tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post6036903727618514861..comments2024-01-27T20:23:45.771+00:00Comments on Sulci Collective: Class War on The Number 19 BusSulci Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-73922882295310163072011-06-23T02:49:53.360+01:002011-06-23T02:49:53.360+01:00I can see your point. I suppose it comes down to t...I can see your point. I suppose it comes down to the details of the scenario and personal choice. For me, I'd have told the guy off--and the women for blocking the aisle. LOL.<br /><br />What do I know? I'm just an American--we're notorious for blundering forward when we should pause and consider the scope of things first. You know, "Shoot first, ask questions later"? <br /><br />:DKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410730283603224430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-17796889889556420082011-06-22T20:27:10.691+01:002011-06-22T20:27:10.691+01:00Kat, you're broadly right but sometimes there ...Kat, you're broadly right but sometimes there are situations where an additional person butting in isn't going to help anything. It's that thing where a couple are having a screaming row in public, you step in to try and make the peace and all you do is unite them in their venom directed now to you for interfering.<br /><br />I was once playing soccer when a game between a Greek team and an Afro-Caribbean team on the next pitch blew up into a fight. Some racial slur had been uttered. Our game stopped and someone suggested that we get involved to break it up. The view among us was that 22 white guys weren't going to do anything but pour oil on that situation. In the end the police were called and one of the Afro-Caribbean players moved through us as he departed and said "Not even you white guys call us that"...Sulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-23094812546385933062011-06-22T19:35:11.965+01:002011-06-22T19:35:11.965+01:00Lol. In that case...why didn't you say somethi...Lol. In that case...why didn't you say something? I guess I'm nosy or on some kinda moral high horse--but I always butt-in. <br /><br />I can't stand to see a grown man bully a woman, a child, anyone--I don't care what they did. Intimidation pisses me off and I make no excuses for it. <br /><br />But that's me.<br /><br />There's a show out here, I think it's called "What Would You Do" or something to that effect. Anyway they have actors stage various things to see how people will react. A woman screaming at her kids and mock hitting them, a purse snatcher, etc. It sickens me the way people just stand there and watch like sheep.<br /><br />There was a murder I read about in my psychology class...this chick was beaten, raped, and murdered in front of her apartment building. At least 10 people witnessed it--NO ONE stopped it. No one helped. One person finally called 911. It's insane. Some kind of herd mentality. <br /><br />People are too afraid to get involved and they create all kinds of justifications for it. Grrrr. That's all I can think. Grrrr.<br /><br />I don't mean to be critical--and certainly not on your blog--I just don't understand being silent. It doesn't compute for me.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410730283603224430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-20086794406214517272011-06-22T18:26:22.847+01:002011-06-22T18:26:22.847+01:00I know what you mean about people building walls b...I know what you mean about people building walls between them in public with earphones etc. The number of people on my commuter trains playing games on their mobiles always strikes me as anti-social. While the free London newspapers morning and evening are said to be less about reading the news and more about screening off your fellow commuters.<br /><br />Thanks for your responseSulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-22247476465257451002011-06-22T16:47:24.783+01:002011-06-22T16:47:24.783+01:00I personally love actually watching people interac...I personally love actually watching people interact. Too often we're all sucked into our ipods and such that nobody even realizes they are surrounded by other humans. Sure this wasn't a 'pleasant' interaction, but at least it was an interaction.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518183823230864763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-12954449732475224072011-06-22T07:10:59.766+01:002011-06-22T07:10:59.766+01:00Absolute fact!Absolute fact!Sulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-77039646182597644192011-06-22T01:09:17.000+01:002011-06-22T01:09:17.000+01:00One question--fact or fiction?One question--fact or fiction?Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410730283603224430noreply@blogger.com