Need help identifying images

[Kembal]

For those who don't know, I sit on the board of a nonprofit advocacy group for Hindu Americans, and regularly get involved with different issues that the group tackles. One of the things we're working on right now is a case where two Hindu kids are being bullied at school by a gang of students, and now that the kids have been pulled out of school and are being home-schooled, the bullies are coming to their house and harassing them while they're there.

The kids' father recently visited the Facebook page of the lead bully, and found some inexplicable images that he thinks means something. I've looked at them and I have no clue what they are or if they have any meaning. I figure there's a broad range of expertise on the PC here, so if anyone knows of a way to identify the images or knows what they mean, I'd appreciate the help. I've attached the images to the post. (If it turns out that they mean something of importance, I want to make sure they're included in the filing for the restraining order that we're doing.)

Thanks!

[Kerranger]

No idea about the top two. Signs 3 and 4 look like the logos of a couple of skateboard companies, though. #1 might be more of the same, but i've never seen it.

http://store.dcshoes.com/home/index.jsp?camp=dcdid&gclid=CLOP3t3Qq7ACFYeo4Aodol26Uw

http://www.warehouseskateboards.com/Spitfire-skateboards

[Gelston]

#2: http://shop.foxhead.com/store/products/New-Arrivals/category/cat390008?mode=1&categoryNavIds=cat20022%3Acat20405&9gtype=search&9gkw=%2Bfox%20shoes&9gad=11430970238.1&9gpla=&9gag=2051641598&gclid=CNq03_rQq7ACFWaFQAodcB7HVw
#3: http://store.dcshoes.com/home/index.jsp?camp=dcdid&gclid=CMibnZ3Rq7ACFdMAQAod80qgWg

They are all on here somewhere: http://outreach.en.ecplaza.net/

[Showal]

2 is fox racing, 3 is dc shoe company, 4 is spitfire. 2 is like motocross, 3 makes shoes and clothing for skateboarders, 4 makes bearings and wheels for skateboards.

I don't know 1, but I'd bet its for skateboarding too.

[Drunken Durfin]

Might want to hold off on the restraining order.

[Showal]

What they mean is the kid is a punk kid that is trying to look cool by using logos of kind of bad ass activities.

[Ryvicke]

The second one is the logo from Fox Racing http://www.foxhead.com/us/ just turned 90 degrees. It's XXXXXTREME SPORTS APPAREL!!

I ran the first one through tineye.com (a reverse image lookup site) and I didn't get any hits. It's probably some brand image like the other three.

Why are these douchebags coming to their house? That's fucked. Good luck!

[Drunken Durfin]

First image is KR3W Skateboarding.

http://www.skatewarehouse.com/KR3W/catpage-KREW.html

[Ryvicke]

PC INVESTIGATIONS WINS AGAIN.

[Showal]

http://outreach.en.ecplaza.net/main.jpg

Yup. Skateboarding.

[Showal]

It's sad I actually knew the last three without looking it up.

[Gelston]

I only knew fox racing, I had seen the other logos before though.

[Ryvicke]

I have one Indian friend, we never beat him up but we do always ask him what it's like to be a terrorist and if he's a Sunni or a Shiite. He's a chemical engineer now and he makes silly bank in LA and is marrying a pretty decent looking white lady.

You can share this heartwarming story with those kids if you want. It gets better.

[Kembal]

Figures. I'll tell the father to tone it down and that the logos are nothing.


Might want to hold off on the restraining order.

Heh, I get what you mean, but these kids have been terrorized fairly badly. I think there's three or four incidents of them getting harassed at their own house, beyond what's happened at school. What boggles my mind is that the school district is doing nothing about it.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Define bullying?

[Kembal]

Define bullying?

In this case, physical attacks, along with verbal harassment based on religion and race.

[4a6c1]

All snowboard companies. Sorry did not read thread except for OP. Hope it works out.

[Parkbandit]

Figures. I'll tell the father to tone it down and that the logos are nothing.

Heh, I get what you mean, but these kids have been terrorized fairly badly. I think there's three or four incidents of them getting harassed at their own house, beyond what's happened at school. What boggles my mind is that the school district is doing nothing about it.

Sounds more like an overprotective parent... that's not to defend bullies, but if he's looking at Facebook and retrieving these 'mean-spirited' logos as evidence of bullying.. I tend to question the real amount of "terrorism" and "harassment".

