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Originally Posted by recluse
Now I know what this thread reminds me of... the Kitty Genovese case from New York. 38 witnesses listened to Miss Genovese screaming for help for over 20 minutes and did nothing but ponder aloud if (1: a crime was being committed, (2: someone should actually verify that a crime was being committed and (3: someone else would call the police.
You all talk the talk. Because not one of you can walk the walk.
Yeah, you ARE all criminals.
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And how this relates to the topic at hand escapes me entirely.
Furthermore, talk about offensive ... you're equating a debate about whether or not it was "horrific" that a publisher didn't commit professional seppuku over a typo in a cookbook with ... a brutal murder?
For the record, I
have intervened in crimes being committed, both by calling police and by stepping in personally, depending on the circumstances. I didn't ponder; I assessed the situation and acted. I have no question in my mind as to what I would have done that night in Kew Gardens, because the situation has come up (not, thankfully, with a murder, but with other criminal activity) and I know what I
have done. I don't talk about that, usually, because I don't need to; I've walked that walk. So right there, you can take your unwarranted assumptions and shove them somewhere warm and dark. Sideways.
Someone getting offended over a typo is not a murder.
Someone thinking someone getting offended over a typo is overreacting is still not a murder.
Someone saying they think someone getting offended over a typo is overreacting is
still not a murder.
In fact, nothing that could possibly be said to anyone, anywhere, by anyone, in any way whatsoever, equates to murder. I could call you every name in the book, in a tirade carefully tailored to your age, sex, race, nationality, religion, occupation, and choice of household pets, and you would still be alive to post a reply. "Offended" is
not the same thing as "dead". It's not even the same thing as "shut thumb in car door."
There is a
massive need for some perspective in this thread.