Whaa ? Kids and +"Gang Signs"

[cbelt3]

Driving behind a busload of elementary school kids in my rather *cough* undiverse subdivision this morning, and a couple of little girls- perhaps 7 or 8, flash me 'gang signs' (you know, the 'sideways peace sign').

So I replied with the old Vulcan "Live Long and Prosper".

Which was the right thing to do, because they were giggling and trying to duplicate it for the next two miles.

So is is 'cool' to act like you belong to a vicious criminal enterprise?

[AAA]

We have been using the Vulcan sign at home lately, too.
I think the peace sign is just a remnant of that time. When I was a kid, I thought the term COOL would die, but it hasn't.

[mattkime]

>>So is is 'cool' to act like you belong to a vicious criminal enterprise?

Definitely.

[lafinfil]

You could flash them the MacResource Forum gang sign but it requires at least 3 hands to get it right.

[cbelt3]

laf- you're thinking about the Windows User's Group "Three Finger Salute" sign. (Ctrl-Alt-Del for the Mac only users here).

Of course the reset PRAM Command-Option-P-R still gets the 'twister' award for weirdness.

[lafinfil]

Command-Option-P-R gets you RESPECT !

[ztirffritz]

My wife works in an area that actually does have gangs. She as learned alot about gangs from her students and the police that occasionally arrest them. I'm not sure if I'll get this right, but originally, on the west coast at least, there were two gangs. One came from near the border of Mexico and the other came from farther south. The police in the jails learned that it was like trying to keep cats and mice in the same cage. They had to be separated. They dressed one gang in blue and one in red so that they could tell which was which. Things only got worse from there...

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote ztirffritz]My wife works in an area that actually does have gangs. She as learned alot about gangs from her students and the police that occasionally arrest them. I'm not sure if I'll get this right, but originally, on the west coast at least, there were two gangs. One came from near the border of Mexico and the other came from farther south. The police in the jails learned that it was like trying to keep cats and mice in the same cage. They had to be separated. They dressed one gang in blue and one in red so that they could tell which was which. Things only got worse from there... First the "Crips & Bloods" are Black gangs, not Latino.
But your story is partially true.:
http://www.nagia.org/Gang%20Articles/Cri...Bloods.pdf
"During the 1970s, colors also became a way to signify allegiance to one gang or another.
The California Youth Authority gave handkerchiefs to inmates in youth correctional
settings. The Crips began using the blue bandannas as their symbol. However, because the Crips (who outnumbered the Bloods three-to-one) wore blue, the Bloods adopted red bandannas. By the mid-70s, the gangs’ territories were well known and defined. Blood versus Crip battles were commonplace on the street, county jails, and prisons."

BGnR

[threeprong]

WHATEVERRRRRRR!

[Lux Interior]

Just watch out for the Van Buren Boys.