Thanks! Will make those changes now.
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QuoteRead 'opening skinners box' for some good research regarding the genovese case/diffusion of responsibility etc and ways to combat that inclination
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I hate to say this, but find a different representative.
QuoteWell, I know I'm in the minority on this one. Everyone "knows" the Kitty Genovese case was an example of "diffusion of responsibility", so they use that as a shorthand.
Because it's used as shorthand, everyone knows what it's referring to.
What bugs me is that the actual Kitty Genovese case, not the one that everyone uses as shorthand, was not an instance of diffusion of responsibility.
So, we end up with two Kitty Genoveses. One where 38 people watched or listened to her being murdered, and one where someone noticed and said something, another was drunk, and where Kitty's lungs were punctured so she couldn't scream.
I don't doubt that the diffusion of responsibility effect is real. I've seen it in action. What bugs me is that people are ossifying a lie to explain a truth.
QuoteI'm very interested in having a set of sins that are actually, you know, deadly. Apathy kills. Therefore, deadly.
QuoteWhy limit yourself? Smarmy fucking liberals can be every bit as apathetic. They just wring their hands a bit more and moan about how awful it all is, while they sidle away.
QuoteUm..."Villain".
QuoteCheck my new thread down in politics. It will cure some of this disillusionment.
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Ah, well, I think Rog says something like: Shit your hate before it shits on you...or something to that effect...but it's a good thing to vent it out before it comes out sideways wielding a machete and chops up shit you'd rather not sacrifice to the cause.
QuoteGo to bed mad, wake up madder, that's what I say.
Quote...I remember that case. So sad, and such a clear example of public apathy.
GREAT piece, Semaj.
QuoteI like it.