[TheEschaton]

Believe me, Indian parents aren't very over protective. They definitely believe in "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger," usually.

I also like how you immediately discounted Kembal's account of physical altercation in favor of the white kids who surely can't be bullying the brown ones.

[Kerranger]

Believe me, Indian parents aren't very over protective. They definitely believe in "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger," usually.

I also like how you immediately discounted Kembal's account of physical altercation in favor of the white kids who surely can't be bullying the brown ones.

I like how you completely disregarded where he specifically said he was not defending the bullies, and slammed the race card down on him anyway. Nice.

[Showal]

Believe me, Indian parents aren't very over protective. They definitely believe in "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger," usually.

I also like how you immediately discounted Kembal's account of physical altercation in favor of the white kids who surely can't be bullying the brown ones.

NO ONE SAID THEY WERE WHITE!!! WHAT IF THEY WERE BLACK KIDS!???

It sounds like they are bullying, but what did the father really think would come out of these pictures? Do kids nowadays pick on kids for being of a different religion or ethnicity post racist propaganda and logos on Facebook? Sounds like a stretch.

[Doldrum]

Seems to me the father was just concerned for his kids and saw the pictures on facebook and worried they were gang related. Obviously he was wrong but if some brats were beating up any mythical children of mine, I might be paranoid too.

[Drunken Durfin]

...What boggles my mind is that the school district is doing nothing about it.

If the kid is being home schooled now how is it the business of the school district anymore?

[Parkbandit]

Believe me, Indian parents aren't very over protective. They definitely believe in "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger," usually.

I also like how you immediately discounted Kembal's account of physical altercation in favor of the white kids who surely can't be bullying the brown ones.

Where in this thread did you get the impression that the bullies were white?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S0A5L4WBtAU/RqjJer977gI/AAAAAAAAARc/lRKtMQ6vuyM/s400/RaceCardSharpJack.jpg

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

If the kid is being home schooled now how is it the business of the school district anymore?

Homeschooled kids can still participate in extra-curriculurs at public school- clubs and sports and such.

We had this really weird super religious kid on cross-country when I was in high school, who was homeschooled. He had no sense of personal space and would get almost comically angry when we learned that our science text books provoked him so much (so we'd read snippets out loud on the bus back from meets while doing homework, etc). He legitimately believed that the whole concept of space was just a huge hoax. Sad and hilarious.

[subzero]

Figures. I'll tell the father to tone it down and that the logos are nothing.



Heh, I get what you mean, but these kids have been terrorized fairly badly. I think there's three or four incidents of them getting harassed at their own house, beyond what's happened at school. What boggles my mind is that the school district is doing nothing about it.

Fuck the school district. This kind of thing really isn't their responsibility, despite the fact that this country more and more seems to want to push parenting off on others. What the hell do you expect them to do about it, anyway? Suspending the kids from school isn't gonna do a damn thing and that is about the best they've got. At best, all the school is needed for is contact information so that the parents of the punks or local law could be notified. Now, I don't know what kind of harassment has been going on and the full situation behind it all, but my mentality goes a little somethin like this: You come to my household looking to cause problems with my kids, you're gonna have more than you can handle. Makes me wonder what the hell is going on if this is a repeat occurrence.

[subzero]

In this case, physical attacks, along with verbal harassment based on religion and race.

Yeah, see, you aren't bringing that kind of shit to my house three or four times.


Sounds more like an overprotective parent... that's not to defend bullies, but if he's looking at Facebook and retrieving these 'mean-spirited' logos as evidence of bullying.. I tend to question the real amount of "terrorism" and "harassment".

Going out on a limb here and guessing he wasn't looking for logos, but posts and whatnot that might help incriminate the kid. Might have been a little hopeful that some of those logos were somehow gang related, but whatever. People are fucking stupid when it comes to the whole Social Media thing. Quite easy to catch someone doing something they shouldn't on there.


NO ONE SAID THEY WERE WHITE!!! WHAT IF THEY WERE BLACK KIDS!???

It sounds like they are bullying, but what did the father really think would come out of these pictures? Do kids nowadays pick on kids for being of a different religion or ethnicity post racist propaganda and logos on Facebook? Sounds like a stretch.

