And actually, thats a crime.

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Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie So when I looked out my window to see what was going on I didnt see it happen? Im confused, I dont understand how this is relating.

you saw the end result of a crime. not the actual comission of the crime. you didnt see what happened.

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Originally posted by metalgearsolid A friend and I were smoking outside a restaurant, taking a break from work. A couple comes out and they are fighting. The women is just trying to leave but the male keeps on pulling her towards the car. He eventually slaps her several times in the head and she looks at my friend and I and asks for help. We didn't reply to her or anything because it wasn't our business. My friend read the paper and showed me that the women who needed our help was killed by her husband. The very same man who was slapping her and pulling her outside the restaurant.

you should of at least taken down the plate number and reported it to the police.

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Originally posted by igottaknow i don't thing you can chalk it up to being just selfish. when something like this happens our survival instincts take over. you don't see antelope gunning back to help the one who's been caught by the lion.

No that's true. And I do agree that most people would freeze. But I also believe that the other percent of people who COULD help, wouldn't, because of their own selfish reasons.

I'm sure suspicion vandit was just fucking around with his post...but i don't think it's that far off from how a lot of people think, especially in North America.

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Originally posted by jennypie No that's true. And I do agree that most people would freeze. But I also believe that the other percent of people who COULD help, wouldn't, because of their own selfish reasons.

i agree. many people have the mentality "someone else will help so no need for me to bother" when in reality no one is going to act.

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I'm sure suspicion vandit was just fucking around with his post...but i don't think it's that far off from how a lot of people think, especially in North America.

its not so much how they think but it is a fact that the things he said can and do happen

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Originally posted by igottaknow i don't thing you can chalk it up to being just selfish. when something like this happens our survival instincts take over. you don't see antelope gunning back to help the one who's been caught by the lion.

Last time I checked I wasn't an animal

We may have "animal instincts" as humans but part of being a human is sometimes putting those instincts aside to help each other. Not intervening in such a situation is either because you are a)scared (understandable if you're an old lady and inept to help the situation) or b)selfish (you just don't feel like getting involved)

And I highly doubt someone would ever be prosecuted for harming the attacker...what judge/jury would convict you of such an act? Sure, if you go ballistic and beat him to a pulp after the victim has already been freed you deserve it but otherwise as long as you only use enough force to get him off the guy then I don't see it being a crime.

Well it's not like North Americans have proven themselves to be capable enough critical thinkers to really know how to act in such situations anyways...so I guess it's not THAT surprising.

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Originally posted by tranceDJ Last time I checked I wasn't an animal

Yes, you scientifically are an animal.

It be interesting to hear from someone taking Criminal Psychology. Our personal feelings are more to do with how we'd wish ppl to act rather than how they would.

Poor man . I think I'm more disgusted at the fact that there were by-standers who did noting when they could have, then the man who did the damage. Well not exactly, but I'm still really disgusted at them as well.

I've broken up fights before, not MAJOR fights, but big enough where knives and guns could have been involved so I would have def. stepped in. Nothing I hate more than a deffensless person getting attacked.

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Originally posted by jennypie I'm sure suspicion vandit was just fucking around with his post...but i don't think it's that far off from how a lot of people think, especially in North America.

yes, that's the reality in america. i've seen so many news stories on these things

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Originally posted by Demoted Yes, you scientifically are an animal.

Yes, technically I am an animal. Yes, I know there is very little difference between my DNA and a monkey's DNA, etc. However I would like to think of myself as "above-animal intelligence."