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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

You edited out the post I was responding to. Here it is:

[quote]Several people (including me) have mentioned that the helpful stranger basically stalked the kids for 20+ minutes before calling the cops on them. The kids may not have noticed him, may have been keeping an eye on him but not been alarmed enough to run off screaming bloody murder. If they had taken off screaming, that would absolutely have been evidence to the disapproving public that they're not ready to make this walk. These kids really have no way to win this one, besides the obvious, giving in to pressure and staying tied to their parents for the next several years.[/quote]

Have you ever worked in a job that required you to take a sexual harassment prevention course? Do you have a security clearance? If you can answer yes to either of these questions, you will get why this gentleman handled the situation the way he did.

He did make sure the kids were safe by calling the police. He acted as the village here in making sure no harm came to these kids. How do you think he would have felt if he had just walked away from a situation that appeared to be not quite right and then later found out that these kids had been hit by a car?[/quote]

He didn't act as the village. "It takes a village to raise a child" does not mean "report stuff to the authorities", even though people on DCUM often seem to believe that it does.

Also I, personally, don't make decisions based on "What if I didn't do something, and then something extremely unlikely happened, and then I would feel terrible?" Do you? It's a really bad way to make decisions.[/quote]

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