I got some news for you. There are a whole lot of people that believe Zimmerman (the dude that shot Treyvon) is white, despite being factually told otherwise.

[Drunken Durfin]

Homeschooled kids can still participate in extra-curriculurs at public school- clubs and sports and such.

We had this really weird super religious kid on cross-country when I was in high school, who was homeschooled. He had no sense of personal space and would get almost comically angry when we learned that our science text books provoked him so much (so we'd read snippets out loud on the bus back from meets while doing homework, etc). He legitimately believed that the whole concept of space was just a huge hoax. Sad and hilarious.

I have never met a single home schooled kid/adult that was not a social retard.

[Smythe]

I have never met a single home schooled kid/adult that was not a social retard.

Ain' so! I mean, jes' look at me!

- Smythe

[Ryvicke]

Ain' so! I mean, jes' look at me!

- Smythe

LOL, fucking Smythe out of nowhere with possibly his first ever good post.

[AnticorRifling]

Believe me, Indian parents aren't very over protective. They definitely believe in "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger," usually.

I also like how you immediately discounted Kembal's account of physical altercation in favor of the white kids who surely can't be bullying the brown ones.

Who said the bullies were white? Are you assuming this because the logos are for skateboarding?

RACIST!

[AnticorRifling]

Damnit I'm a day late and a dollar short in calling out TheE. Fuckers.

[AnticorRifling]

I think the biggest issue here is the kids are being bullied by skateboarding douchebags. Skateboarders are, by association to this hobby (it's not a sport it's transportation for people that can't drive), bitches.

Dude check out this sweet triple bumpy meat twister into a full face donkey touch.


Have the hindu kids throat chop one of them, the others will cry into their bangs and run away.

[Some Rogue]

Have the kids strap fake sticks of dynamite to their chests and go to the skateboard kids' houses and just stand on the doorstep.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I have never met a single home schooled kid/adult that was not a social retard.

I have met one. One of my best friend's was homeschooled because she grew up in a ghetto with a white dad and a black mom. Her mom didn't want her to grow up to be a "hoodrat girl knocked up at 16" so she kept her out of the crappy local public school and homeschooled. Of course, this didn't keep my friend from just hanging out with the kids who dropped out of school or were chronically truant, so she was still well-socialized.


LOL, fucking Smythe out of nowhere with possibly his first ever good post.

I laughed way too hard at that

[Kerranger]

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/01/12002590-happy-kid-kills-himself-over-bullying-at-two-nyc-schools?lite

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I personally think the bullying "epidemic" we supposedly have today is simply a result of babied and entitled children. Bullies certainly have existed forever, the only thing that’s changed is children of today (or their overprotective parents, school district, guardians, etc) taking legal action rather than trying to find a way of dealing with a problem through normal social interaction. Hide behind the law rather than confront someone directly. Certainly some instances will require the intervention, but not the extent we are at today.

How many of you became besties with someone you physically got into a fight with? Hell I am still friends (best friends – I was best man at his wedding and he’ll be mine) with someone I got in a knock down drag out fight in college with. I fought with my best friend in grade school and in high school a couple of times as well. I think it’s part of growing up. For me, that was normal, so I would think it’s abnormal if someone else stepped in and resolved it for me. If that happened, I’d wonder how I would resolve conflicts as an adult (and no, I don’t resolve them by fighting today – but I’m not afraid to stand up for myself either).

I will say this… growing up my parents always knew where I was, who I was with, what I was doing. When I did get in fights, it wasn’t without repercussions, and they without fail found out. My parents were involved in my life. I’d just argue that society has swung a little too much into the protective shell and needs to come back some so that children can learn from mistakes.

[Gelston]

It isn't a result of barbied or entitled shit. It is a result of the media looking for shit to talk about. I wish that world "entitled" and "entitlement" would be deleted from our collective memories already.

[Liagala]

It isn't a result of barbied or entitled shit. It is a result of the media looking for shit to talk about. I wish that world "entitled" and "entitlement" would be deleted from our collective memories already.
It's both, and a few other things to boot (like schools being terrified of the lawsuit epidemic, among other things). There are a bunch of reasons why all sorts of ridiculous crap is blown way the hell out of proportion lately. We end up with 2 problems out of it - people with legitimate problems get laughed down by those like us who are sick of the over-hyped retardation, and normal kids growing up don't learn how to deal with any sort of conflict or difficulty.

