Germans (at least intellectuals) get all hyped up over the internet, and the conflicts that it draws. So there's this story from today.....outlined in RBB (the Berlin public TV network news).
What the Berlin cops say, is that two YouTube enthusiasts....each having a channel, got into this insult tirade. One from Berlin, and the other from Stuttgart. The Stuttgart YouTube fellow got his associates hyped up and they apparently traveled to Berlin. This is made possible by this great enhancement to the railway between Stuttgart and Berlin. You can now make the trip in roughly 5.5 hours with the rate special of 19.90 Euro (one-way).
This Stuttgart youth group met up and got in a brawl with the Berlin youth group, at Berlin Alexanderplatz. All total? 400 'kids'.
Around a hundred cops were called from across the city to stop the fight. At least fifty folks were fairly beaten.
At some point, the cops resorted to tear-gas.
At least 13 of the group will face charges, and there's some review to come over the two YouTubers. You would think, that YouTube would get all huffed up and remove access for both of them, but that has yet to happen.
More to come? Well, that's the thing about this phenomenon. It's recorded, and used for exciting their fans. So you might see more insult situations, with various battles being fought by groups using the railway system to get from point A to point B. Someone will probably invent the term 'hooligan-tourism' to describe it.
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