Originally posted by: Shlong
Reason those guys didn't jump in was because that dude was huge, if he was normal sized I'm sure one or two would've tried to break it up. Not many is willing to take a beating to help a stranger.
Gee, only took a whole page of posts for someone to hit the nail on the head.
Kitty genovese is inapplicable in this situation. Kitty was being raped in the courtyard of a apt building. No one else was in danger, everyone else was assuming that someone else called the cops, and were just watching. This kind of stuff happens every day.
But I'll say flat out, I wouldnt have lifted a damn finger in that situation. Not cause I'm a pussy, but because its not my business, not my problem, and that guy was freaking huge. Ive seen guys get their faces beat in on the bus, on the train, on the street.
Maybe its the new yorker in me, but I'm not getting punched in the face, stabbed, or even shot over someone else's fight. You can call them pussies, I'll call them smart. I would have done the exact same thing.
Ive got a dollar that everyone else who calling pussy probably wouldnt have done a god damn thing in person, and probably has never been in the situation to find out whether they are a "pussy" or not. A lot of keyboard macho men around here.
I'll take a beating for a friend, I wont take one for a stranger, because I value my life.