[BenLurkin]

"Belgians do not have a constitutional or legal right to bear arms, not even purely defensive arms such as peppersprays."

Not even pepper spray?

Classic example of be careful what you ask for.

[pabianice]

Yup. Not one mention of the dreaded "M" word...

[wideawake]

Candyasses.

[Ptarmigan]

So much for gun control. Europe may have lower murder rates, but their overall crime rate is much higher than America.

[mtbopfuyn]

So, 30 passengers ran away knowing full well the man was being beaten. He was the only one who stood up for them but when the tables were turned, no one stood up for him. Sad, very sad. And disgusting. They are just as guilty as the "youths". May they all carry this on their conscience forever.

[thoughtomator]

Don't reporters have spellcheck anymore? They're constantly misspelling "yoots".

[Blueflag]

Looking to an inept "state" for protection is like looking to impotence for satisfaction.

(1) The State will barely condemn the acts.
(2) The State will barely investigate.
(3) The State will NOT protect you.

... see 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution for guidance.

[Antoninus]

A nation of wusses will soon be ruled by thugs. Alas poor Belgium.

[Pox]

Wholly predictable. Those "youths" understand that they have easy prey and next to no accountability.

If there weren't so many witnesses, they probably would have gotten away with it and would be roaming the streets in search of more victims.

[YOUGOTIT]

What they did not say is that more than likely these were Islamic fascist.

[YOUGOTIT]

The EU has allowed the Islamic scum to take over and then they want to know what happened. These scum should be hung with pig gut.

[C210N]

“You see what happens if you intervene,” ...

Exactly. DO NOT intervene. As you Belgian lobsters hang out in your pot of ---slowlyyyy--- heating water.

[tonycavanagh]

After reading the comments on this thread, I can only guess that in America you do not have gangs of youth beating up individuals.

[Moose4]

In 1914, the Belgians fought their hearts out for four years as World War I devastated their nation.

In 1940, the Belgians fought for a few weeks, often bravely, as World War II devastated their nation.

In 2006, the Belgians surrender without a peep, as World War III slowly devastates their nation.

}:-)4

[Panzerfaust]

This guy knows how to handle himself while using public transit...........

[2001convSVT]

"An armed society is a polite society" comes to mind. It is long over due, all sane, honest, law abiding people should be armed.

[processing please hold]

"Youths?"

Could this be the same as those france "Youts?"

[MattinNJ]

I would love to go there with 6 or 7 of my buddies and go to town on these youths. How cool would that be. A bar fight against skinny little Muslims on an enclosed vehicle. A one sided cage match.

Of course, my wife wouldn't let me, so I am a differenct variety of a candyass. I can Romper Stomp a bunch of "youths", but I cannot handle my tiny wife (To be fair, she is 100% Cuban)

[Petronski]

“You see what happens if you intervene,” one of Guido Demoor’s colleagues at Belgian Rail is quoted in the newspaper De Morgen today. “If Guido had not opened his mouth he would still be alive.

Not much has changed in Belgium since 1940.

[Tancred]

Has anyone else lived in or visited Europe lately? Meaning, is this one article a sign of things to come, with a growing body of thuggish "youths" (all likely born in Europe from immigrants & all Islamic) who have nothing but contempt for the European society they live in, and a population of native Europeans that is unable/unwilling to defend themselves or their society?