Pictured: The moment a man punched a girl off her feet during a Facebook water fight

Before we condemn this apparent bully, we should remember that "ladettes" are often more agressive and inclined to provoke fights than men of similar ages. They play the agressor in the (almost) certain knowledge that most men will still not hit a woman. In this case she clearly got it wrong. In the age of so much knife crime, maybe she should be grateful she just got punched..!!

- Gary Ali, Cobham UK, 31/7/2008 10:29

^^^good point, well made

Cannot condone what this man did, but, she did not use water she used a coloured liquid, he may have thought that she had ruined his t-shirt. She took things too far, he went further. If she had not been there, it would not have happened. They are both in the wrong, not just him.

- Claire, T Wells UK, 31/7/2008 11:33

I'm not supprised he was angry, water is one thing cos that dries but she's stained his white shirt!

- Adam, Reading, 31/7/2008 11:33

In the age of gun crime, maybe she should be grateful she just got stabbed

Gangs of youths then ran amok, threatening the public, flashing knives and causing riding school children as young as five to be thrown from their horses . . . One man, aged in his early 20s, was shot by police with an electric stun gun after he set his pitbull-type dog on an officer.

Well, that water fight went to shit real fast-like.

xp also in the pictures her red "fizzy drink" is in a bottle labeled SPRING WATER. Plus guy in background in first pic is like "lol WAHT??"

I suppose punching that girl was disproportionate but considering she assaulted him first with a fizzy drink, it isn't an entirely unjustified response. I wouldn't describe him as a thug for retaliating. We want equal rights girls, so expect a boy's response! Maybe she will grow up and think twice about being a Facebook herd animal.

- Bognor Lass, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England

The Classless. Getting free publicity AGAIN.
What would the Knights of the Round Table think?

- Craig, Miami USA, 31/7/2008 11:07

Regarding Mary's comment "Oh what a jolly jape! Makes you proud to be British doesn't it?"

British? .hardly.

Based on the wildlife in the photograph it is a scene from the Serengeti

- Chris, Norwich Norfolk, 31/7/2008

!!!!!

which attracted 250 youngsters to Kensington Gardens, close to Princess Diana's former home.

Have they no respect?

Frankly I'd charge them as accessories to murder.

This guy must be a thug! He should have poured the bottle over her and gave her a taste of her own medicine not hit her! I hope this article results in him being prosecuted for assault

- Gary, Tallinn, 31/7/2008 11:29

Why the fuck is someone reading this in Tallinn?

this is incredibly written

Gangs of youths then ran amok, threatening the public, flashing knives and causing riding school children as young as five to be thrown from their horses.

lot of estonians named 'gary' huh

ha, yes, the horses

Three children, aged between five and 12, who were riding past the brawl, were thrown when their horses became frightened.

it's all fun and games until someone from the pony club loses an eye

goog god that serengeti comment

Why the fuck is someone reading this in Tallinn?

Ex-pat innit.

Will these dopes never learn?

- Freddie, Poole, Dorset, 31/7/2008 10:29

lot of estonians named 'gary' huh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyRIWKMJziQ

man reading british newspapers makes me never ever want to complain about the american media

ever

wtf on all counts.

What would the Knights of the Round Table think?

we gotta run with this, though.

Lancelot approves, Arthur not so much.

lol facebook lol

Oh, no! Where will I get another perfectly ordinary white tee shirt!

Before we condemn this apparent bully, we should remember that "ladettes" are often more agressive and inclined to provoke fights than men of similar ages. They play the agressor in the (almost) certain knowledge that most men will still not hit a woman. In this case she clearly got it wrong. In the age of so much knife crime, maybe she should be grateful she just got punched..!!

- Gary Ali, Cobham UK, 31/7/2008 10:29

^^^good point, well made

I lol'd

Gangs of youths then ran amok, threatening the public, flashing knives and causing riding school children as young as five to be thrown from their horses.

boschian

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

They suffered broken bones.

Paramedics took all three to hospital for injuries including suspected broken bones and concussion.

Were they broken or not - I demand to know.

No one knows what it's like, to be a dustbin, in Shaftsbury...

The Daily Mail is on top form to-day...
Why women can be to blame for their own infertility.

