Cute In A Kilt said:
I think we mixing up intelligence with naive.... some ppl are smart but naive (like trusting you know who) and others are a little slow to begin with. Either way, as SP's we should look out for each other and inform each other the best we can. It's a sisterhood in a sense and if we don't watch each other's back, who will?
Paige, I refer you to my post above.
Bear669 said:
Of course you are right- it was not 'up to' anyone to protect Kitty Genovese when she screamed for help for half an hour while she was stabbed 57 times (58? 62?, who'se counting?) Its not 'up to' you to call the fire department if you see flames coming out of your neighbours roof. Its not 'up to' you to call 911 if you are the first to happen upon a rolled school bus. Like EVERY job , there are some SPs who will never be smart (geez, some of the lawyers I've met!). By the "Law of Booboo", they deserve to be robbed, beaten, slashed?
Bear669, these specious examples are not comparable to the situation we are discussing here regarding Madison:
- Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in 1964 in full sight and ear-shot of dozens of her neighbours who witnessed the events unfold and took no action. (i) She was completely unable to defend herself in the slightest, (ii) there was no doubt as to what was happening, (iii) the situation was extremelty dire, urgent to the utmost, and absolutely certain to end in murder, (iv) the necessary action to stop this horror (call the police if you don't want to intervene yourself for reasonable fear of bodily harm) would have been simple, rapid, risk-free to the initiator, and effective. I don't see how this is in any way a reasonable comparison to Madison.
- As with the Genovese case, calling 911 if your neighbour's house is ablaze, or if you see an overturned school-bus (or any serious accident where the passengers are in danger) is an example of an URGENT situation with an IMMEDIATE and UNDENIABLE risk to life, and where your action (calling 9-1-1) is blatantly indicated and easy to perform.
- Come on, man! Of course stupid SPs (or anyone) don't deserve to be robbed or beaten. I, and the other posters, never said that. But it is an imperfect world and you can never fully protect people from themselves, their intrinsic nature, their personalities, their bad habits, and their bad choices. I'm a physician - I see this every day. All that good people can try to do mitigate these effects. So if Madison wants to warn other SPs about something she feels is a threat, then fine. As I wrote above, she could have done this equally well with JUST the text of the e-mail and a written warning about the authenticity of this so-called health certificate. The guy's e-mail address was superfluous.
Cheers,
Bizkit