Topic: A Bullying experiment (Read 509 times)

Check out this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRS43Ld1Qk8

It makes sense and should be work on some people and some time. And still better than 100% fail / dont try anything.

Have you ever seen a bully who lost satisfaction with the violence he was doing?

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Oh ya, there are some bullying cases where the victims are killed. But sometimes it always starts from small bullying.

Welcome to the 21st century where situations like these need someone to step-in immediately when things are about to turn out ugly but instead people opt to take out their smart phones to capture everything on camera for the personal gain.

Honestly where did we really go wrong

If I was attacked and people nearby do nothing to help I'll make sure I don't go down alone one of the bullies will surely go with me. This is just sad

The generation we're in has lost it morals, that's why peope would rather recorded an accident happening than help the victim. People no longer have sympathy towards other fellow humans what they're after is vain gratification, they rather post online and act sympathetic but do nothing in real life. I fear we're reaching the end of mankind as we know it

That's the hardest part of human nature. The sense of humanity isn't existing in some cases. There are times where people are getting selfish and they just follow the trend. In some cases, there are just people who are incapable of helping so we can't judge them for their actions. It maybe depends on how the experiment was done. Cases of bullying would only decrease if everyone would know how to defend themselves not to tolerate it.

I believe in the golden rule. If it's an ad it's probably bullshit.

Notice the camera movements, angles, closeups. That means there was someone in there with a camera filming possibly close up to the people being filmed. Was it a cellphone? Or an obvious cameraman with the camera rolling.

People will act differently when observed.

Also is the data from people who know they're being recorded or from people who didn't know.

Is there a place where we can see the full footage? Are there security tapes released from that BK?

I just can't take this "experiment" seriously.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/basics/bystander-effect

If I was attacked, I would hope there would just be a few people nearby - more likely to help.

I would be interested in finding and reading some research how bullying has increased/decreased from the 80s and up to present time. I think that with the popularity of social media bullying has increased and taken new forms.  

Will definitely do the same. Though, I'd still weigh the situation. I.e. robbery is on going using a knife then I'd probably can handle it (immediately) but if a gun (fake or real) is in sight then I would honestly say that I'll think twice before initiating any action/s. Being a hero sometime is not an option or will never be an option as for me, it's more of the part of being human (I guess). I value life but I do secure my safety first above anything else.

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TBH and the sad reality, cases of Bullying seems to increases from day to day, not to mention those bullying that are not being filed or documented. In addition the death toll is also increasing due to depression and the main cause is bully related act/s.

this is a serious situation because it will affect the kid morale/self-esteem almost all his life!!
so for real whenever you come across bullies try to caution them

Won't be good to have a child who doesn't feel free to associate in his community because he has made to think he should not

There has always been bullying, but now at least is something that is a bit more on the press and hopefully it will influence schools politics and the view of society.

I do remember that when I was young High School in USA law´s was the law of the jungle. Teachers tended to have a blind eye and the repercussions for the bully were very low compared to what could happen to the victim.

Ah.... those were good times yes... (Just joking).

Its Sad but we cant do nothing every people most of it is they only think is theyre own safety and they dont want to get trouble on someone else fight. The outcome of this experiment is awful and its so sad to see people makes a decision to not even protect the bullied person. All the people can help but different person. There are helps that even they dont know the person they just want to help. And the others is for the people who loves them only.

Few reasons which are obvious

What value is created if you help the kid?    --> You help the kid
What are the risks of protecting the kid?     --> The bully can be a psycho and take out a knife

However, if one or two people jump over helping the kid, we will have a chain effect of people helping
that kid. In my opinion, many humans do not have social responsibility, which is NORMAL. Not everyone
can be an entrepreneur and act. Not all fingers are the same either.

