One week 'naughty chair' for the lot of them.

4 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Nope, no knocking on my door yet. 

They stole your  door!!!!

2 hours ago, thenewgoo said:

One week 'naughty chair' for the lot of them.

includes  free  electric at 23000000000000volts!

No pictures, no video. It didn't happen.

8 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

 

 

If they were on Grand Theft Auto the prostitute jibe is nothing compared to some of the wacky insults on there like " your mother's your sister " or " a tourist just asked me for a hand job " .. and running someone over especially up on the sidewalk is a encouraged daily occurrence .. but they best separate out not acting in real life as they do in vid games ..

Pretty sure a lot of people learned to drive on Grand Theft Auto.

15 hours ago, bodga said:

Parents  just like the kid, cretinous  morons

Why attack both sets of parents the aggressor turned up at another persons house with his mother and tried to cause trouble.