Comments on: What have we become? http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/06/06/what-have-we-become/ music, politics, sports, etcetera Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:15:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Spencer http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/06/06/what-have-we-become/#comment-24161 Spencer Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:29:41 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=879#comment-24161 Now the police say they did actually receive 911 calls. So now only the driver disgusts me. And I'm perturbed by the police commissioner who initially started the fury against the people who didn't act.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('24161','Spencer'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('24161','Spencer','Now the police say they did actually receive 911 calls. So now only the driver disgusts me. And I\'m perturbed by the police commissioner who initially started the fury against the people who didn\'t act.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Now the police say they did actually receive 911 calls. So now only the driver disgusts me. And I’m perturbed by the police commissioner who initially started the fury against the people who didn’t act.
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]]> By: Scarlet http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/06/06/what-have-we-become/#comment-24160 Scarlet Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:56:47 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=879#comment-24160 whoa<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('24160','Scarlet'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('24160','Scarlet','whoa'); return false;">Quote</a></div> whoa
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]]> By: Spencer http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/06/06/what-have-we-become/#comment-24159 Spencer Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:56:52 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=879#comment-24159 My wife called this "Crowd mentality". It's scary - you want to believe that you'll act the right way in a crisis - but after reading that article, it's amazing how psychology plays into it. I think reading and remembering these stories is important in making us better citizens.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('24159','Spencer'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('24159','Spencer','My wife called this \"Crowd mentality\". It\'s scary - you want to believe that you\'ll act the right way in a crisis - but after reading that article, it\'s amazing how psychology plays into it. I think reading and remembering these stories is important in making us better citizens.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> My wife called this “Crowd mentality”. It’s scary - you want to believe that you’ll act the right way in a crisis - but after reading that article, it’s amazing how psychology plays into it. I think reading and remembering these stories is important in making us better citizens.
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]]> By: Karl http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/06/06/what-have-we-become/#comment-24156 Karl Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:00:56 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=879#comment-24156 Sadly, it's not what we have become, but an example of what we are. See Kitty Genovese <a href="http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/archive/2006fallwinter/keltnermarsh.html" rel="nofollow"> greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/archive/2006fallwinter/keltnermarsh.html</a> That's why we need to shout from the rooftops whenever examples to the contrary come along.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('24156','Karl'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('24156','Karl','Sadly, it\'s not what we have become, but an example of what we are.\r\n\r\nSee Kitty Genovese\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/greatergood\/archive\/2006fallwinter\/keltnermarsh.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\ngreatergood.berkeley.edu\/greatergood\/archive\/2006fallwinter\/keltnermarsh.html<\/a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s why we need to shout from the rooftops whenever examples to the contrary come along.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Sadly, it’s not what we have become, but an example of what we are.

See Kitty Genovese

greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/archive/2006fallwinter/keltnermarsh.html

That’s why we need to shout from the rooftops whenever examples to the contrary come along.

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]]> By: AJ http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/06/06/what-have-we-become/#comment-24155 AJ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:02:48 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=879#comment-24155 That is pretty sickening... I guess it is a reflection of a society that has become so desensitized and cold... You know when i first saw the video I thought it had some relation to Grand Theft Auto... I didn't think people would actually do that in real life.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('24155','AJ'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('24155','AJ','That is pretty sickening... I guess it is a reflection of a society that has become so desensitized and cold... You know when i first saw the video I thought it had some relation to Grand Theft Auto... I didn\'t think people would actually do that in real life.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> That is pretty sickening… I guess it is a reflection of a society that has become so desensitized and cold… You know when i first saw the video I thought it had some relation to Grand Theft Auto… I didn’t think people would actually do that in real life.
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