tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464269534403478174.post3229950983086971357..comments2023-08-10T05:16:27.254-04:00Comments on Influence PEOPLE: Say it ain’t so, Joe!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16601815654346578807noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464269534403478174.post-72156617888278337872011-11-15T16:30:40.723-05:002011-11-15T16:30:40.723-05:00Great point Eily. We certainly don't want to e...Great point Eily. We certainly don't want to explain all of this away or normalize it. However, if posting this causes people to pause and consider then just maybe they'll make better choices if ever faces with a situation that mirrors the power structure and everything else at Penn State.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464269534403478174.post-11200637014417016502011-11-15T12:07:44.905-05:002011-11-15T12:07:44.905-05:00When I worked in the oil industry I reported a rig...When I worked in the oil industry I reported a rig hand smelling like pot at work. My supervisor fired him on the spot. The next morning he came by with a shot gun and started shooting. Luckily, no one was hurt, but fear of reprisal always plays a part.Tali Berzinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464269534403478174.post-79651052701716570582011-11-15T11:35:32.353-05:002011-11-15T11:35:32.353-05:00I hope that by bringing this information to light ...I hope that by bringing this information to light we don't accidentally end up creating a sense of social proof that this behavior is normal or create the idea that "everyone else is doing it" when it comes to the by-stander effect.<br /><br />I think it is good that our moral conscience realizes this behavior is wrong no matter how instinctual it may be to turn a blind eye.<br /><br />It is time to stop the "click, whirr" when it comes to our children.Eily VanderMeerhttp://www.influenceatwork.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464269534403478174.post-77484808142091920942011-11-14T20:04:32.125-05:002011-11-14T20:04:32.125-05:00George,
I appreciate the compliment and your comme...George,<br />I appreciate the compliment and your comments. You're right about context mattering so much. For example; I can't imagine a woman living with someone who physically abuses them but if that's what they saw growing up and then they marry an abuser it's normal to them. Throw on top of it fear for their life then I'm sure the choice that seems so easy to the rest of us - just leave - is incredible difficult for the victim to make.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601815654346578807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464269534403478174.post-33014834748734377012011-11-14T18:56:07.633-05:002011-11-14T18:56:07.633-05:00You are wise beyond your years, Brian. Oh yeah, LO...You are wise beyond your years, Brian. Oh yeah, LOTS of people are sure that THEY would have done "this" or "that" or that [insert name of current target of public wrath] should have done “thus and so”, but until they are faced with the real situation and the whole context they don't really know. Often the full story doesn't come out for years, if at all. There are folks in our society required by circumstances to make judgments about people (like juries in a court of law); everyone else is well advised (regardless of their innermost thoughts) to withhold--or at least moderate--public statements of their (possibly) ill-informed opinions. “Keep your words sweet – you may have to eat them.”George Blacknoreply@blogger.com