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So I was taking the bus in San Francisco last weekend during the time when the high school and middle school students got off.
There were 3 asian students I'm guessing about 14-15, probably 8th grade or freshmen in high school. They were the typical trouble makers I guess since they were loud, and were using the word "fuck" and "shit" in every sentence as nouns, adjectives, verbs ect. They were annoying but I just ignored it since I know alot of young people are like that.
After a while, I saw them bullying a mentally retarded kid. They were spiting on him, pulling down his pants, and then this guy took out a gum that he was chewing and made the retarded kid chew it. What was even more disturbing was the other kids on the bus didn't do anything to stop the bullies, they were just observing and laughing at that poor kid. That really just made me sick to my stomach; I left the bus immediately on the next stop because I just couldn't bear the watch anymore.
That brings me back to my high school and middle school days; you always see people bullying others but no one ever does anything to stop them. The bullies are sick because they find messing with other people pleasurable but the bystanders are the same; they secretly find that funny as well but are too phony to admit it.
The incident on the bus made me wonder are most humans just sick that way? It also made me wonder why didn't I do anything to stop the bullies, I was a bystander as well. Maybe because I thought that someone else would do it, or maybe because I am a hypocrite as well.
After reevaluating, maybe I was a bit scared. I went to high school and middle school in San Francisco, and I know that they are a lot of teenage Asian gangs around. It was a Friday afternoon, and I really didn't want any trouble.
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The question is why didn't you do anything about it? You go on blaming other people asking if the world is still humane and you did the exact same thing...
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is awesome32282 Posts
That brings me back to my high school and middle school days; you always see people bullying others but no one ever does anything to stop them.
I don't know how old you are, but you should have done something to stop them. If you are too small/young, then just tell someone bigger on the bus to check it out.
Hi this is Chill posting but I'm banned from this guy's blogs. I just wanted to say that I agree, but I've also felt that "diffusion of responsibility." I've heard a girl screaming from my apartment window but I just figure it's not a big deal or if it is someone closer will handle it. I heard a psych story where dozens of people in an apartment all heard a girl get murdered but they assumed someone else would call the cops or handle it.
Okay back to ITW.
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if it was 3 14-15 yearold asians then you should've just got off at their stop and beat the shit out of them.
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Once you intervene the kids on bus will follow suit( Maybe but either way, shouldve helped the poor chap).
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On April 30 2010 04:22 il0seonpurpose wrote:
The question is why didn't you do anything about it? You go on blaming other people asking if the world is still humane and you did the exact same thing...
Exactly my thoughts.
The disturbing thing is that you just got off at the next stop without doing anything.
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Dudes, he recognizes that:
On April 30 2010 04:19 SirIsaacNewton wrote:It also made me wonder why didn't I do anything to stop the bullies, I was a bystander as well. Maybe because I thought that someone else would do it, or maybe because I am a hypocrite as well.
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On April 30 2010 04:19 SirIsaacNewton wrote:
The incident on the bus made me wonder are most humans just sick that way? It also made me wonder why didn't I do anything to stop the bullies, I was a bystander as well. Maybe because I thought that someone else would do it, or maybe because I am a hypocrite as well.
I too wonder why you didn't do anything. Your language makes me believe that you are old enough to deal with a bunch of 14 year olds. And since you made a blog about it it's obvious that you noticed that something's wrong there.
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Horrible, just horrible. I was never like this as a kid, I just don't understand.
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How old are you? The way you described the story makes it seem like you are at least a couple of years older than them.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
Because 95% of people are super selfish. (This includes most people in this thread who are not the OP, and probably me, unless we are extra special crazy awesome super moral exceptions, which is statistically unlikely.)
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Canada5155 Posts
I know I've made a conscious effort to get involved in conflicts before precisely because I've talked about diffusion of responsibility a great deal. So I guess this blog post is conducive to that, just gotta be mindful of it.
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yeah why didn't you step in you fucking fatass OP
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Those kids most likely have knives or something on them so taking them on is not a good idea...
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Hope someone stopped those punks.
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On April 30 2010 04:19 SirIsaacNewton wrote:What was even more disturbing was the other kids on the bus didn't do anything to stop the bullies
I read up to here and instantly thought "did YOU do anything?"
And read on to the bottom to see that you didn't.
By the way, why is it necessary to point out that the kids were Asian? If they were white (or whatever ethnicity you are) kids would you have said "15 year old white kids?" I doubt it.
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[QUOTE]On April 30 2010 04:22 IntoTheWow wrote:
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I heard a psych story where dozens of people in an apartment all heard a girl get murdered but they assumed someone else would call the cops or handle it.
Okay back to ITW.[/QUOTE]
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Genovese]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Genovese[/url]
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