Originally Posted by: The AceWell, first think of the typical school "loser." The bullies are picking on him, and nobody will stand up for him. What do you do? Stand there and laugh, so you, in turn, won't be laughed at? To me, that's not right.

And if that is the least extreme example, let's go to the most extreme example - the holocaust. If you're, say, a citizen of Germany, who is not a Nazi, and not a Jew (and not a homosexual, etc... let's say you "pass" by Hitler's ridiculous standards) - do you just let it happen? In essence, you're seeing the bullies pick on others. What do you do? Hope it will resolve? Yes, it may. But what if it doesn't?

At least if you do something, then you can say that you tried, rather than just "leave things to sort themselves."

-my thoughts

But things were still solved without every last person's support. Some times things just don't need everyone showing their opinion and taking action, regardless of how extreme. Having experienced the joyful lifestyle of being the one picked on by the bullies in high school I can honestly say that you're right. No one helped. Do I hold it against them? To be honest I'd never thought about blaming them for not helping me until you just mentioned it. And I still don't. They didn't make the bullies bother me. The bullies were bothering me and to blame the others is just looking for a place to point the finger. Things did sort themselves without anyone else's help. I graduated and support myself while those bullies are off getting **** faced and/or drugged up every weekend. Things just take time with or without other peoples' help. Time is just a measurement of change.