Should you report Cannibis dealing?

Should you report Cannibis dealing/using

  • YES!

    Votes: 4 10.3%

  • NO!

    Votes: 32 82.1%

  • Dealing only

    Votes: 1 2.6%

  • Lemons!

    Votes: 2 5.1%
  • Total voters
    39
If someone's being "savagely beaten" in my neighbourhood - I'm jumping in and helping him or her out, or calling the cops. I doubt I'd jump over a fence to help out though.. (it's a social taboo! plus these fences are tall. there's surely other neighbours already on the way through a gate or something)
 
Commodore said:
So I had an experience today in which I could have been a snitch and chose not to. I don't think it's worth it's own thread and it seems like it could be relevant to the general discussion here, so here it is:

Today while visiting my parents I was hanging out in my parents' back room with my father just enjoying the sunshine. All of a sudden we heard a commotion and saw a guy running through one of the neighbor's backyard. He was running from two other men who caught up to him, tackled him and proceeded to savagely beat him while yelling profanity at him. The whole time the man being beaten was yelling "I swear I didn't do it!" This went on for about a minute or so before a woman who seemed to be the girlfriend of one of the attackers broke up the beating.

Now this whole time, my father and I stood there watching and the thought never even crossed our minds to assist the man being beaten or to call the police. In fact, the first thought that crossed my mind when I saw what was happening was "Well, he must have done something to provoke the attack." I also took note of the racial harmony and cooperation that took place as one of the attackers was white and the other was black.

So what do you guys think? Were we wrong to just sit there and watch it happen? I guess the way I see it is: one, it was none of our business; and two, even if we did call the police it wouldn't have done any good. Our view of the incident wasn't the best, so it's not like we could have provided very good descriptions of the attackers or the victim. Not to mention, by the time the police would have shown up, all parties involved would have been long gone.
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On that I would have phoned the police - the 'harmony' is irreverent btw
 
If a savage beating goes on for a full minute in my neighborhood somebody is dead. That was probably a 'teach you a lesson' beating.
 
Definitely depends on the neighbourhood you live in - my neighbourhood is .. well, it's incredibly peaceful. There's flowers, birds chirping, people BBQing, people saying "hello" and "thank you" and "come on in!", families doing family stuff, children frolicking, and all sorts of friendly stuff.

If someone's being savagely beaten, somebody's already calling the cops. It would be incredibly out of the ordinary to see - half the neighbourhood would be watching. People would be likely running out to help, so I'd join them.
 
Timsup2nothin said:
If a savage beating goes on for a full minute in my neighborhood somebody is dead. That was probably a 'teach you a lesson' beating.
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I would rather have the police than that to be honest.
 
warpus said:
Definitely depends on the neighbourhood you live in - my neighbourhood is .. well, it's incredibly peaceful. There's flowers, birds chirping, people BBQing, people saying "hello" and "thank you" and "come on in!", families doing family stuff, children frolicking, and all sorts of friendly stuff.

If someone's being savagely beaten, somebody's already calling the cops. It would be incredibly out of the ordinary to see - half the neighbourhood would be watching. People would be likely running out to help, so I'd join them.
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You might be surprised. Incredibly peaceful neighborhoods are frequently loaded with "I'm not seeing what I don't want to see" effect. And if nothing else the shock value tends to immobilize people for a period of time. By the time people convince themselves that they are really seeing what they are seeing, it is usually over.

It would be incredibly out of the ordinary to see in my neighborhood too, by the way.
 
Timsup2nothin said:
You might be surprised. Incredibly peaceful neighborhoods are frequently loaded with "I'm not seeing what I don't want to see" effect.
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I can guarantee that nobody's getting savagely beaten in my neighbourhood today or this week or month or probably year.

I can't guarantee that it isn't happening in someone's basement, because I basically agree with a part of the cut of your jib, but out in the open, nah. Not in someone's backyard. That probably hasn't happened in this neighbourhood for decades, if ever.

I'm not sure if I've heard of a savage beaten anywhere in the city in the last 2 decades, to tell you the truth. There's occasional violence, but nothing "savage" comes to mind. I could be wrong, but..

