sj-roc wrote:....... There's the old saying about a lie travelling halfway around the world before the truth even gets its boots on; it's as true as ever.
I certainly agree. Locally one guy was arrested and confessed to a sexual assault he didn't commit
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/calls-renewed-for- ... -1.2059590
I think its like a lot of issues (crime, politics etc...). General public wants easy, effective and fast answers. Here the publics appetite was whetted, person in jail for the crime BUT THE REAL PERP was still out there. In politics, people will often promise the moon (MORE SERVICES/ROADS/PROGRAMS & less taxes). When does it become partly us for continuing to fall for these games of three card monte? Slow down, check the facts and if it sounds too good to be true, IT MIGHT BE.
A lot of people CLAIM they would never sign a confession to a crime they didn't commit. Well there are tactics/methods that may end up with you doing something you never thought you would.
For e.g. as a teen-ager I had a reputation for getting involved in fisticuffs that I should not have been part of. I saw one person being attacked by a group of three/four and I would jump in to even the score. WHY? because, it just didn't seem fair a group of guys would attack a single person........ Fast-forward twenty years, and I'm in a line-up to get into a Christmas Party being held by a large organization. One guy got jumped by FIVE guys and I stood around and did nothing. Why? Suddenly got brains that it wasn't my business? No, its a common psychological bias. There were well over FIFTY people standing in line IN FRONT OF ME and NOBODY DID ANYTHING. It wasn't until a woman tried to intervene that a group of us finally did something (all we did was all the gang to retreat). When there is a group of people MOST will do nothing fully expecting someone else to carry the load. That is why you are much better of screaming "FIRE" than "HELP" on a dark night, because even though deep down we are nice people, it will usually be someone elses job (but who wants their house to burn down too?).........
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As for the Flutie show, there will be ways to catch it. Libraries carry the series on DVD. If NFL network ever has a free month/week of programming, I'll let you know. IMO, its an okay channel but I like NFL. Still you will hear groupthink lots of times and that is why amazing things like Flutie end up happening. They were RIGHT until proven WRONG......