Originally posted by satans.barber
The most shocking thing about this is that none of the other kids did anything.
Without replaying the video, there were about 7 other kids on that bus as well as the driver, and they just stood there either watching or shouting! If there's a physical fight going on, from what I've seen, shouting for them to pack it in generally isn't going to get much done, you need to physically drag people apart.
If it's two people mutually squaring up to each other, fair enough, it's their decision to fight, but that poor kid was clearly attacked and it looked pretty much one sided to me.
Presumably the other kids on the bus would have known the people involved, didn't they care about their friend enough to drag off the guy beating him senseless?
Ian.
I don't know all of your guys' ages, but having just got out of high school, let me explain some of the regulations. First off, if I'm in a fight, and by being in a fight I mean a kid punched me in the face, I fell down and that was the end of it, I'm going to get suspended. That's right, I was just jacked in the face and now I'm suspended, something that goes on my permanent record. The regulations of school are so ridiculously unfair nowadays, under the title "Safe Schools Act" which is complete ********.
Secondly, it's not the kids job to get the two apart. A few of the kids on the bus were girls. And the bully was obvioulsy bigger than most of the kids. In an adrenaline situation like that, how can we even expect probably untrained children to break apart a fight. And then when the school board gets it, it's not going to be seen as them breaking it apart, all the kids who were involved are going to be in big trouble, trust me.
I've seen many fights in school, and not once have I ever seen friends help their buddy and break it apart. This I'm no exactly sure why. I don't think we can presume that kid had friends on the bus, so I won't specifically comment about that. But in my real-life experiences I have never seen it happen, maybe it's a matter of pride, or maybe these people need to get new friends. If my friend was getting pounded I sure wouldn't stand idly by yelling at them to stop.
In conclusion, I think what we saw was a horrible reality, and yet a wake up call. Let us presume that the kid did have his best friend on the bus, and he did nothing. Those situations can show you who you're true best friends are, it's a grim reality, but we have to face it nonetheless.
; however, the one thing we all have in common, if our training has taken well, is we would have at least tried to do something, because we would have hopefully been able to overcome the panic that is a natural part of the situation. Dissecting the attack purely as a martial artist, I feel that is the real lesson to be learned here. Train train train. And when you're done, train some more. When your actions are instinctive, your at least part of the way there.
