How can anyone be a bystander while someone is stabbed? Mark Steyn

Steyn Online ^ | 12 Sep 2003 | Mark Steyn

[Doc On The Bay]

15,000 dead in a minor "Heat Wave" is a Total Cultural Failure--& speaks Volumes about the Nature of the "Civilization" espoused by such a "Culture."

Doc

[StriperSniper]

I don't understand why people are so reluctant to get involved,

Well, if that young man was stealing the buoy and happened to be a minority, you may have been charged with a hate crime. I know it's a bit of an exageration, but lots of kooky things we would have scoffed at five or ten years ago are now true

[vpintheak]

These people have had self reliance bred out of them as they suckle on the breast of the state.

[infowarrior]

I know here in the UK it is considered an unacceptable thing to call people...

Odd, that, considering the term has its origins in Britain. The term is acually an acronym standing for "Westernized Oriental Gentleman", and dates from Victorian times...

the infowarrior

[Arthalion]

I will never understand the Swedes. They are such strange folk. It must be the climate.

Yep, hard to believe that these are the descendants of the mighty Vikings. Olaf Trygvesson must be spinning in his grave.

[lawgirl]

it's more basic than that: it's the difference between a citizen and a nanny-state baby.

Brilliant!! LOL!!! and I loved this as well:

But, of course, no one will ever hijack an American plane ever again - not because of idiotic confiscations of tweezers, but because of the brave passengers on the fourth flight. That's why the great British shoebomber had barely got the match to his sock before half the cabin pounded the crap out of him. Even the French.

[ValerieUSA]

Most excellent!

[LPStar]

Probably most of the fierce Vikings left Sweden and settled somewhere else after their long voyages (or else died in the process).

[Prodigal Son]

I will have to ask about some more to see if my perceptions on this are correct. I know for certain that the term 'gollywog' is definitely a unPC. The gollywog was apparantly a doll of some sort that used to come with marmalade jars. Apparantly it was black.

[MarkL]

One name comes to mind... Kitty Genovese.

Mark

[lorrainer]

What, exactly does Wog mean?

"Back in the days of the British Empire, the Brits had a rude word for the natives of the countries they ruled: wogs. It was said to be a derisive abbreviation of the phrase worthy Oriental gentlemen. Later an anonymous wag observed, 'Wogs start at Calais' — that is, right across the English Channel. Even the French were wogs!"

----Joseph Sobran

[knighthawk]

Ping

[lainde]

Wonderful!

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Nobody will ever be repeatedly stabbed in my presence - the attacker had better hope that their first cut is a good one.

[IncPen]

If I recall, one interesting note from the studies was that someone from a rural background was more likely to intervene than someone from a city background. Perhaps this correlates to the Kurdish woman's sentiments?

I think you're onto something, but it also is a very telling notion about the 2000 presidential results map, the real reason the behind red and blue.

[Shooter 2.5]

It may have more to do with this map. The libs in the dem controlled cities are the ones who seem to be more reluctant to pass CCW laws.

[Shooter 2.5]

You may need some more information. A CCW is a Concealed Carry Weapon license.
Vermont and Alaska are the only two states where a license isn't necessary.
"Shall Issue" means that the controlling authorities can't pick and choose individuals they deem worthy to have their rights. They have to issue the license if the applicant is a law abiding citizen.
"May Issue" means the sheriff can deny an application if the person isn't a personal friend or contributor. That's why most sheriffs and police chief are for this type of law. It keeps the coffers full.
"Rights Denied" are just that. No license is possible.

[Rummyfan]

In the hey-day of the Britsh Empire, the Brits moved around a lot of workers (usually 'lesser' colonial types) to do the hard labor of the public service projects like the Suez Canal. These were called Workers-on-Government-Service, thus Wogs.

At least that is the explanation I got.

[diotima]

Maybe we shouldn't have dinner with him, after all. ;^)

Great article!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

They, like those here that oppose carry laws, and shooting fleeing thugs, are waiting for the "government" and police to protect them. They have forgotten how to react to a threat other than calling for help.