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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
My thoughts on the matter are this...
If it was a woman of the same age who was assaulted by these women, would everyone just stand back and let it happen?
In my opinion, if you would stand up and defend a woman, you should do the same for a man.
NO ONE should be subjected to this sort of thing while others stand back and let it happen.
Chivalry should work both ways.
Personally, I would have stood up to them, demanding them to cease their outrageous behaviour and if they didn't, I would hope to have had others near by grow a pair and back me up. A wall of people surrounding them, calling for them to stop should be intimidating enough to hold them until security officers came for them.
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Fair enough, preventing them from continuing their assault and detaining them is reasonable. [Assaulting them or throwing them off the train isn't.] I would like to say I'd be with you but I fear I know myself too well and I'm basically a coward. About 20 years ago I was standing in my backyard when a bloke who had just robbed the neighbours place jumped the fence with a bag of loot. I tried to yell at him to stop but all that came out was a strangled yelp. By the time I took a deep breath and got a real yell out he had dropped the bag and run. So perhaps my presence did spook him but my actions didn't. I'm afraid a few of us may find that our inner chook comes out just when we don't need it. I wonder how often the apparent indifference of bystanders isn't really just blind fear?