Drew Foster
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this thread has regained much of its almost lost integrity :icon_chee
i agree 100% with drew's posts btw
Thank you. My dad and I don't have the best relationship, and no one is perfect, but I don't believe that telling me to never stand by and let a woman get beat on was bad advice. If you're a man you need to do SOMETHING. Maybe not fight, but the bystander effect is real, and can cause the loss of life. Some people here may think it's "showing off" but usually everyone in a crowd expects that someone else will help, so in reality no one helps. I know it's not like that here, but people have been brutally raped, assaulted, mugged, and murdered with plenty of witnesses, because everyone thought someone else would step in, or call 911, etc.
Sure, the police have the responsibility to take care of this guy, but sometimes we have to take care of each other. That woman was a nonthreatening, defenseless prey, essentially.