[Androidpk]

What would Mr. Miyagi do?

[Gelston]

It's both, and a few other things to boot (like schools being terrified of the lawsuit epidemic, among other things). There are a bunch of reasons why all sorts of ridiculous crap is blown way the hell out of proportion lately. We end up with 2 problems out of it - people with legitimate problems get laughed down by those like us who are sick of the over-hyped retardation, and normal kids growing up don't learn how to deal with any sort of conflict or difficulty.

I think it is far more media. Every generation always does the "kids these days, it was so harder when I grew up" thing.

[Kembal]

Seems to me the father was just concerned for his kids and saw the pictures on facebook and worried they were gang related. Obviously he was wrong but if some brats were beating up any mythical children of mine, I might be paranoid too.

Check. That's what he thought.

And yes, the kids have been physically beaten up at school, and the school took no action. Actually, one of the teachers made it even worse, by singling out the kids in the classroom as Hindus, and then proceeding to teach a lesson that taught Hindus are born with birth defects because many of them bathe in the Ganges river (which is known to be polluted). The worst physical assault happened after that lesson.

I was a major skeptic when we originally got the case last week, but after reading the log of incidents and talking to the father, I'm fairly convinced that is beyond normal "kids being kids". You've got relatives of the kids enabling this by engaging in cyberbullying of the kids in the comments of the one news article that's been written about it, to the point where the TV station that had the video segment/news article had to disable the comment section. (and this is using the Facebook commenting system too, so their real identities were attached to their comments) News article here: http://www.khou.com/home/Kingwood-Bullying-151792805.html

I can't post more info than what I've posted here, we've promised to protect their identities.

[AnticorRifling]

Ahh it's Texas. Just have the kids learn to speak with a Mexican accent, no one would bother them.

[Showal]

Check. That's what he thought.

And yes, the kids have been physically beaten up at school, and the school took no action. Actually, one of the teachers made it even worse, by singling out the kids in the classroom as Hindus, and then proceeding to teach a lesson that taught Hindus are born with birth defects because many of them bathe in the Ganges river (which is known to be polluted). The worst physical assault happened after that lesson.

I was a major skeptic when we originally got the case last week, but after reading the log of incidents and talking to the father, I'm fairly convinced that is beyond normal "kids being kids". You've got relatives of the kids enabling this by engaging in cyberbullying of the kids in the comments of the one news article that's been written about it, to the point where the TV station that had the video segment/news article had to disable the comment section. (and this is using the Facebook commenting system too, so their real identities were attached to their comments) News article here: http://www.khou.com/home/Kingwood-Bullying-151792805.html

I can't post more info than what I've posted here, we've promised to protect their identities.

This probably is worse than normal kids being kids. The internet and such has made it so bullying doesn't end at the end of the school day. My comment was more pointing out that its ridiculous to think the kids are posting up gang related logos on their facebooks. And I might be wrong, but isn't it not illegal to be in a "gang" until you start commiting crimes or knowingly participate in illegal activities? This stuff probably is illegal, but proving it is gang activity will probably be very very difficult, even if ithese pictures were of any significance.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Wow, I thought these kids were older than 11. Someone needs to give an ass whooping to the parents of the other kids if all this is true.

[Androidpk]

According to that video the school takes all matters of bullying seriously.. I take it they haven't?

[Kembal]

Wow, I thought these kids were older than 11. Someone needs to give an ass whooping to the parents of the other kids if all this is true.

I wish I could post here the comments that they posted. I think you might come down and do it yourself, not only for their vicious attitude, but for their massive mangling of the English language.


According to that video the school takes all matters of bullying seriously.. I take it they haven't?

Doesn't look like it. There's something dirty going on there, but I can't figure out what it is. (The father believes it's plain and simple racism in the school administration, but I think it's more likely that one of the kids' parents are friends with someone in a position of power there. I'm just speculating though.)

[Showal]

Wow, I thought these kids were older than 11. Someone needs to give an ass whooping to the parents of the other kids if all this is true.

I would give my kids a wallop they would never forget if they did something like this to another kid, especially if it was some sort of hate crime. It's inexcusable. But as I have posted before, my kids are going to be seriously trained in several martial arts disciplines and rigorously exercised. I need to start training more heavily now to keep ahead of them.