(July 10, 2015 at 2:03 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I don't know, I do agree Nap that it's wrong to put the blame for the death on the other passengers. The kid with the knife is the murderer of course and should get full blame.
But having said that, a whole crowd of people vs 1 teen with a knife? Yeah they could have done something. That's one of those situations where people could have come together and collectively manhandled that guy to the floor. It would have been so easy for a couple people to quickly grab him while he was focused on his target then for someone else to grab the knife out his hand. Overall I do agree with the guy who wrote the article, I have to shake my head at a whole crowd of people on the train who stood by and did nothing when it was only a knife, not a gun, and when they had the advantage of numbers.
If it had been an almost empty carriage and a whole crowd of guys who got on with knives (or worse, guns), I could get it, you're outnumbered. I just think for a whole crowd of dozens of people to stand by and collectively decide to do nothing is cowardly. Really despairing.
^These are my sentiments exactly too. Thanks for the response.
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