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Charizard★ August 31st, 2009 1:57 PM

[PG-13] Gangs
 
[agelimit]ages 13 and over[/agelimit]

Gangs


Most of you people have heard of them, but mainly in North America. If you don't know what it is please read here.

Have you ever had a confrontation with a Gang member? Does your school talk about Gangs? Is there Gangs in your neighborhood?

With me, I grew up with gangs since I could walk, there are Gangs everywhere. Shootings sometimes happen and I lost one of my friends in one. I lot another 2 in Gang fights. Crips took the lives of 3 of my best friends. Have you lost anyone in Gang related things?

I have hung out with, been friends with, or become mortal enimes with most of the major Gangs.
Like so:
Latin Kings
Crips
Bloods
MS-13
Maniacs
Locos
GD

And many others.

Gangs are sometimes a daily things that some people deal with.

I have been asked to join some Gangs but I refused, I was even offered to be Blessed into the latin kings.

Have any of you guys been in Gang Conflict? What is your opnion on them? Discuss.

Rogue planet August 31st, 2009 2:06 PM

Yeah I was totally a member of the Ghetto Boys, I've been in a few shoot outs, nothing too major though.
Now I'm in Harry's gang, the meanest posse around; don't worry though, we only fight nasty people.

Luck August 31st, 2009 2:07 PM

Nope to both, thankfully.
I don't want to be involved in those gangs, but stuff like "crips" and "bloods" seems just like what the kids at my school want to be. It's really stupid, because they seem to be full of idiots way over their head. Of course, this IS a gang. Why no triad?

WTF Missouri state?

Captain Fabio August 31st, 2009 2:26 PM

I am in a bad ass gang.
We beat up kids in parks and rob old ladies at knife point.

I am so cool.

We are called the "ATATATATATATA Boys"

Lady Gaga August 31st, 2009 2:32 PM

I kind of hate how everybody is making a joke of this, but now, i have not encountered a gang before, and I dont want to.
Nobody here is going to say yes, you understand that. Us Pokefreaks are not that bad.

Charizard★ August 31st, 2009 2:36 PM

Please everyone with is no joke, I just wanted to see if anyone is experiencing it and what they talk about it in school.

Jordan August 31st, 2009 2:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by percentage% (Post 5061549)
I have been asked to join some Gangs but I refused, I was even offered to be Blessed into the latin kings.

Have any of you guys been in Gang Conflict? What is your opnion on them? Discuss.


Thumbs up for citing a university source (b'.')b

Lucky for me, I live in fairly safe and suburban cities, rarely venturing into the dark turfs of town or even downtown. That's not to say that shady figures don't appear around the school, but they mostly didn't directly confront me.

Mobile Tsk August 31st, 2009 2:45 PM

I was in a gang, but I left because it was just a glorified position with no perks.

Åzurε August 31st, 2009 3:38 PM

Jeez, gangs? If I ever encounter one, I'd rather be a wuss and alert the police before trying to reason with them. Not that I would usually have a chance to, but that's why I have a nice big knife...

I haven't noticed anything like that really, the worst we've had are small-town taggers and one robbery when nobody was at that house, but the abandoned shacks nearby don't inspire confidence.

Citrinin August 31st, 2009 4:10 PM

Luckily, I've never encountered a gang - we live in a safe neighbourhood.

Devil's Guitarist August 31st, 2009 4:17 PM

I'm with the Pokegang HAHAHAAH come on! you are only 14...go watch power rangers kid

Shem August 31st, 2009 4:45 PM

Well, I live in a smaller town in a rural area, so we don't have any gangs, however, we have alot of kids who think that they live in "the hood" and about three of them claim to be gang, but about the worst thing they ever did was do some mediocre grafiti on someone's garage.

Timbjerr August 31st, 2009 5:25 PM

My high school was a thriving cesspool of gang activity, mostly the Latin Kings, but some of teh Blods and teh Crips too... Using common sense, I stayed out of their way. ^_^;;

HyPeRsHoCk August 31st, 2009 7:05 PM

Fortunately not. However, if I did. I'd react Clint Eastwood style! Lol.

