Jalals Bomb Prank

[Didymus 34,380]

1 hour ago, AlexanderLevi2 said:

Yes, the racist, sexist, and homophobic jokes were such a great asset back then 

You do understand how impressionable young kids minds are, right? Like have you taken a psychology class at all?

I can only imagine some kid thinking this was hilarious, watching it with a couple of their friends and doing it on a larger scale.

Thats great that your friends fake kidnapped you and "shot" people and you are fine with it but someone who would be offended, has that right to be. God, if I found out that happened to a kid of mine, I would flip ****. The things we do can leave deep marks in children's minds. 

Especially in kids, pranks can be used as a power play.

Im not someone who is uptight. I love humor. But causing fear, whether it's to one person or a group, is just the lowest level of comedy to me.

If a Quentin Tarantino film or all the war video games don't lead to kids shooting everyone in their surroundings, I think this prank video isn't gonna get us in trouble either This is exactly the double standard I'm talking about: if you think a prank like this is insensitive, dangerous and in bad taste, then why aren't you rallying to ban all violent or scary video games and movies and make sure no kid will ever see those? If you really think this prank video is more possibly harmful than Call of Duty you seriously need to do some soul-searching and find out why you're so incoherent in your judgments.

And I agree: if I were my own parent and I found out what my camp leaders did (it were my camp leaders, not my friends) then I would probably be a bit shocked as well, but you always have to ask the kids first: what did you experience? No one is asking these people who got pranked how they felt when they were shown where the camera was before bashing the video and everyone in it. If my kid told me the prank was intense and it scared the **** out of me but I was able to laugh it off I would've been fine too. That's how simple it can be.

But then let's be clear: you agree then that making a video of you hiding behind a door with a scary mask and a fake knife on is as reprehensible and disgusting as this one? Surely that should put things in perspective.

18 minutes ago, DrewStevens said:

The problem is not how dangerous this is, the problem is how harmful this is for Muslims and people of Middle Eastern descent. They receive enough hate, they don't need some idiots making fun of something like this and sharing it with millions of people around the world.

That's exactly the point of the prank though Sure, it's not some intellectual triumph, but the joke is that someone babbling in fake Arabic with fake traditional clothing on, throwing a bag at you is enough to make people run for their lives when they could easily see through it if they were better educated or weren't the victim of political and social paranoia.

And even if you missed all that, what's wrong with laughing at people being ****ing scared to death? Plenty of people laugh at people shitting their pants on a roller coaster or during a bungee jump. Treating these video's differently because there's a racial element is just weird to me, especially since other things like (a lot more) offensive cartoons and music video's are just defended under the guise of free speech without anyone caring about which social group it might stereotype. This video does not target a social group and does not make a generalized statement about them, in fact it subverts a stereotype, exposing its efficacy in society. So what's the problem here? The inconsistency about this and related subjects on social media (incl. this forum) is just embarrassing.

[Didymus 34,380]

Btw, just noticed this was posted in World News

[theMonster5 74]

4 minutes ago, Didymus said:

Btw, just noticed this was posted in World News

I post in World News because it happened last week so it's current news/event, or I'm just pranking you.  

[Popo 3,781]

Wonder if they'll find it funny when they get shot.

[DrewStevens 5,249]

11 hours ago, Sudarshana said:

did you really watch the whole video? it's really funny 

Yes I did, it's not. 

[Goosey 3,017]

13 hours ago, Sudarshana said:

dunno, at the beginning of the thread people were talking about how those pranks are rude towards middle eastern and black people

The people doing these pranks are of Middle Eastern heritage.

"Arman Jalal, Max Jalal and Rebeen Jalal are the trio who created the controversial video."

 

[DrewStevens 5,249]

11 hours ago, Didymus said:

If a Quentin Tarantino film or all the war video games don't lead to kids shooting everyone in their surroundings, I think this prank video isn't gonna get us in trouble either This is exactly the double standard I'm talking about: if you think a prank like this is insensitive, dangerous and in bad taste, then why aren't you rallying to ban all violent or scary video games and movies and make sure no kid will ever see those? If you really think this prank video is more possibly harmful than Call of Duty you seriously need to do some soul-searching and find out why you're so incoherent in your judgments.

And I agree: if I were my own parent and I found out what my camp leaders did (it were my camp leaders, not my friends) then I would probably be a bit shocked as well, but you always have to ask the kids first: what did you experience? No one is asking these people who got pranked how they felt when they were shown where the camera was before bashing the video and everyone in it. If my kid told me the prank was intense and it scared the **** out of me but I was able to laugh it off I would've been fine too. That's how simple it can be.

But then let's be clear: you agree then that making a video of you hiding behind a door with a scary mask and a fake knife on is as reprehensible and disgusting as this one? Surely that should put things in perspective.

That's exactly the point of the prank though Sure, it's not some intellectual triumph, but the joke is that someone babbling in fake Arabic with fake traditional clothing on, throwing a bag at you is enough to make people run for their lives when they could easily see through it if they were better educated or weren't the victim of political and social paranoia.

And even if you missed all that, what's wrong with laughing at people being ****ing scared to death? Plenty of people laugh at people shitting their pants on a roller coaster or during a bungee jump. Treating these video's differently because there's a racial element is just weird to me, especially since other things like (a lot more) offensive cartoons and music video's are just defended under the guise of free speech without anyone caring about which social group it might stereotype. This video does not target a social group and does not make a generalized statement about them, in fact it subverts a stereotype, exposing its efficacy in society. So what's the problem here? The inconsistency about this and related subjects on social media (incl. this forum) is just embarrassing.

You're giving them too much credit. They are just another group of dumb pranksters trying to be popular on Internet. Their other pranks involve shooting and kidnapping. They are not trying to make a point about Islamophobia or any kind of social paranoia which is not so irrational considering the recent events and terrorist attack in Australia.

You can't compare being scared by an extreme voluntary experience to being scared by something as serious and current as terrorism. It's like comparing being scared by a cat to being scared by a tiger.

I don't know what you're trying to prove with the last part of your post. Just because there are double standards about some things it doesn't make this right or funny. This prank does affect the image of a certain group and plays with stereotypes that are now causing Islamophobia around the world.

For the record, I'm not saying this is horribly offensive or anything like that, but in my opinion this is not funny at all and it only causes more hate towards Islam. I'm not against pranks in general but I'm against this and the other pranks where murder and sexual harassment are involved.