Reportedly at least 15 people just stood by and watched a teenage girl being gang raped in California and they just stood there, some even joined in. I know we have become very desensitized to rapes, rapes are not newsworthy, they happen every day in this country and around the world. But, I have to wonder if we are becoming less human? Certainly, less humane than our date, 2009, would suggest we might be.
Philosophers and psychologists will debate how 15 people could just watch another human being abused, and do nothing to stop it. They and we have debated it before. Whoopi Goldberg on The View says it is a sign of the times and all around her agreed. "Mind your own business."
Ridiculous! In the 1960s "Mind your own business," and "Tend for your own garden," still were the rules of the road. I was taught that and I refused that. When a woman was being beaten by her man-friend (or whoever he was) across the street one hot Indiana evening, my adult family members just sat on our screened-in porch and listened. I was about 9, and I begged my mother to call the police. She gave me the "what's wrong with you?" look, and the others quietly chimed in, "None of our business." I went into the house and called the police, they arrived and chased the man out of the house across the street where the woman was screaming. The man climbed onto his roof, where the police caught him. It was never spoken of again.
Once a woman was attacked under my 2nd floor bedroom window when I was about 14. I immediately called the police who arrived fast, but the man got away, though the woman was saved. When I told my mom (she slept through it all, she slept through tornadoes), she gave me the disapproving "look."
What was wrong with me? Why didn't that lesson "take?" I believe empathy must be taught to children at an early age along with the courage to help those in need. But who taught me? In fact I got negative reinforcement for my actions and often heard, "You always have to be different."
HAVE to be---never understood what that implied. God, it is so EASY to help now, HELLO, cell phones! Would have taken a minute out of the life of just one bystander.
This is something I struggle with, this ganging up on others without a single person saying "no."
Why do you think it happens? People "gang up" in workplaces, in churches, in schools, and you KNOW they can't all agree with their direction....can they?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The View, Whoopi and Gang, Discuss Gang Rape
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Reportedly at least 15 people just stood by and watched a teenage girl being gang raped in California and they just stood there, some even joined in. I know we have become very desensitized to rapes, rapes are not newsworthy, they happen every day in this country and around the world. But, I have to wonder if we are becoming less human? Certainly, less humane than our date, 2009, would suggest we might be.
Philosophers and psychologists will debate how 15 people could just watch another human being abused, and do nothing to stop it. They and we have debated it before. Whoopi Goldberg on The View says it is a sign of the times and all around her agreed. "Mind your own business."
Ridiculous! In the 1960s "Mind your own business," and "Tend for your own garden," still were the rules of the road. I was taught that and I refused that. When a woman was being beaten by her man-friend (or whoever he was) across the street one hot Indiana evening, my adult family members just sat on our screened-in porch and listened. I was about 9, and I begged my mother to call the police. She gave me the "what's wrong with you?" look, and the others quietly chimed in, "None of our business." I went into the house and called the police, they arrived and chased the man out of the house across the street where the woman was screaming. The man climbed onto his roof, where the police caught him. It was never spoken of again.
Once a woman was attacked under my 2nd floor bedroom window when I was about 14. I immediately called the police who arrived fast, but the man got away, though the woman was saved. When I told my mom (she slept through it all, she slept through tornadoes), she gave me the disapproving "look."
What was wrong with me? Why didn't that lesson "take?" I believe empathy must be taught to children at an early age along with the courage to help those in need. But who taught me? In fact I got negative reinforcement for my actions and often heard, "You always have to be different."
HAVE to be---never understood what that implied. God, it is so EASY to help now, HELLO, cell phones! Would have taken a minute out of the life of just one bystander.
This is something I struggle with, this ganging up on others without a single person saying "no."
Why do you think it happens? People "gang up" in workplaces, in churches, in schools, and you KNOW they can't all agree with their direction....can they?
Reportedly at least 15 people just stood by and watched a teenage girl being gang raped in California and they just stood there, some even joined in. I know we have become very desensitized to rapes, rapes are not newsworthy, they happen every day in this country and around the world. But, I have to wonder if we are becoming less human? Certainly, less humane than our date, 2009, would suggest we might be.