Look at the bright side in McDonald's (hope this doesn't sound like a sponsored ad LOL):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZJQeFQXdpc

I saw a very sad report from Germany today. A case of an 11 year old girl who committed suicide because of bullying that took place at her school. The poor girl was bullied for months. Her mother mentioned just one case in the show. While the girl was taking a shower after sports her 'colleagues' from her class took all her clothes and threw them away. She was forced to walk home naked through the streets with the kids laughing at her.
After she committed suicide, the principal together with the school pedagogue visited the parents of the kids who were bullying the girl to talk about the dangers of bullying. Some of the parents responded in anger, claiming that their children didn't bully her and didn't do anything wrong.

There is a very big difference between how children are being raised today and how kids were raised back when I was little. These kind of stories - 'my son didn't do anything wrong' weren't told by the parents in the area I grew up in. We, the children were always wrong! Even when I wasn't, I still was in some way. Is it a bit unfair or harsh? Maybe. But our parents and our teachers taught us right from wrong. If a teacher told a child's parents that their kid was not paying attention in school, was disobedient or aggressive towards fellow colleagues, the parents didn't ask: "Son is that true"? It goes without saying that it is true, the teacher just said it!

The entire show can be seen here if anyone is interested. It is in German.
https://www.tvnow.de/shows/punkt-12-1509/2019-02/episode-25-teil-1-2-punkt-12-das-rtl-mittagsjournal-1428841?utm_source=rtl&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=letzte_folgen&utm_term=punkt-12

One of biggest problem is bulliying people and junior too.not kind but our world is not that good neither that bad.. help the bullied.

It's a little hard to justify not lending a hand, but things over there are pretty messed up since there's no law to protect good Samaritans or bystanders.

The "victims" might blame you or even sue you instead! Here's an article on one

This happens mostly in big city in developed countries where the value of the society have been lost.  Depict what's going on around them they tend to take pictures and videos so they have the best gists to share on social media to earn digital friends instead of helping victims in need. In my city where I reside, this hardly happen.

That's a pretty accurate description of raising children in my region as well. Some might call it harsh but I wouldn't have it any other way. My parents were tough but always fair. I grew up knowing exactly what I could and could not do. And the consequences were explained to me in advance. Growing up I wouldn't dare to try and bully someone like that. You know why? If my parents found out I did, I was in for some serious punishment. My father never beat me, I got slapped around a bit but there was no beating. But the talking to and the moral lessons were worse. When they sit you down and explain to you to the smallest details what you did wrong and you just want it to stop...
Everything is upside down now, we are not educating decent human beings anymore.

A friend of mine is a medic. The law states that even if a paramedic is off duty he MUST intervene and help in case someone's life is in danger. He told me a story of a colleague who got fired from his job. There was a car accident and a man got hit by a car. This colleague of his was waiting for the train to get home and security cameras recorded him watching in the direction of the accident. The guy didnt intervene but instead waited for his train and went home. During the investigation they somehow found out that he was a medic and he was fired immediately and had to face a trial.

Excuses... people always find themselves excuses not to get involved.
In that case, it was probably something like "oh it's a private matter, the kid probably did something to deserve this". And the bullies are kids, not gangsta lookin' tough dudes.

It happened to me many years ago. I was taking the subway, dressed in costume and all and I saw a guy being beat up by two others as he was getting out of the train. I immediately put myself between them but I was clearly the only one willing to get involved. Who knows how many punches that guy took in the train before getting out at the station.
You hear stories about women getting raped in public so a kid bullied by other kids... meeh.

This video is disturbing but if you search well, you can find a video of a dead guy in the streets of Caracas and people just passing by like nothing's going on. Someone said self-preservation, that's just sad if you ask me.

The realistic view is, is it worth my energy to complain about this burger or they didn't look.

That said I have heard many stories about the same thing happening in China where people die and are ignored.

It's called the Bystander effect individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present. The greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that one of them will help.

For example once I had a person beside me at a crosswalk pretty much having a stroke but they didn't want the ambulance so I tried to get them to cross the street to the LRT station where the security could take care of it.

Was not successful however since I started helping the person, other people appeared and the person was helped and an ambulance was called.
Point is that unless someone starts the action no one will interfere since they are scared that by rebelling and helping they will be the ones who will be harmed next or that someone else will do the task.