"As Miss Lancaster kneeled down, cradling her boyfriend's head on her lap and calling for help, the accused and the then 15-year-old youth who has already pleaded guilty to murder, turned on her.
The second boy kicked her in the head, with the accused joining in, the court heard.
Paramedics found the couple lying side by side, covered in blood and unconscious.
Mr Shorrock said the gang had turned on the young couple simply because they were Goths or "moshers" and dressed differently to them. "
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BBC News: Goth clothes 'prompted killing' Something is very, very wrong in the UK. This is just depressing. It's fairly horrific and serves as a warning that the UK is not a nation that is friendly to 'alternative' lifestyles or selöf-expression. It's a country for conformity and blandness. Standing out will get you savagely killed and you can be ceertain that despite an outcry against this from 'decent ordinary folk' there will be many thinking that this never would have happened if they'd dressed normally. As some lame excuse.
No-one should ever be kicked to death because of the way they dress. Hell, no-one should be kicked to death ever, but kicking someone to death because they are goth is fucking ludicrous.
The fact that this thing seems to becoming even more common, and not just towards goths but pretty much anyone who isn't a member of some loosely associated gang of apathetic twats hanging around some street corner waiting for their next bit of low-brow amusement or indeed gets ever so slightly in the way of such amusement, whether by criticising the youngsters or just refusing to give up their belongings.
There is something so horribly wrong with a so-called modern enlightened 21st century society that creates such ambivalent, violence seeking thugs on such a regular basis.
These incidents are no longer isolated but an almost daily occurence and I can't help but think it's because we are breeding a culture of disinterest and shallow pursuits where the goal of celebrity is all that matters and those that can't acheive this, will either give up and become nihilistic tribal brutes or look for notoriety through violence.
the pursuit of happiness or enlightenment no longer seems to count for most people, if they can't attain fame or wealth they just give up and become selfish malignant parasites, preying on each other for dubious pleasures.
Those few who still try to live their lives in harmony with their world merely attract a form of jealous intolerance and violence.
I just don't get why. This upsets me. how come some people get pleasure out of it? Are they just that ignorant? Don't they ever doubt their lives and wonder if they can change things for the better.
Am I just a freak? A member of a dying race?
Should I just be kicked to death too?