And in other news, same paper encourages violence against women...
I'd like to slap Sheryl Gascoigne ... at least it would save Paul the bother
...it's like fish in a barrel.

ffs...

It is one of the last taboos of social commentary that we are not allowed, ever, to suggest that a battered wife has deserved her fate, let alone 'asked for it'. So I won't.

But when we extend that to prevent anyone saying that a battered wife does nevertheless have a responsibility for her own safety - and that of her children - it becomes a taboo too far. So I will.

You want your Facebook water pistol fights, here's where you keep right on paying for it.

This thread is joy.

To be fair, he's wearing a white t-shirt and she is splashing him with red...

To be fair tho she is in hot pants and a wet t-shirt, i would have handled this situation better.

- Shav, Glasgow, 31/7/2008 10:59

And now...fan art!

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/anydange/kapow.jpg

Why does his expression look so much like HE'S the one getting punched? It is...ugly. And perplexing.

He looks a bit like Craig Charles.

http://www.strawp.net/images/random/water_fight_punch.png

Wait wait, a bunch of people gathered in a big outdoor social event and someone would up punching someone?

lol that picture Ownes.

the original i mean

he punched her so hard it's lifting HIM off the ground!

He's a man, but she's a girl. I wonder what their ages are?

anyway, it's viral marketing for raspberry flavoured water, you mark my words

"she was asking for that summer fruits punch"

He's a churlish oaf and she's an annoying fibbertygibbet. They're made for each other.

OMG, he really punched her a good won!!! LOL that was uncalled for!!!

Hurting, UK

Daily Mail readers in brain-dead but somehow still functioning day-to-day shocker.

The Classless. Getting free publicity AGAIN.
What would the Knights of the Round Table think?

- Craig, Miami USA, 31/7/2008 11:07

-- DJ Mencap, Thursday, 31 July 2008 18:57 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

I lol'd. This is some kind of twisted genius, actually.

She's probably better off, attention she needed, attention she got.

ftw

you said it (ysi)!

ctrl+f for flirt gone bad lul? biceops

insert screencap from that jap movie where celibate jap medieval peasant youth girls b chasing around their guys with gigantic soft dildoes 2 hit them on the head for marriage , at some spring=fertility annual celebration

Amok!!

Why didn't no-nonsense Tory Mayor of London Boris Johnson send out the troops to exterminate the rioters and impose an immediate curfew on central London? Same with all these fascists - all talk, no action.

xp to hoos:

It reads like achewood alt-text.

"she was asking for that summer fruits punch"

http://www.mltcreative.com/images/figures-unusual/punchy.jpg

http://www.kpebiz.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/slap.jpg

http://www.buyersmls.com/honeymooners/ralphal.jpg

Regarding Mary's comment "Oh what a jolly jape! Makes you proud to be British doesn't it?"

British? .hardly.

Based on the wildlife in the photograph it is a scene from the Serengeti

- Chris, Norwich Norfolk, 31/7/2008

!!!!!

-- Pancakes Hackman, Thursday, 31 July 2008 18:58 (Yesterday) Link

lot of estonians named 'gary' huh

-- goole, Thursday, 31 July 2008 19:08 (Yesterday) Link

nice juxtaposition.

frankly, i'd charge them as accessories to murder

You want your water fights, here's where you keep right on paying for them.

shit matt already made that joek

Frankly I'd charge them as accessories to murder.

-- n/a, Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

sorry n/a i didnt read this stupid ass thread

"No one knows what it's like, to be a dustbin, in Shaftsbury..."

This is exactly what I thought of when I read this story. One of Hicks' better observations. God, would Bill Hicks just have a fucking field day in 2008.

Ps-what a fucking baby this guy is in the picture. You never spill any Hawaiian Punch on your bib when your mom gives you lunch, you pussy?

it's ok y'all. it's his sister. you know how siblings punch each other in the face all the time.

I squirt water in my white tee
Punch girls in my white tee

Ha, ha. Brilliant. This one really does tick all the Mail's boxes, doesn't it?

