This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
Masked cowards
This ones to all these “masked” thugs running around the city with bandanas over their faces. What the fuck is wrong with you? Do you think your tough? Are you scared to show your face in public because you owe your crack dealer money? As if violence was
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They need to be stepped on like the cockroaches they are. I say round up the little bastards and send ’em to Sable Island with only one hit of crack between ’em. Now that’s a ‘Survivor’ episode I’d watch with great pleasure.
It’s that whole pack mentality. If you could deball the leader, the rest would run like roaches.
the sad thing is that when these idiots look back at themselve (if they are still alive), they won’t be able to look back at themselves cause they won’t recognize themselves with these fuckin’ masks!
Did it occur to you that they might be covering thier faces because its cold outside? not everybody is comfortable in a scarf.
FYI,These kids are trapped in a world that you obviously are oblivious to.They usually reside in the ‘ghetto’ as us white folk call it.Having a kid who hung around with these ‘masked thugs’ as you call them, caused me to realize how difficult their lives really are.So, I suggest that before you post you ‘off the cuff’ comments and insulting ‘bitches’, that you have some idea what you are talking about you piece of white bread…it’s called fashion in the hood someplace that you should spend some time in and get a feel for the strong sense of community because the are not accepted elsewhere.You ignorant fool, with all due respect, the respect that you deserve!
p.s.> you dumb redneck!
I think “R” and “Tired of white bread” need to chill a little. Fashion maybe one thing but feeling safe in your community is something completely different. If someone is a little nervous because a pack of kids are covering their faces, and they want to comment about this…What better forum.If these “kids are trapped in a world that we obviously are oblivious to”. why are they covering up, how can we become less “oblivous” if we are intimated by them. And using these “hankies” instead of scarves, I don’t know about that…???I think what the poster was trying to suggest was that with the outbreak of swarmings in the last couple of years, kids covering their faces only creates a “outlaw” persona, and enhances the unconfortable feelings we have all experienced when walking down the street and your gut tells you “Something Aint Right!”. Freedom of Speech/Fashsion is a wonderful thing but most people can’t help but feel a little nervous when faced with a faceless pack…
To “Tired of White Bread”….boo hoo, cry me a fuckin’ river….thugs is thugs….
Give me a fucking break, Tired of White Bread. If any of us put a bandana over our faces, we’d be suspect too. Didn’t you ever watch TV westerns, bright guy? I’m sick and tired of this goddamn victim mentality that people like you perpetuate. Lots of people grow up poor and rise above it.
What typical anglo-saxon, racist, and cowardly responses after my post.I don’t even reside in the maritimes, I am grateful that I am not surrounded by a bunch of people like you all that responded in such a way as I mentioned above.I am cultured and not afraid or paranoid of kids with scarves over their faces.And to top it off, I am a gorgeous woman and I have bling.Hell, while in NYC I even walked in Harlem.People are people, colour is colour, and primitives are primitives(wink).You are all fools, close-minded maritimers, and racist to ‘boot’.Over and OUT,Ciao
By writing something like “what typical anglo-saxon…” it reveals your racism more than anyone you’ve criticized. Its interesting to also note that none of the posts brought up race before yours did. Hm.Perhaps you should pawn some of your bling and buy yourself a little objectivity.
HEY “Virve”, how many e-mail addys do you have, ‘john wayne’…elementary pyscho babble.Guess what fool…you seemingly have no idea what the underlying discussion is about.In saying this, study at least PSYC.101 and then come back and give me and ‘us’ something to work with.Until then, ‘bitch away’. it doesn’t matter.’When in Rome’LMAO @ this surface ‘BS’
Why the fuck has this dissolved to a discussion on racism? No one specified race here – we’re talking about thugs period, you ignorant twit.Oh, well, your bling will do you plenty good when you’re laying across a sidewalk with a bullet in your back because of some little creep in a bandana.Bling….BAHAWHAWHAWHAW…symbols of ‘Look at me! Look at me! I’m so fucking full of my own importance, kneel at the glory that is me!’You’re pathetic, Tired of White Bread. And a moron.
WOW, TOWB, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt as that you just stated that you don’t live here in the Maritimes. We in the Maritimes are essentially small cities/communities that have enjoyed a “maritime hospitality” and a good sense of community for a number of years. Yes like any metropolis we have diversity of races, religion, classes and as a result can suffer from ignorance and NO community can be completely crime free. Over the years anyone who has remaind in the Maritimes has been witness to the increase of disrespect among our youth, disregard to authority, and essentially the ever increasing crime element. Why just in the last 12 months elderly people who are walking the streets have had teenagers approach them and kick the shit out of. Some guy walking down the road during a snow storm was knifed by a pack of kids when he tried to defend himself from an onslot of snowballs being hurled at him. A jogger in Cole Harbour was jumped by another pack and again had the SHIT kicked out them. I have lived in the Maritimes for 95% of my life and have felt a sense of pride for what we have, knowing that it is a hidden jem, that only recently has been discovered by the “wealthy, elite and famous” as one of the best destinations for relaxing and adventure. The Maritimes are know all over the world now for warmth of spirit and culture.So you’ll have to forgive me for feeling resentment towards anyone who wants to make me feel uncomfortable in my home, on my street, or in my place of work. By covering your face on first impression might imply that there is something to hide. I consider myself to be an open minded and non judgemental person who believes in giving everyone the benefit of the doubt, but if my instinct tells me that I should be weary of a pack of kids heading in my direction with scarves over their face, you want to believe that I am going to trust it, AND then I will be pissed for feeling this way.Maybe we need to look at our youth and figure out why they are lashing out but for now, for this moment in time I would like to just vent that I don’t understand why they want to portray themselves in a light that intimidates the vulnerable, and that it makes me angry and feel protective to those who are met by these packs!
