WE DON'T STAND FOR THAT | 2004-11-12
Now there is a phrase I haven't heard in years:
"We don't stand for that!"
AOL has a feature about a girl who was grabbed on the street, screaming, and not one of the many, many passers-by even called 911, much less interfered.
They didn't want to get involved. And for good reason. If you are street-wise and don't interfere, you can't get sued. You can't get in trouble for using excessive violence.
I've used excessive violence.
But if you know how to exploit that, you don't end up with a record. I tell the cops: "OK, this is one hell of a chance for me to write a press release. Let's GO for it!"
First of all, your average cop is a decent human being. He thinks that the fact that you beat the hell out of somebody chasing some helpless person is great.
He just can't do it.
Trial Lawyers, you know.
So the girl, prostitute, drug addict, whatever, runs and the average Street-Wise Citizen ignores her.
I will beat the hell out of her attacker. I've done it.
Maybe I am the last person on earth to say, "I won't stand for it."
What an honor!