You Tube Causes Vigilantism

Who says the Intertubes cause lethargy in kids? Interesting side effect to UGC phenomenon:

YouTube peer pressure made clerk resist robber
The Associated Press
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- When a thief started taking cash from his register on the weekend, Dunkin' Donuts employee Dustin Hoffmann fought back by clobbering the man with a ceramic mug.

But Hoffmann admits he was less worried about the stolen cash than how he might look on the video-sharing site YouTube.

"What was going through my mind at that point was that the security tape is either going to show me run away and hide in the office or whack this guy in the head, so I just grabbed the cup and clocked the guy pretty hard,'' Hoffmann told The Record of Bergen County.

"There are only a few videos like that on YouTube now, so mine's going to be the best,'' he said. "That'll teach this guy.''