Brain Fertilizer

You know the teenager that got scalped?

Well, my sources tell me:

OK...this was done to remove her "punk cred" because the ringleader thought she was a "poser" or defied the group mentality. How do I know this? Because when [someone I know] was part of an...er..alternative group of friends, she upset a lead girl and also had her hair forceably removed, to take away her "chelsea" (bangs with little hair elsewhere, more common in UK punks)

My source goes on to say:

[The girl I know] was extremely cut up about her head, as the girl attacked her with extremely sharp scissors. It was a violent attack, but she fended her off well enough that more damage wasn't done. Skin was removed, but not to the extent of that young lady...not sure what she used to literally scalp so accurately.

Editor's note: In the news item, it wasn't through a frontal attack: the woman doing the scalping tied up the victim first. Much easier to do this sort of thing if you immobilize your victim first, I would presume.

Even more input from my source:

You may want to stick in a line about "not being worthy" of wearing a "punk" hairstyle, and also, both were girl-on-girl attacks...not insignificant, I think.

Good points, and I agree with both. In both anecdotes, the attacker does seem to be saying: "Your mark of belonging has been taken away from you, your membership in our group has been revoked."