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October 29th, 2009 |
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| Vince Crew: Bystander Effect and Psychobabble About Bad Behavior in Kids is a BS Excuse for Bad Parenting and Declining Ethics |
Naples, FL – "All you have to ask is, 'What if your daughter or sister was being gang raped?'" and then you'll quickly dismiss all of psychologists' and therapists' rhetoric explaining how a crowd could watch the brutalization of a 15 year old California girl," according to Ethics Analyst, Vince Crew.
For over two hours this past Saturday night over 20 people watched a girl being raped and beaten outside a high school homecoming dance. No one called 911; no one rushed the four assailants; and no one thought it worth doing anything but watch. Oh some did laugh and a few participated by joining in on the rape, as the crowd grew larger, according to law enforcement officials.
Crew, author of Everyday Ethics, Everlasting Consequences (available at www.REACHdevelopment.com), asks, "What the hell was going through these kids minds that they did nothing?"
Sadly perhaps they thought it was a reality TV episode, a new hip-hop video, or an MTV fantasy special being filmed. While being a little sarcastic, I'm not too far off, says Crew.
The entertainment and video game phenomena have ushered in a virtual reality for kids that embraces, glamorizes, and even fantasizes about violent, promiscuous, and ruthless sex. Couple this with absent parents, parents who want to be their children's friends, and loosely defined families and progressive values and you get Richmond California's rape entertainment for the after-prom.
We hear of total strangers stepping-up and stepping-in to help all the time. What is wrong in Richmond, California? And yes it's Richmond's problem until it happens somewhere else, then it's there's. Sadly it's our problem as a society.
Has whistle blowing, not getting involved, and looking the other way become the standard? This is no time for therapists to try to explain, it's time for parents, community leaders, and others to educate and demonstrate what ethical courage means... and pass it on to the next generation.
Crew is a media contributor on ethics issues across the country. Select interviews are available at www.REACHdevelopment.com under "Vince Crew In Person." |
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Vince Crew is a U.S. conference speaker, author, executive adviser, and media commentator on strategic growth through leadership, staffing, and ethics initiatives.
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