We've got…

Chavs! <CHECK>
Terrified bystanders! <CHECK>
Injured bystanders even! <CHECK>
And they're tiny children! <CHECK>
On ponies! <CHECK>
Internet networking peril! <CHECK>
Bullying! <CHECK>
Violent teens! <CHECK>
Riot! <CHECK>
Affray! <CHECK>
Besmirching the memory of the sainted princess! <CHECK>
Wasting valuable police time! <CHECK>
Innocent horseplay turns to tragedy! (the "you'll be laughing on the other side of your face when you put someone's eye out" angle) <CHECK>
Fizzy drinks! <CHECK>
Decline of Western civilisation! <CHECK>

Can still imagine the reporter coming back with the story getting a bollocking though. "Look, you said there were about 250 there, and you didn't bother to check if at least one of them was an illegal from Eastern Europe? Get out of here!"

And now the editor of Esquire repeats exactly the same things he read in the Daily Mail in the Observer.

Good work!

That line about the kids as young as five being thrown from their horses was also in the Metro.

If social networking sites start marketing their own "advanced hydration products" I may well be tempted to participate in a Facebook-water fight.

I'm surprised we haven't heard from the parents of the little kids who were thrown from their horses, and as far as I know there's been no confirmation of any of them breaking their bones, and yet it's being repeated everywhere, cribbed from what I guess is the same story.

Just being repeated as wishful thinking

The problem is that we all want to share everything with everyone, whether it's a party, the fact we've broken up with a partner or the fascinating news that we're planning to see Mamma Mia! that night. If you're a teenager or in your early twenties, you no longer celebrate your birthday with friends and family, you share the occasion with millions on Facebook. If you think that Britney Spears is being treated unfairly by the media, you video yourself having a tearful tantrum and stick it on YouTube (and get a TV show as a result, as happened in the States recently). And if you've smacked a Formula One boss's bottom, you immediately tell the News of the World.

How can people be getting paid to write horseshit like this?

I SEE THE SOCIAL TRENDS

AND I AM ABOVE THEM, THE AUGUST AND ALL-WISE OBSERVER

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Gangs of youths then ran amok, threatening the public, flashing knives and causing riding school children as young as five to be thrown from their horses.

Police feared others were carrying knives after park users reported seeing men "flashing" their weapons.

Two things about that second paragraph:

1)The use of the word 'others' is odd. Does this mean that the police weren't especially worried about the gangs of youths who were running amok, flashing their knives, and causing riding accidents, but were deeply worried by the possibility that other youths had knives? Or am I misreading it, and the police actually feared that other horses were carrying knives?

2)The speechmarks around "flashing" would be better around "weapons".

oo-er vicar

everything about this story and the coverage of it basically says "britain in 2008 is the stupidest country that has ever existed in world history"

Steady on.

http://eyjan.is/freedomfries/wp-content/uploads/magnus/folder_2/get_a_brain_morans.jpg

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/05/exclusive-facebook-waterfight-thug-won-t-apologise-to-girl-he-hit-115875-20684621/

"She just came out of nowhere and threw juice straight in my face. And the way she was laughing and trying to mock me. I admit I'm in the wrong. I mean fair enough, I hit a girl. But I had to take off my top and put it in the bin."

i can't make that link work:

Sorry...
...but we can't find the page:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/05/exclusive-facebook-waterfight-thug-won-t-apologise-to-girl-he-hit-115875-20684621

Add the end slash.

does anyone care about this anymore, other than facebook nerds?

Dom

I was just going to see what girls were there.

so are these water fights a 'thing' then?

Fair enough it was a water fight but I didn't have no watergun, no bottles in my hand. I didn't have no water.

I was just going to see what girls were there.

she's a fucking idiot for thinking dyed water wouldn't piss anyone off, whether they were playing the game or not.

Especially when the dude didn't have no watergun.

It would basically have been sexist not to punch her

Oh ease up. This guy that got hit by the water is a complete jackass. He didn't "have not watergun". Idiot.

xxpost

Those girls were there to be observed, and she rose above her station.

The picture shows him pulling her head back, by the hair, with his left hand. Is he meant to be punching her at the same time?

Yes, that's no way to punch a woman

I have good mind to write to the Daily Mail to complain

The Classless. Getting free publicity AGAIN.
What would the Knights of the Round Table think?

- Craig, Miami USA, 31/7/2008 11:07

― DJ Mencap, Thursday, 31 July 2008 18:57 (7 years ago)