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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
I disagree.
The failure here is that there was a group of men who decided to commit sexual assault (allegedly). Educational messaging should tell at least one of those in the group to intervene and stop things before it became a criminal act. In my mind, this is abhorrent not because a single individual decided to rape someone, but because a group of men engaged in the act and not one of them said "hey, maybe this is a bad idea."
Messaging is not only about personal responsibility, but intervening when you see something wrong. More education WILL reduce things like this. The solitary predators may never go away, but if everyone is watching out for this #### wherever they are, those predators will lose opportunities to commit these crimes.
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I mean, I think the rape is more abhorrent than someone not intervening - I know what you meant though... Also, we know this about groups of people - it is rare that someone intervenes in what they know is wrong. As an extreme example, look at Nazi Germany, people went along with it knowing it was wrong. You always hear about some lady getting mugged in a public place and everyone turning a blind eye and not intervening. Or when mobs start looting, people join in... What was Carlin's quote? Something like: "I like individual people, it's groups of them I can't stand."