Horrific moment yobs ‘fight with swords and machetes’ in daylight London battle

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1. This has been going on for decades. I remember older kids round by ours stashing golf clubs and knuckle dusters before a big fight. There was always some bastard who brought a sword but they only ever stood there trying to look nuts.

2. Interesting. 

   Someone last week on Reddit called me out how machete fights aren’t real in UK. 

   u/SirCliveWolfe 

   Guess it’s still all nonsense on my part?

3. It is them bloody Romans again hacking and slashing like their legionnaire ancestors.

4. For anyone who thinks it’s poverty, it is not poverty. The UK had far, far worse levels of deprivation in the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s – the stories my grandparents had of their upbringings would count as *extreme* poverty today. And yet bizarrely, they didn’t descend into machete fights and gang stabbings over their postcodes, they went to school and church, studied hard, went to dances in their worn-out clothing, went on walks, got jobs as soon as they could – as did everyone else in their communities. Crime like this was unheard of.

   Alternatively, if the cause of this behaviour is poverty then that would mean you’d expect **billions** of humans around the world today to be in violent gangs, because most of the world is on $5 a day or less (~5 billion people).

   South Asia alone has probably at least a billion people living in far worse conditions, with barely any money, with worse job prospects in terrible working conditions, and with rampant pollution and corruption compared to these teenagers in London… and yet somehow there aren’t a billion ‘roadmen’ in India and Pakistan are there? Just lots of hardworking people desperate for employment.

5. The best part about Fear is that there is no trademark, so these purveyors can reap 100% profits. Open source baby.

   Enter the “It wasn’t like this back in the day” crowd, standing, pious solemn witnesses to the decadent violence of our modern chaotic times.

   They long for the bygone days of, *checks notes*, the IRA running around with nail bombs. Nice tasty nail bombs. Whilst cleansing themselves of any inconvenient statistics like the falling murder rates over a ten year period, or the equally reduced level of crime in general compared to the 90s.

   Yes truly, we are in the end times, thank you, thank you Fear for the clicks.

6. “”One teenager was taken to hospital for treatment to a hand injury and has since been discharged..” Not much of a “fight with swords and machetes”, was it? Molehill>>>>>mountain.

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8. But at least we have rap music and the Notting hill carnival. Swings and roundabouts.

9. Why can’t they just use their maws kitchen knives like normal teenagers?

10. Theres a simple solution to this and everyone knows it but people will call you names for suggesting it …

11. We need a Battle Royale setting up IMO. Then drop the “winner” in the middle of the North Sea.

12. I don’t actually object to knife wielding thugs fighting other knife wielding thugs. In fact, as long as no innocent people are harmed, it’s one way for the problem to resolve itself. Perhaps offer safe places, out of sight of the public, where knife wielding thugs can each sign a disclaimer and then have at it?

13. Right now in /London they will be saying it’s a one off and don’t you dare blame the guy responsible for policing.

14. I like to play a little game. Guess the newspaper. I got it right.

15. I remember going to Hackney once for a gig, I got there tonnes earlier than I expected so I went to a corner shop, got some random stuff to eat/drink and sat around, it wasn’t busy out and about and I could see in the distance that there were some kids play fighting, I had my earphones in and didn’t think much of it

    Not long later these policemen grabbed what I thought at the time was a toy from one of these kids, turns out that was a legit bladed weapon of some kind and I had no idea, I didn’t realise what was going on and when I went to the gig I overheard people talking about it all, it’s a miracle none of the other kids got hurt tbh, that could’ve descended into something much worse at the Blink of an eye

16. Why isn’t an instant jail sentence imposed for anyone carrying a knife. There is literally zero reason to carry a knife in the streets

17. I have Thai family living literally on top of a sewer system in Bangkok in poverty. No benefits, no NHS, nothing. They would never do this and are some of the happiest and respectful people I know.