Hey yall,Stopping giving “Tired of white bread” the benefit of trying to create a comback to your bitches that make any sense. She’s obviousely a halfwit who doesn’t even live here. The bottom line is when 99.9% of our citizens see one of these fucking losers with a bandana up around there face, they feel that they are trying to be intimidated, and the idiot who’s wearing it is trying to do just that…intimidate. Fashion, fuck off with fashion…we know what they are trying to do…
Hey yall,Stop giving “Tired of white bread” the benefit of trying to create a comback to your bitches that make any sense. She’s obviousely a halfwit who doesn’t even live here. The bottom line is when 99.9% of our citizens see one of these fucking losers with a bandana up around there face, they feel that they are trying to be intimidated, and the idiot who’s wearing it is trying to do just that…intimidate. Fashion, fuck off with fashion…we know what they are trying to do…
Dude! It’s wintertime. Maybe they are just trying to keep their faces warm. Would you feel less threatened if they were wearing nice scarves that their mommies knit for them? Relax.
Okay John Wayne,Not every kid with a bandana over their mouths are criminals.Obviously it’s been sterotyped as that, but in reality..its not.That’s just like saying someone in a ski mask is a fucking bank robber you douch bag.
If you’re wearing a ski mask in the summer, chances are good you’re either a criminal or a dumb twit trying to project an aura of criminal intent. If you’re wearing a bandana over your face outside of a dust storm, well…Oh, and Tired of White Bread, if you had ever lived in NYC (as I have), you’d know better than to say something as ignorant as “I even walked in Harlem.” NYC is one of the safest large cities in the world and Harlem is currently undergoing a major renaissance that makes it one of the nicer, safer parts of Manhattan. Try coming to Halifax and walking down Gottingen at 11 or 12 at night with all your “bling” on display and tell me how safe you feel.
I believe ‘bling’ was at the root of that unfortunate stabbling of a US sailor. The funniest part of NWB’s posts is that 1) she’s cultured and 2) she wears bling. I don’t believe the two can be connected.
Hey Coyote,You write like your relatively intelligent. If it’s cold outside, are you and 5 of your buds gonna go out and buy matching bandanas to protect yourself from winters rage? No…and neither are they. I’m not suggesting thet’re out there on daily crime spree, but they are expressing a look similar to that of a “gang” mantality, there fore tryng to intimidate the masses….that all.
Hey folks,Glad to have pulled out the spoons and got the kichen party in full swing in the good ole maritimes.Lighten up people, oh wait, you don’t know how…how sad.Next time you hear from me is when I feel to respond to some primitive minded foolP.s.? I lived in Halifax for many years and for those of think that I am some random person from some other city who has never experienced the close-mindeness here(visiting), sorry to burst your bubble so to speak. Well actually I am not.Inferiority complexes and racism run rampant in this caveAll the best to the outsiders attempting to blend, HoLY!!!
yo! white bread bitch, you are just pertpetuating the same ignorance yourself! Regardless of the topic here at hand, have YOU received ANY type of an education? The root of all discrimination is ignorance and generalizations.I came on this post to bitch about something stupid looking and you took it and made it into a ridiculous podium for you to stand in judgement looking down at the “mass” Maritime public and spue your own form of discrimination.Crap girl! why don’t you take some of “your Bling” sell it, and try to buy yourself some education in 1) communication, and 2) Psychology.I took some time and tried to explain to you why people in this area felt the need to express their opinions on these stupid scarves, but you closed your eyes and just barked out your “NON racist” opinion, choosing to continue with your own closed off opinion. Give your head a shake!Is there any trafic on this one way road you drive down?
Dude, the point I was trying to make is that it’s a fashion. Gang culture is fashionable. Most of these kids are not criminals. They just want to look like criminals because that’s what they think is cool. It’s only intimidating to people who believe it. But it’s not real. It’s just a style and it will pass, just like the style of looking like you slept in a garbage can passed. In the meantime, if you have to wear something over your face to keep warm, it might as well conform to your current fashion sense.Now if I see the silly little buggers going around with bandanas over their faces in the summer, I will point and laugh.
GOD, I’m Glad it’s thursday…this stupid white bread bitch will not have much more time left to “educate” us “red necks” on how ignorant WE are.Bread, I see your chip a mile away!
I think the whole “Grunge/Garbage Look” is kind of stupid, too. I like the ones that start the fashion trends not the ones who have to follow to feel secure.there are these people, you know who they are, they get up throw something on and it looks great! one week later everyone is trying to be them! I really admire that confidence and wish i could be like that.