Either way, all I meant was that it would be so out of the ordinary that people would jump in to stop it. At least that's what I imagine. Someone would call the cops for sure, if it was out in the open and people could see.
 
Timsup2nothin said:
If a savage beating goes on for a full minute in my neighborhood somebody is dead. That was probably a 'teach you a lesson' beating.
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Clearly. From the bits of dialog that took place during the beating it was pretty clear the victim had done something that the attackers wanted to make sure he did not think of doing again.
 
All this thread is doing is reminding me exactly why I like living where I live and not in *holes populated by *holes. Well, or at least to a degree of difference that it matters. Maybe it's just a factor of density. Probably.

Tim, you are glossing over, even I have to admit, that "inviting over men with guns" is a bit of an overstatement. This is Merica. The s involved already have a high probability of having guns. If a tribal squabble has degenerated into open violence in my vicinity I'd rather have the doubt of resolution cleared by having my tribe respond with the most violence. Ultimately, my tribe is probably going to be the cops. Moth-Ra really is a bastard, after all.
 
Farm Boy said:
All this thread is doing is reminding me exactly why I like living where I live and not in *holes populated by *holes. Well, or at least to a degree of difference that it matters. Maybe it's just a factor of density.
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I put to you that it is just a matter of density. You will never convince me that farm boy's (note lower case) never work out their differences with a good ol' can o' whoop ass.
 
Timsup2nothin said:
I put to you that it is just a matter of density. You will never convince me that farm boy's (note lower case) never work out their differences with a good ol' can o' whoop ass.
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Added more with slowedits.

Yea, I'm going to trust myself to determine a social can o' whoop ass and a savage beating. Which kinda sound alike but don't actually look that similar.
 
Farm Boy said:
Added more with slowedits.

Yea, I'm going to trust myself to determine a social can o' whoop ass and a savage beating. Which kinda sound alike but don't actually look that similar.
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That was my point when I said that a savage beating that lasted a full minute etc etc...and Commodore seems to have agreed that his original description of the beating as 'savage' may have been overplayed.

For my part, the event happening in his parent's neighborhood is a throw off. If that happened in my neighborhood it would be totally extraordinary for me to not know at least one of the participants, and probably have at least a vague idea what it was about. Same in my parent's neighborhood. But I know that isn't true for everyone and I inferred that they were all strangers to Commodore.
 
Timsup2nothin said:
If a savage beating goes on for a full minute in my neighborhood somebody is dead. That was probably a 'teach you a lesson' beating.
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You Americans must lead incredibly violent lives, it seems to me. In the real world, I have never witnessed a savage beating, or anything approaching one, in my entire life. Nor do I know anyone who has, as far as I know.

Americans used to be resident round here because of their Air Force bases. I remember one American armed himself with a baseball bat because of some altercation and stood there in the middle of the street. A huge crowd of locals gathered around to watch him. As far as I know nothing happened at all, though I didn't bother hanging round for long since it all seemed such a huge waste of time. And I'd just come out of the pub.
 
Not really Mr. B. You're the only person I know that's considered weaponizing children's headwear.
 
Purely for self-defence purposes. And only in the event that I set foot on American soil.
 
Borachio said:
You Americans must lead incredibly violent lives, it seems to me. In the real world, I have never witnessed a savage beating, or anything approaching one, in my entire life. Nor do I know anyone who has, as far as I know.

Americans used to be resident round here because of their Air Force bases. I remember one American armed himself with a baseball bat because of some altercation and stood there in the middle of the street. A huge crowd of locals gathered around to watch him. As far as I know nothing happened at all, though I didn't bother hanging round for long since it all seemed such a huge waste of time. And I'd just come out of the pub.
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Savage beatings? I've only seen one two.

I have seen a fair number of teach you a lesson beatings though, but I have spent most of my life in what Farm boy would call high density areas so I doubt that I am typical.
 
Borachio said:
Purely for self-defence purposes. And only in the event that I set foot on American soil.
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Invitation's open. Though I think I might beat you across the pond if my wife manages to get her way for late September. London seems a remarkably rough and tumble place to me. Maybe not so rough and tumble as the south side of Chitown, but perhaps just differently rough and tumble.
 
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