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Originally Posted by Gilda
Well, I'm going to go against the general tack of this thread and admit that I wouldn't have physically intervened. I've backed down from a fight before simply because it's a small price to pay to avoid a physical confrontation.
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Well, yeah, we being girls and all, I wouldn't have intervened either. But how many men were standing around that could have stopped the huge idiot? That's my point.
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Originally Posted by gilda
I'm a little surprised at how many people assume that the only solution here was a violent one.
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It wasn't. That is until Queen Beotch called in her gorilla.
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Originally Posted by gilda
but there was plenty of time for non-violent intervention here. There was plenty of time for the guy on the cell phone, or any of the other bystanders, or even the owner of the pizza shop to say something like, let's all calm down and see if we can work this out. The police should have been called the moment the woman started freaking out, and then someone--the owner preferably, should have been talking to her in a calm, reassuring voice until the police arrived. The same with her boyfriend the moment he arrived.
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I totally agree. Everyone pretty much stood around and let her scream and rant and rave like a lunatic and no one did a thing.