{"id":14425,"date":"2024-05-12T10:37:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T08:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/12\/the-rage-epidemic-is-our-modern-world-fuelling-aggression\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T10:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T08:37:45","slug":"the-rage-epidemic-is-our-modern-world-fuelling-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/12\/the-rage-epidemic-is-our-modern-world-fuelling-aggression\/","title":{"rendered":"The rage epidemic: is our modern world fuelling aggression?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the video of Peter Abbott screaming road-rage abuse through a car window went viral, we ask what\u2019s behind the fury so many feel \u2013 and express<\/p>\n

Last week a video showing 60-year-old Peter Abbott screaming abuse at TV producer Samantha Isaacs gained a viral audience, after Abbott was found guilty<\/a> at Poole magistrates court of \u201cusing threatening words or behaviour to cause alarm, distress or fear of violence\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the phone-filmed video, Abbott is seen snarling and shouting as he presses his face up against Isaacs\u2019 car window. He looks as if he\u2019s channelling the Harry Enfield character Angry Frank, so cartoonishly aggressive are his contorted facial expressions and confrontational behaviour. Not only did he hammer on Isaacs\u2019 car but he also called her a \u201cslag\u201d and a \u201cwhore\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nAfter the video of Peter Abbott screaming road-rage abuse through a car window went viral, we ask what\u2019s behind the fury so many feel \u2013 and express
\nLast week a video showing 60-year-old Peter Abbott screaming abuse at TV producer Samantha Isaacs gained a viral audience, after Abbott was found guilty at Poole magistrates court of \u201cusing threatening words or behaviour to cause alarm, distress or fear of violence\u201d.
\nIn the phone-filmed video, Abbott is seen snarling and shouting as he presses his face up against Isaacs\u2019 car window. He looks as if he\u2019s channelling the Harry Enfield character Angry Frank, so cartoonishly aggressive are his contorted facial expressions and confrontational behaviour. Not only did he hammer on Isaacs\u2019 car but he also called her a \u201cslag\u201d and a \u201cwhore\u201d. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the video of Peter Abbott screaming road-rage abuse through a car window went viral, we ask what\u2019s behind the fury so many feel \u2013 and express Last week a video showing 60-year-old Peter Abbott screaming abuse at TV producer Samantha Isaacs gained a viral audience, after Abbott was found guilty at Poole magistrates court …<\/p>\n

The rage epidemic: is our modern world fuelling aggression?<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14425"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}