Child Beaten to Death in Front of Motorists - Page 3

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-17-2008, 11:39 PM

Burning at the stake, impalement, or a coin-toss to choose which, or one of each?

I would be interested to hear the results of a tox test.

Now they'd like to catch the guy in Oklahoma who shoots little girls two at a time.

DanaC · 06-18-2008, 05:37 AM

If there were a few people, why didn't some of them jump him and someone else grab the baby, drag him away from the fray?

wolf · 06-18-2008, 09:59 AM

Why didn't anybody stop Robert Thompson or Jon Venables? (I use them as an example because there was no possibility of danger to anyone who would have intervened in that situation)

It seems that people don't want to involve themselves.

It may even be that we are being taught not to ... calling the police is supposed to be the right answer, so as not to put yourself in danger.

I honestly don't know what I'd do in similar circumstances, and I do carry a gun. I'd like to say that I would call 911, then try to talk to the guy, and consider deadly force as a last resort.

Sundae · 06-18-2008, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Why didn't anybody stop Robert Thompson or Jon Venables? (I use them as an example because there was no possibility of danger to anyone who would have intervened in that situation)

It seems that people don't want to involve themselves.

In this case it was because none of the witnesses realised the child was with other children intent on harm. They didn't abuse Jamie in public. Those who saw them assumed that a grizzling child being towed by two older boys was simply a case of older brother/ younger brother.

If I intervened every thime I saw a crying/ screaming/ tantruming child I'd never leave the supermarket.

DanaC · 06-18-2008, 03:50 PM

Right enough Sundae. Actually watching a man kick a child to death is different to watching a crying child being led off by two older children.

Kingswood · 06-18-2008, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

If that was Texas, at least one of those motorists would have had a gun.

The assailant would likely have had one, too.

06-17-2008, 11:39 PM	#31
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Burning at the stake, impalement, or a coin-toss to choose which, or one of each? I would be interested to hear the results of a tox test. Now they'd like to catch the guy in Oklahoma who shoots little girls two at a time. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

06-18-2008, 09:59 AM	#33
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Why didn't anybody stop Robert Thompson or Jon Venables? (I use them as an example because there was no possibility of danger to anyone who would have intervened in that situation) It seems that people don't want to involve themselves. It may even be that we are being taught not to ... calling the police is supposed to be the right answer, so as not to put yourself in danger. I honestly don't know what I'd do in similar circumstances, and I do carry a gun. I'd like to say that I would call 911, then try to talk to the guy, and consider deadly force as a last resort. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-18-2008, 05:37 AM	#32
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	If there were a few people, why didn't some of them jump him and someone else grab the baby, drag him away from the fray?

06-18-2008, 03:50 PM	#35
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Right enough Sundae. Actually watching a man kick a child to death is different to watching a crying child being led off by two older children.

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