Philosophers and psychologists will debate how 15 people could just watch another human being abused, and do nothing to stop it. They and we have debated it before. Whoopi Goldberg on The View says it is a sign of the times and all around her agreed. "Mind your own business."
Ridiculous! In the 1960s "Mind your own business," and "Tend for your own garden," still were the rules of the road. I was taught that and I refused that. When a woman was being beaten by her man-friend (or whoever he was) across the street one hot Indiana evening, my adult family members just sat on our screened-in porch and listened. I was about 9, and I begged my mother to call the police. She gave me the "what's wrong with you?" look, and the others quietly chimed in, "None of our business." I went into the house and called the police, they arrived and chased the man out of the house across the street where the woman was screaming. The man climbed onto his roof, where the police caught him. It was never spoken of again.
Once a woman was attacked under my 2nd floor bedroom window when I was about 14. I immediately called the police who arrived fast, but the man got away, though the woman was saved. When I told my mom (she slept through it all, she slept through tornadoes), she gave me the disapproving "look."
What was wrong with me? Why didn't that lesson "take?" I believe empathy must be taught to children at an early age along with the courage to help those in need. But who taught me? In fact I got negative reinforcement for my actions and often heard, "You always have to be different."
HAVE to be---never understood what that implied. God, it is so EASY to help now, HELLO, cell phones! Would have taken a minute out of the life of just one bystander.
This is something I struggle with, this ganging up on others without a single person saying "no."
Why do you think it happens? People "gang up" in workplaces, in churches, in schools, and you KNOW they can't all agree with their direction....can they?
Reportedly at least 15 people just stood by and watched a teenage girl being gang raped in California and they just stood there, some even joined in. I know we have become very desensitized to rapes, rapes are not newsworthy, they happen every day in this country and around the world. But, I have to wonder if we are becoming less human? Certainly, less humane than our date, 2009, would suggest we might be.
Philosophers and psychologists will debate how 15 people could just watch another human being abused, and do nothing to stop it. They and we have debated it before. Whoopi Goldberg on The View says it is a sign of the times and all around her agreed. "Mind your own business."
Ridiculous! In the 1960s "Mind your own business," and "Tend for your own garden," still were the rules of the road. I was taught that and I refused that. When a woman was being beaten by her man-friend (or whoever he was) across the street one hot Indiana evening, my adult family members just sat on our screened-in porch and listened. I was about 9, and I begged my mother to call the police. She gave me the "what's wrong with you?" look, and the others quietly chimed in, "None of our business." I went into the house and called the police, they arrived and chased the man out of the house across the street where the woman was screaming. The man climbed onto his roof, where the police caught him. It was never spoken of again.
Once a woman was attacked under my 2nd floor bedroom window when I was about 14. I immediately called the police who arrived fast, but the man got away, though the woman was saved. When I told my mom (she slept through it all, she slept through tornadoes), she gave me the disapproving "look."
What was wrong with me? Why didn't that lesson "take?" I believe empathy must be taught to children at an early age along with the courage to help those in need. But who taught me? In fact I got negative reinforcement for my actions and often heard, "You always have to be different."
HAVE to be---never understood what that implied. God, it is so EASY to help now, HELLO, cell phones! Would have taken a minute out of the life of just one bystander.
This is something I struggle with, this ganging up on others without a single person saying "no."
Why do you think it happens? People "gang up" in workplaces, in churches, in schools, and you KNOW they can't all agree with their direction....can they?
Reportedly at least 15 people just stood by and watched a teenage girl being gang raped in California and they just stood there, some even joined in. I know we have become very desensitized to rapes, rapes are not newsworthy, they happen every day in this country and around the world. But, I have to wonder if we are becoming less human? Certainly, less humane than our date, 2009, would suggest we might be.
Philosophers and psychologists will debate how 15 people could just watch another human being abused, and do nothing to stop it. They and we have debated it before. Whoopi Goldberg on The View says it is a sign of the times and all around her agreed. "Mind your own business."
Ridiculous! In the 1960s "Mind your own business," and "Tend for your own garden," still were the rules of the road. I was taught that and I refused that. When a woman was being beaten by her man-friend (or whoever he was) across the street one hot Indiana evening, my adult family members just sat on our screened-in porch and listened. I was about 9, and I begged my mother to call the police. She gave me the "what's wrong with you?" look, and the others quietly chimed in, "None of our business." I went into the house and called the police, they arrived and chased the man out of the house across the street where the woman was screaming. The man climbed onto his roof, where the police caught him. It was never spoken of again.
