The Age of Alex and his Droogs is Now

I just read an article on Philadelphia adolescents playing a game called "catch and wreck." (via Drudge)

According to the Philly.com article:

In the game, a group of children between the ages of nine and 15 congregating at the Finnegan Playground at 69th Street and Grovers Avenue beat, strike and stomp adults they believe may be homeless, Walker said. He said neither victim in the two attacks was homeless.

Anyone who has read A Clockwork Orange should immediately recognize this as one of the favorite ultraviolent pastimes of the future dystopian teens. Or you can watch the movie clip here.

Of course, in real life, the kids brutalized people who had homes and jobs...

Comments

[Therese]

This, sadly, has happened here as well. The homeless were given protection under the state's hate crimes statute last year (making MD the first of any state to do so). Crimes against them total more than crimes committed against all the other protected classes in the state's hate crimes statute combined.