lilwolf
Joined: 15 Jun 2006
Posts: 13044
Location: idaho
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:05 am Post subject: |
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britboy wrote: I read somewhere a rather depressing statement:
'If 15 people are witnessing a rape, it's a lot less likely that anyone will try and stop it than if just 1 person was witnessing a rape'
It's all in the 'I'm scared, why am i the one that has to do something -- stuff it, I'll leave it to someone else' line of thought.
It's all very well in advance thinking 'Well I WOULD have the balls to try and stop it if I was part of the crowd' -- but until you're actually there I think it's hard to even guess at how you'd act in a completely alien, hostile and damn scary environment.
(Apparently if you are there with your partner you are least likely of all to interject -- as you both mutually stop the other person from getting involved. Some evolutionary thing.)
I read that same stat some time back. Me personally! I have the mindset that if I witness a crime being committed then I am going to do what I can to stop it. Since I pack a gun most of the time guess what.... bad guy will stop. But that is my personal choice. So if I come upon a crime (say rape) being committed guess which part of his anatomy is going away if he fails to stop with a gun barrel in his ass. |
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