Action is also a means to get more fame and respect from the group and thus to improve own position within the subculture. If the a member of skinhead subculture would like to be regarded as hard or tough he must take part in violent actions. Violence is one way to gain reputation in the group. From the point of view of skinheads violence is regarded as necessary and it shows that a person is brave and fearless. Violence affirms skinhead identity through displays of group solidarity.
Violence is a logical outcome of the meaning structure of skinhead culture.
One feature of skinhead violence is that it sometimes seems to be haphazard, skins attack occasional passers-by. Older skins in Joensuu explain this by saying that the aggressors are younger skinheads who want to become members in the group. The more credible explanation is given by David Moore, who has studied skinheads in Australia. According to Moore these attacks are connected to the ethics of joyful evening, the basic starting point of which is, that evening has been amusing only if there has been a fight. An other feature of joyful evening is drinking and thus these two acticities are closely related to each other.