Originally Posted by vashti
That's not it. Studies show that people are more likely to help another person when there is no one else around. When you are surrounded by people, everyone waits for someone else to step up to help.
that's so true...
...i'm usually a shy guy, but like Bluesummer, I tend to step in when I see somthing wrong, or if someone needs help...
but shh!, you are unfortunately, absolutely right - from what i've heard, studies DO show that
it's because when a 'GROUP' of people 'witness' something 'bad' happen, and do NOTHING about it ---> then they are part of the problem...
...but when it's a group, the people standing by, feal 'at ease', because they feel the 'blame' will be/is shared among ALL by standers...
...and when this blame is 'shared', it can be interpreted as 'a divided' portion of blame on each person, which would be a 'fraction' of the whole
i hope i didn't loose you there!