Once a woman was attacked under my 2nd floor bedroom window when I was about 14. I immediately called the police who arrived fast, but the man got away, though the woman was saved. When I told my mom (she slept through it all, she slept through tornadoes), she gave me the disapproving "look."
What was wrong with me? Why didn't that lesson "take?" I believe empathy must be taught to children at an early age along with the courage to help those in need. But who taught me? In fact I got negative reinforcement for my actions and often heard, "You always have to be different."
HAVE to be---never understood what that implied. God, it is so EASY to help now, HELLO, cell phones! Would have taken a minute out of the life of just one bystander.
This is something I struggle with, this ganging up on others without a single person saying "no."
Why do you think it happens? People "gang up" in workplaces, in churches, in schools, and you KNOW they can't all agree with their direction....can they?
Reportedly at least 15 people just stood by and watched a teenage girl being gang raped in California and they just stood there, some even joined in. I know we have become very desensitized to rapes, rapes are not newsworthy, they happen every day in this country and around the world. But, I have to wonder if we are becoming less human? Certainly, less humane than our date, 2009, would suggest we might be.
Philosophers and psychologists will debate how 15 people could just watch another human being abused, and do nothing to stop it. They and we have debated it before. Whoopi Goldberg on The View says it is a sign of the times and all around her agreed. "Mind your own business."
Ridiculous! In the 1960s "Mind your own business," and "Tend for your own garden," still were the rules of the road. I was taught that and I refused that. When a woman was being beaten by her man-friend (or whoever he was) across the street one hot Indiana evening, my adult family members just sat on our screened-in porch and listened. I was about 9, and I begged my mother to call the police. She gave me the "what's wrong with you?" look, and the others quietly chimed in, "None of our business." I went into the house and called the police, they arrived and chased the man out of the house across the street where the woman was screaming. The man climbed onto his roof, where the police caught him. It was never spoken of again.
Once a woman was attacked under my 2nd floor bedroom window when I was about 14. I immediately called the police who arrived fast, but the man got away, though the woman was saved. When I told my mom (she slept through it all, she slept through tornadoes), she gave me the disapproving "look."
What was wrong with me? Why didn't that lesson "take?" I believe empathy must be taught to children at an early age along with the courage to help those in need. But who taught me? In fact I got negative reinforcement for my actions and often heard, "You always have to be different."
HAVE to be---never understood what that implied. God, it is so EASY to help now, HELLO, cell phones! Would have taken a minute out of the life of just one bystander.
This is something I struggle with, this ganging up on others without a single person saying "no."
Why do you think it happens? People "gang up" in workplaces, in churches, in schools, and you KNOW they can't all agree with their direction....can they?
Reportedly at least 15 people just stood by and watched a teenage girl being gang raped in California and they just stood there, some even joined in. I know we have become very desensitized to rapes, rapes are not newsworthy, they happen every day in this country and around the world. But, I have to wonder if we are becoming less human? Certainly, less humane than our date, 2009, would suggest we might be.
Philosophers and psychologists will debate how 15 people could just watch another human being abused, and do nothing to stop it. They and we have debated it before. Whoopi Goldberg on The View says it is a sign of the times and all around her agreed. "Mind your own business."
Ridiculous! In the 1960s "Mind your own business," and "Tend for your own garden," still were the rules of the road. I was taught that and I refused that. When a woman was being beaten by her man-friend (or whoever he was) across the street one hot Indiana evening, my adult family members just sat on our screened-in porch and listened. I was about 9, and I begged my mother to call the police. She gave me the "what's wrong with you?" look, and the others quietly chimed in, "None of our business." I went into the house and called the police, they arrived and chased the man out of the house across the street where the woman was screaming. The man climbed onto his roof, where the police caught him. It was never spoken of again.
Once a woman was attacked under my 2nd floor bedroom window when I was about 14. I immediately called the police who arrived fast, but the man got away, though the woman was saved. When I told my mom (she slept through it all, she slept through tornadoes), she gave me the disapproving "look."
