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[QUOTE="DoctorBombay, post: 292648, member: 626"]
That last sentence pretty much sums up the frustration. If you speak up, you risk being ridiculed or ignored, or seen as old-fashioned or "quaint".
I once saw a fight taking place on the street in NY- these were relatively young, maybe Jr HS girls, just going at it.
That in itself wasn't the issue- kids have always fought "after school...at 3 o'clock", including myself.
The "problem" was the ADULTS that were actively watching the 2 girls fighting...and cheering them on...even AFTER one girl was obviously getting beat. Finally, the girl who was losing caught my eye and gave me a look almost pleading for help and I ran over and stepped in. The other "adults" literally booed me for getting involved, like I had interrupted their entertainment or something. And it wasn't until I stepped in that someone else also helped out.
The people who were there, both kids and adults, looked at me like I was from outer space, like I had done something they just couldn't understand.
To be fair this happened a few years ago- but maybe the internet has allowed those who would "just stand there" and consider an act of common decency as strange or unfathomable, to voice their ignorance and apathy on a wider scale.
Its hard to shame someone to behave appropriately on the anonymous web. Its the perfect medium for knuckleheads to act like...knuckleheads.
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