Group watches schoolyard attack on girl

Isn't this a lovely statement of our society.

Yep. But the main diff between then and now is only that kids all have cameras.

They really need to start laying charges against the parents. Maybe then some of this crap will stop.

Then? Then when?

Then? Then when?

Take your pick - before there were cameras.

Holy shit!

And lady, don't beat yourself up. You're doing what you can now. I can imagine you didn't get what was really going on. You just don't expect it...

So true.

Unfortunately, most people stand by and do nothing when anything bad happens. The most anybody does is call 911. Everybody seems to abdicate responsibility to the police or other authority figures.

Sheep, wolves and sheepdogs and all that.

Some of that I attribute to Asian immigrants, who seem to have the motto "not my business," and who infect our society that way.

Then there's diffusion of responsibility with larger groups of people. Everybody thinks somebody else will step up.

Another piece is when people who do step up actually get whacked by the law themselves for assault or such. Especially if an adult male gives some teenage punk a few whacks. At one time that was considered the norm - the men in society regulated the young punks. Now, you're just as likely to be charged with "child" abuse.

Another piece - we had a guy in BC who intervened when another man was beating up his girlfriend. The guy got severely beaten for his trouble, but the woman would not testify at the assaulter's trial, saying " I didn't ask that guy to help me." I'm sure as a cop you know to be very cautious when getting the the way of a domestic, or you get attacked by both parties.

But in this case, I don't think the kids were even inclined to do anything. Just all desensitized and watching the spectacle.

Things like this make me ashamed to be human

One of the upsides of working in a combat zone is that when bad people are doing bad things to good people you can blow their heads off and no one cares. It can be kind of cathartic, at times. Of course, when you get back to so-called 'civilization' you're expected not to do such things to brigands who so richly deserve a taste of their own medicine.

Sad thing is the # of people with cell phones, If I was to break something up amongst a group of teens these days 1, I'd call 911 on my cell, and 2, I'd inform them all that I'm on the phone with the cops right now. That usually would be enough to end anything going on, then if I had to defend myself I would.