What was wrong with me? Why didn't that lesson "take?" I believe empathy must be taught to children at an early age along with the courage to help those in need. But who taught me? In fact I got negative reinforcement for my actions and often heard, "You always have to be different."
HAVE to be---never understood what that implied. God, it is so EASY to help now, HELLO, cell phones! Would have taken a minute out of the life of just one bystander.
This is something I struggle with, this ganging up on others without a single person saying "no."
Why do you think it happens? People "gang up" in workplaces, in churches, in schools, and you KNOW they can't all agree with their direction....can they?
Reportedly at least 15 people just stood by and watched a teenage girl being gang raped in California and they just stood there, some even joined in. I know we have become very desensitized to rapes, rapes are not newsworthy, they happen every day in this country and around the world. But, I have to wonder if we are becoming less human? Certainly, less humane than our date, 2009, would suggest we might be.
Philosophers and psychologists will debate how 15 people could just watch another human being abused, and do nothing to stop it. They and we have debated it before. Whoopi Goldberg on The View says it is a sign of the times and all around her agreed. "Mind your own business."
Ridiculous! In the 1960s "Mind your own business," and "Tend for your own garden," still were the rules of the road. I was taught that and I refused that. When a woman was being beaten by her man-friend (or whoever he was) across the street one hot Indiana evening, my adult family members just sat on our screened-in porch and listened. I was about 9, and I begged my mother to call the police. She gave me the "what's wrong with you?" look, and the others quietly chimed in, "None of our business." I went into the house and called the police, they arrived and chased the man out of the house across the street where the woman was screaming. The man climbed onto his roof, where the police caught him. It was never spoken of again.
Once a woman was attacked under my 2nd floor bedroom window when I was about 14. I immediately called the police who arrived fast, but the man got away, though the woman was saved. When I told my mom (she slept through it all, she slept through tornadoes), she gave me the disapproving "look."
What was wrong with me? Why didn't that lesson "take?" I believe empathy must be taught to children at an early age along with the courage to help those in need. But who taught me? In fact I got negative reinforcement for my actions and often heard, "You always have to be different."
HAVE to be---never understood what that implied. God, it is so EASY to help now, HELLO, cell phones! Would have taken a minute out of the life of just one bystander.
This is something I struggle with, this ganging up on others without a single person saying "no."
Why do you think it happens? People "gang up" in workplaces, in churches, in schools, and you KNOW they can't all agree with their direction....can they?
Reportedly at least 15 people just stood by and watched a teenage girl being gang raped in California and they just stood there, some even joined in. I know we have become very desensitized to rapes, rapes are not newsworthy, they happen every day in this country and around the world. But, I have to wonder if we are becoming less human? Certainly, less humane than our date, 2009, would suggest we might be.
Philosophers and psychologists will debate how 15 people could just watch another human being abused, and do nothing to stop it. They and we have debated it before. Whoopi Goldberg on The View says it is a sign of the times and all around her agreed. "Mind your own business."
Ridiculous! In the 1960s "Mind your own business," and "Tend for your own garden," still were the rules of the road. I was taught that and I refused that. When a woman was being beaten by her man-friend (or whoever he was) across the street one hot Indiana evening, my adult family members just sat on our screened-in porch and listened. I was about 9, and I begged my mother to call the police. She gave me the "what's wrong with you?" look, and the others quietly chimed in, "None of our business." I went into the house and called the police, they arrived and chased the man out of the house across the street where the woman was screaming. The man climbed onto his roof, where the police caught him. It was never spoken of again.
Once a woman was attacked under my 2nd floor bedroom window when I was about 14. I immediately called the police who arrived fast, but the man got away, though the woman was saved. When I told my mom (she slept through it all, she slept through tornadoes), she gave me the disapproving "look."
What was wrong with me? Why didn't that lesson "take?" I believe empathy must be taught to children at an early age along with the courage to help those in need. But who taught me? In fact I got negative reinforcement for my actions and often heard, "You always have to be different."
HAVE to be---never understood what that implied. God, it is so EASY to help now, HELLO, cell phones! Would have taken a minute out of the life of just one bystander.
This is something I struggle with, this ganging up on others without a single person saying "no."
Why do you think it happens? People "gang up" in workplaces, in churches, in schools, and you KNOW they can't all agree with their direction....can they?
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