Man attacked by kids at L'Enfant Metro -- bystanders watch, film it - Polidicks

Ye, seeing how the American system works, he'd probably get charged instead of the kid if he had decided to fight back.

[QUOTE=ze beaver;27242888]And if he had fought back, Fox News would be all over him... :foxnews: MAN ATTACKS CHILDREN IN METRO STATION MORE AT 11! :foxnews:[/QUOTE] Those damn bleeding heart Liberals and their corporal punishment. Wait, what?

As long as he stopped fighting when they did, he'd be fine. If he kept attacking after they let him be, then he'd get in trouble, they still would too, or if he used anything other than his fists to defend against fists, like a blunt object or a blade.

Bitch slap is that so hard to do? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-vsTxKUkM[/media]

what's up with the stupid watermark in the video

The bystander effect. As the number of people present rises, the less likely you are to do anything because you feel less responsible and someone else will take care of it.

[QUOTE=Tippmann357;27243182]The bystander effect. As the number of people present rises, the less likely you are to do anything because you feel less responsible and someone else will take care of it.[/QUOTE]Except it doesn't apply here as the bystanders did not feel the situation to require any help whatsoever judging by how the found it amusing.

Man, wish I could crack a bat over that lil whore;s head

Those children must have wonderful parents.

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;27243229]Except it doesn't apply here as the bystanders did not feel the situation to require any help whatsoever judging by how the found it amusing.[/QUOTE] Alright, now analyze the person filming the video. Does it sound like he would have helped even if there weren't any people? There is a group of retards and there is a group of regular people to which the bystander effect applies to.

[QUOTE=Tippmann357;27243324]Alright, now analyze the person filming the video. Does it sound like he would have helped even if there weren't any people? There is a group of retards and there is a group of regular people to which the bystander effect applies to.[/QUOTE]Ah, my bad; hadn't watched the video.

That's so fucking sad. People do fuck all nowadays when someone else gets hurt or needs help.

would've helped the dude. I have anger issues with little pricks like these, so I probably would've either pulled the boy's head of or lobbed him onto the third rail.

[QUOTE=Dr Kevorkian;27243301]Those children must have wonderful parents.[/QUOTE] Fucking orphans man!

[QUOTE=skynrdfan2;27241905]the bystander effect i hate when people call other people assholes because they know nothing about this.[/QUOTE] Speaking of knowing nothing about this, that's not the bystander effect. The bystander effect is when there's so many people that each one of them does nothing because they think the other people will do something. It's not when the people point and laugh and film the crime.

Holy shit... This enrages me so fucking much...

The bystander effect is not an excuse, it's just proof that people are fucking retarded. It doesn't matter how many people are in a crowd watching, ALL of them have a responsibility to fucking help. "Oh, someone else will do it" is no excuse.

i pictured a bunch of 10 year olds swarming him like those little things from dead space. heh...that'd be some news

[QUOTE=Dahaka32;27243555]Fucking orphans man![/QUOTE] I highly doubt that they had no real/foster parent since the day they were born.

Does anyone else find it terrifying that people would prefer to take out their phones and record something then to help out? I mean I've seen situations like this posted before, and every single time you notice everyone's just standing around the incident, recording or taking pictures.

Fucking hell, listening to that guy cry out with help. I'm boiling with rage at the moment. And I hope this isn't taken as racism but this isn't doing anything for the stereotype of black people behaving like animals. Surely those kids would of thought about that. Jesus christ... it's so fucked up. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Got unpermabanned by promising to never be racist again" - TH89))[/highlight]

If some twelve-year-old punk came up to me and started something, I wouldn't hesitate to start slapping him around.

Fucking bitch, I would of punched that slut right in her throat.

Poor guy, damn black people beating on him. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Trolling" - TH89))[/highlight]

God I fucking hate the guy recording, and that little bitch attacking the dude.

[QUOTE=M23;27244197]Fucking hell, listening to that guy cry out with help. I'm boiling with rage at the moment. And I hope this isn't taken as racism but this isn't doing anything for the stereotype of black people behaving like animals. Surely those kids would of thought about that. Jesus christ... it's so fucked up.[/QUOTE] Why not? I would have been considered as racism/hatecrime if he had attacked the kid.

you people who do not believe in the bystander effect or believe that the only reason people do not interfere with these types of things are dumb. I have done much research and have read many books regarding social engineering/phenomena and can tell you that there are dozens and dozens of reasons people do not interfere, all of which are thoughts (many being subliminal) flying through your head in less than a second that you are sometimes unaware of. In Malcolm Gladwell's book [I]The Tipping Point[/I] an experiment was done similar to this situation that showed even if a person says "If I saw someone in need of help in public, I would step in," there is about a 95% chance they will not do anything when confronted with said obligation.

God damn, people can be heartless

I would've thrown them onto the tracks and called it self defense. While filming it.

[QUOTE=skynrdfan2;27244581]you people who do not believe in the bystander effect or believe that the only reason people do not interfere with these types of things are dumb. I have done much research and have read many books regarding social engineering/phenomena and can tell you that there are dozens and dozens of reasons people do not interfere, all of which are thoughts (many being subliminal) flying through your head in less than a second that you are sometimes unaware of. In Malcolm Gladwell's book [I]The Tipping Point[/I] an experiment was done similar to this situation that showed even if a person says "If I saw someone in need of help in public, I would step in," there is about a 95% chance they will not do anything when confronted with said obligation.[/QUOTE] Quit spitting is-ought justifications and accept that their behavior is unacceptable. The majority of people in a certain location and generation being animals doesn't make it right, nor mean it couldn't be changed, nor mean people no longer have a responsibility to act in a certain semi-human fashion.