[Richard Turpin]

(06-07-2018 08:50 AM)Matt3B Wrote:  

(06-07-2018 08:47 AM)Horus Wrote:  

(06-07-2018 08:02 AM)Matt3B Wrote:  

We live in communities. We protect one another in the face of danger, and we all want that for the communities we live in. We don't want thugs walking around threatening people and having the rest of the community cower in the face of danger. That's not a strong community.

"One another" implies some level of reciprocity. The fact that she specifically targets and attacks white men as the guilty party in this attack shows that she doesn't deserve their protection. Remember that this is the tube in London, where finding a whitey is like playing Where's Waldo - she didn't mention any of the many other shades of men who would have witnessed the incident.

I would like to think that I would be the kind of man who would step up and put my body on the line to protect a woman being assaulted in public. I would also like to live in a world where I wasn't constantly attacked simply for who I am. As women withdraw their respect for men, they can expect men to withdraw their protection.

Fair points. I sing the same songs as the rest of the forum. I get that the woman in question sounds like a bit of a cunt, but I was more addressing the general principle of the situation.

It's that word 'community'. I'm very lucky to live in a safe, quiet and extremely homogeneous party of the UK. There's no underground public transport in my neck of the woods, but I've used public transport (bus) most of my life and would put my monthly pay on the fact that if this happened on a bus where I live the men on the bus (myself included) would intervene. In fairness, this is probably because the woman involved would be known to someone on the bus. I'd also bet that the intervention would be gratefully received and there'd be no repercussions from the authorities etc. You may even get your face in the local papers. Also, he very probably wouldn't be armed up here.

But London? Without the shared values, history and reciprocity that a community needs to just get by? Well, this is what happens, and nobody is sadder about it than I am, especially when I know it's just a matter of time before people on my bus also stop giving a fuck as demographics, politics and apathy exert more pressure.

But as a I said in an earlier post, when this happens to you, you'll just know whether you need to stand up and help (or not). I've re-read the article again and it looks increasingly like total bullshit anyway. She was kicked? Bet it was a tap. Or more likely he didn't touch her. If there were any marks on her, the Daily Mail would have photos in all their lurid glory. Also, the bit about where she was thankful for the 'Eastern European Man' who eventually tried to help! Why mention this? She sounds like a bitter Remainer who just wants to use any personal drama she can to bash white people and perceived Brexiteers.