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26-03-2014, 12:08 PM | #26 | |||
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Time to mention The Liverpool 38 again Ammi,38 people who ignored James Bulger even when he was clearly distressed,38 people who spoke to them and still did not intervene,just ONE nosey sod could have saved his life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger newspapers denounced the people who had seen Bulger but had not intervened to aid Bulger as he was being taken through the city, as the "Liverpool 38".
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26-03-2014, 11:33 PM | #27 | |||
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I'm still stunned at that, nobody could have predicted what happened but still, 3 kids under 11 just roaming about? And they were seen hitting him ... how could they
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26-03-2014, 11:38 PM | #28 | ||
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I can imagine you directing them "I want tears! Bloody cry! Your mum's gone, she could be dead, look sad!" Last edited by Marsh.; 26-03-2014 at 11:39 PM. |
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26-03-2014, 11:39 PM | #29 | ||
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27-03-2014, 04:41 AM | #30 | |||
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27-03-2014, 06:35 AM | #31 | |||
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I feel it is one of sad ironies of the Bulger case that members of the public especially men are now LESS likely to put themselves into positions where they may be incorrectly labeled as suspected child molesters or worse.
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27-03-2014, 07:15 AM | #32 | |||
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27-03-2014, 07:21 AM | #33 | ||
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I thought this was going What would you do, they did something like this else well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYPS7vEhT44 |
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27-03-2014, 07:31 AM | #34 | |||
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As a gay 30 y/o man, i try to not even make eye contact with children. The "gays are pedophiles" stereotype is something I am always aware of.
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27-03-2014, 10:12 AM | #35 | ||
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It's a fairly well defined psychological concept:
Bystander apathy It's quite an interesting phenomenon really. Humans are social creatures and in stressful or unusual situations we regress quite quickly to instinctually taking social cues from those around us. For those who don't feel like a read, the basics are: The more people that are around an incident, the LESS likely it is that someone will intervene. For reasons such as, if no one else is doing anything, people are more inclined to follow that example and do the same. Also, diminished responsibility - people think "there's loads of other people around, someone else will do something". Of course the problem is, everyone is thinking the same thing. interestingly - often all it takes is for ONE person to step in, and then several people will also step up to help. It's like it short-circuits the effect and people suddenly realise "Oh... Someone is stepping in to help. Should I be helping? I probably should!" It has a lot to do with social inhibitions etc. too. for example, a group walking home from work seeing someone being mugged by two guys is mote likely to walk on past. A group of tipsy revellers with a couple of drinks in them would often stop to help / chase off the attackers. |
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27-03-2014, 10:18 AM | #36 | |||
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Yeah, sounds about right TS ^
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27-03-2014, 10:58 AM | #37 | |||
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That could explain my reaction the other day to the homophobic bullying on the bus...
I wasn't consciously waiting for someone else to step in but was so relieved when they did. I thought it was because they were boys, the bully could've got aggressive with me and the bullied lad could've gotten humiliated/embarrassed I'd intervened.
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27-03-2014, 01:23 PM | #38 | |||
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27-03-2014, 03:07 PM | #39 | |||
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RIP Pyramid, Andyman ,Kerry and Lex xx https://www.facebook.com/JamesBulgerMT/?fref=photo "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, most people would be vegetarian" |
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27-03-2014, 03:10 PM | #40 | |||
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27-03-2014, 03:29 PM | #41 | |||
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No it wasn't fear, I was really angry but didn't want to go wading in, the lad initially handled it very well but then the bully really started piling the pressure on and he looked totally humiliated. The worry was I would add to that by making it more of an issue.
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27-03-2014, 04:27 PM | #42 | |||
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At least you were there in case things had of gotten really out of hand.
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27-03-2014, 11:28 PM | #43 | |||
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This big bloke just spun round and went 'oi fookin leave him!' He scuttled upstairs so fast
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