Vyro August 31st, 2009 7:10 PM

No gangs for me! But I own a company. We're working on a DsiWare game.

Esper August 31st, 2009 7:39 PM

Although people talked and acted like there was a huge gang problem where I grew up, there was usually nothing worse than the occasional robbery. Of course, any city large enough is going to have shootings and murder to some degree.

I've heard from friends who grew up in Cerritos (yeah, not exactly Compton) that they had to learn which colors not to wear when they went out and that in school learning to stay safe from gangs was given as much emphasis as earthquake safety.

I'm sorry to hear that you've lost friends. You have my sympathy. Gangs are one of those problems that befuddle me. I haven't the first clue how they might be stopped. Lots of people have tried, but the problem persists and people keep getting sucked into the unending cycle of retribution.

Her August 31st, 2009 10:48 PM

New Zealand is gang central in the Pacific. Every day you hear stories about a shooting or arrest, everywhere in New Zealand. Theres hundreds of huge gangs and 1000's of small ones (from the Killer Bees to the Mongrel Mob). A city recently banned gangs from it's limits, if you were found that you were a gang member, you would be fined $10,000. $10,000. Thats how much half of the member make in two years, let alone having to pay it within a month. Ugh.

thorn96 September 1st, 2009 12:39 AM

I haven't lost a friend to a gang... not yet, anyway. I live in a part of Australia where there are a few gangs, and one of my friends is being threatened because his big bro is apparently part of one of the bigger ones, although it might also be because they just don't like him. He's already been bashed up and left with a broken nose.

Also, there was a thing on the news where two high school gangs started a fight about a chair (I know, WTF?) and ended up killing a year 9 because he got in the way.

It's ridiculous. Something has to be done about this mindless violence, because people are getting killed!

Mitchman September 1st, 2009 12:47 AM

Never had been in a gang when I was in the states mostly because I was still young. I have seen though many gang wars in the streets but not too much. Over here we don't have gangs like that we just have a bunch of kids who are friends that just want to cause trouble.

thorn96 September 1st, 2009 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KeybladeRoxas (Post 5062128)
I'm with the Pokegang HAHAHAAH come on! you are only 14...go watch power rangers kid

I REALLY hope you're joking. C'mon, it's 3 years difference. Get over it, coz this is a serious subject.

(That wasn't a flame. Just saying.)

.little monster September 1st, 2009 2:34 AM

I've talked to some before but since I am pretty neutral in real life towards everything I never make enemies. People do talk about them in my school. There are gangs in my city.

Eruption September 1st, 2009 2:42 AM

Gangs like that no. But there are always 'Gangs' of chavs going around.

I think in my area they're just following the fashion though, they never really do anything.

♣Gawain♣ September 1st, 2009 8:32 AM

Gangs are totally pointless to me. Mostly, they wreck havoc to other innocent people. Unless the gang's intention are good, they're just nuisance to me.

And sometimes, they're pushovers.

dc_united September 1st, 2009 1:55 PM

Where I live, we only have Bloods and Blood 'affiliates' (i.e. people who are too scared to join the Bloods, but ape the 'thug life') most of them also happen to talk big game, but end up terrorizing middle schoolers.

My only experience with them was some affiliate who started talking big game to me in the bathroom at school. I walked up to him and he started whining about how it was just a joke and why do people take 'this s*** so serious'

Kura September 1st, 2009 4:20 PM

I try to avoid that kind of stuff, and thankfully have never really been close to any of that. :/ I hate violence and even swearing.
I hate vices.

Consider myself a nerd so.. :/ I don't really get involved with the club scene either. I've been invited to a few clubs (clean) by my cousins and stuff for their birthdays.. it was alright but that sort of social stuff isn't my taste.

._. I'm like.. afraid of anything that shoots. Even BBguns.. or staple-guns.. or even flinging elastic tends to get me to cover my eyes and run away.
:/

Edit..

:/ Apparently I do have relatives in the Mafia in Italy and in Boston, though.. ._.
And there are a LOT of gangs downtown where I live (Toronto.)


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