I was walking around the city centre with my big sister and we walked into a Japanese shop-I thought It was really rich in Japanese culture so we started talking to the shop keeper about how if you wear Gothic clothes in Tokyo nobody would notice and he was really nice so we continued talking-It went on to how if you wear Gothic clothes around Dublin-In most places you'd get knifed down (Which is very true) and it got me thinking-One day I was attacked outside a store in pure daylight-I was beaten by three 17 year olds (I was 12) to a point I could hardly walk. It was cault on CCTV and there were by passers-I started wondering-Why didn't anybody stop the "Fight"-I mean it was being recorded on a phone (And I dont know if the video is still in circulation) and Nobody tried to assist me until they ran away and I was bleeding on the ground alone. I dont really care about it now but I would like too ask-Do you think everyone is to cowardly to assist someone in my then situation?
Well, that's a no-brainer: People are definitely cowards if a whole crowd can't be arsed to stop three people. It's nothing short of reprehensible. When people witness a beating and do nothing, it goes beyond physicality; it causes really nasty psychological effects, like encouraging the abuser or isolating the sufferer. If I'd been there, you better believe I would've sent at least one of those punks to the emergency room, even if I was by myself.
Watch the film Kick-Ass. It has this exact situation in it and the same response I would wish to give. As much as I hope I could be brave enough to step in, I don't truly know if I ever could. The danger, the violence, the chance of death by interferring, I really don't know if I would take that risk. It'd be easier to do if there were others there with me, even strangers, just to see it and maybe even help if I showed a little bravery. I've done weirder things in life, why would that type of situation be any different. *******s like that are more than likely in jail, have a crap job or are dead. And beating someone up one person 5 years younger than them? Weak little ****ers.
People are cowardly in nature but if it people fight with a person would know, enemy or otherwise you would feel inclined to help them out.
Reminds me of my sophomore year in high school where I recorded a kid getting his face beat in by another kid who's a boxer and actually has his hands registered as weapons. (In my defense, the victim actually paid to get hit for some reason) It's a horrible thing. Kind of like the Kitty Genevieve, I think her name was, scenario. There's barely any excuse for it. I would like to say that if I saw someone getting attacked, I'd help them out, but I don't know if I actually would. I was raised by my mom, aunt, and grandma, mostly. I was the favorite. And I used to hang with a variety of bad crowds and there was always news about people getting attacked, or the kid who got shot less than a mile away from where I live while I was outside with my little sister. They always told me the same thing: If you see something happening, don't get involved. Don't get the bad guy in trouble yourself or youll have an enemy. I never agreed with that and I know they were just trying to keep me safe, but now I have a permanent fear of getting someone in trouble and give them a vendetta of me. EDIT: There's also a difference between Not doing anything Actually recording it for enjoyment purposes and helping out the attackers.
People tend to always say "of course I'd help them out" but when it comes right down to it they rarely do. If you're faced with the prospect of fighting off a group of people (possibly armed) you're much more likely to care about self-preservation. Unless I was extremely confident in my ability to take on somebody's attackers or there were plenty of eye witnesses present, I don't think I'd get involved. I may sound selfish to some of you, but it's the truth.
Everyone is pretty much right. Its very rare that you find someone who can actually do what they say. Most of the time people put on a front because they know it makes them look a certain way favorable to themselves. Other people adopt the idea that "cowards live." The thing is, if I were to place myself in the situation where I was an onlooker to a fight like this, its easy to say what the right thing to do is, but its hard to say if I would end up doing it. Basically my thinking: "Three kids beating up one kid? And what happens if I jump in? It'll probably turn into three kids beating two kids. (And no one wants to get beat up)." ...Its probably best (and worst) to not think in those situations though.
Depending on the situation, I would make a desicion, if it was like you described, then I would have run to help in a heartbeat, but if they say, were armed, then I probably would have stood back, maybe called 911. But I would say that in general most people are cowards, I found that out the hard way in 5th grade.
I have actually come across that kind of situation a few times before, and I have got involved before. One time a few months ago I was walking home across the park and there was a group of teenagers (girls and guys mixed) beating up this one kid. He had two friends with him who were trying to get him out of it, but understandably they were wary about getting into the fight itself. Me and another woman pretty much yelled at them and threatened to call the police unless they broke it off. They did and stood around looking moody and swearing at us whilst we got the boy up to his feet and he went off home with his friends. Another time two guys from the year above me in school had cornered this kid who was several years younger and were forcing him to sing and tell jokes. If he didn't they were hitting him. I chased them off and got the kid home. If I can help, then I will help. Obviously there are times when it is completely over my head and my involvement would do nothing.I'm not magic, I'm only human and whilst I feel **** when I can't help, you can only do what you can do. So I guess for me it depends on the situation and I do have to say if I had my niece, nephew or younger sister with me, I wouldn't risk them. Sounds cruel to put someone else above whoever is having the crap beaten out of them, but I'd put my family first every time.
I hate it when things like that happen. I don't know how things are abroad but i've seen vids, mainly from the States, but also from other countries on news and TV shows over the years in which no one helped people who were getting beaten and i could never understand why this was happening. In Greece if something like this happen everyone will jump in the fight. Seriously. I remember when i was 12 and i had a fight with two ex-friends of mine and those around tried to stop us. At least it used to happen. Nowadays things are different and situations have changed so i'm not sure how one would react in a sight like this. Especially with the crime rate rising as much as it does. Good or bad i haven't been in a situation like this in many years but, i'm not trying to pretend that i am brave or something, i remember in school there were many jerks who would make fun or try to abuse of other guys and girls who were shy or had a mental disorder (not sure if this is a proper term) and i kinda protected them many times. I want to believe that i have the courage to jump in a situation like this, if it ever happens, even it meant my death. It is a bit selfish after all, thinking your own life when you see others suffering.
*end scene of Pay it Forward* If it were me, i would do what i could to help. if there were, like, 3 seventeen year olds, no i wouldn't try to fight them back, but i would swear at them, threaten them that kind of thing. Verbal violence is just as worse =P In your situation, Sora U, I wouldn't have just watched. Even though people say not to get involved, i always do something. I think why people are too cowardly is because they don't want to get themselves killed. Really, its defend someone you dont know in a fight that doesn't concern you, or save yourself the trouble and don't get involved, thats how i see it anyway...
I would have watched. Most people say they'd intervene. Very few can actually follow through. It's due to mob mentality. No one wants to stand out, so they copy the rest.
