Tuesday, April 24, 2007

A Violent Conundrum

Has Ross Kemp’s torso ever sported anything other than a tight black T-Shirt? I can only assume it’s either so tight that he’s unable to remove it or it’s tattooed onto his skin. (He’s actually a much better presenter than he is an actor, (but he’s actually a terrible actor so that makes him only a mediocre presenter).

In Gangs on Sky Three, he travels far and wide to talk to some of the most dangerous collectives of psychotic individuals in the world, including one particularly terrifying example where part of the brutal initiation rites for prospective members involves having to kill another member of the same gang.

I can’t help but think this is just a little short-sighted though, and can only assume this policy wasn’t in place when the gang started, as if it was there would only ever be one member who may, quite understandably, be more than a little reluctant to recruit any more:

“Welcome aboard! Now, there’s just one thing to do before you can join my gang.”
“Righty ho, what’s that then?”
“You have to kill another member.”
“Sounds a bit gruesome and unnecessary, but okay. How many people are there in your gang?”
“Err, it’s just me actually.”
“Riiiiiiight…”

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