HighGreens35 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 It's not rubbish it was a pretty perfect explanation of why you cannot blame the driver and passengers. The other act was an act of unkindness-nothing more If she had told the bus driver she had lost her purse, then you could accuse the driver of not protecting her but he/she would still not be in any way responsible for the rape. However he/she knew she could get home. No.. Simple everyday acts of kindness are essential, unless you want to live in an awful world. All those that could have helped this young woman and did not have helped make this world a worse place than it is already. Why? for 20p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Would the driver face repercussions at work when his monies were added up and found not to balance with tickets issued? I would imagine the bus company would be pretty hot on cash not balancing with tickets. Equally - would he face more trouble if his route was running late(r than usual) ? For all I know that might be enough to have lost his job. [Just playing devils advocate for a moment] 20p. don't be ridiculous - what kind of employer would do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 20p. don't be ridiculous - what kind of employer would do that? Tesco for one. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/639825/Tesco-Alan-Rowbotham-Cleaner-axed-over-20p.html?print=yes jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighGreens35 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Supposing they had helped and given her the 20p and then when she got off the bus she had been raped, would they still be at fault for helping her get to her destination. They didn’t know there was rapist nearby and he could just as easily been at the other end of her journey home. An act of simple kindness is just that. Acts of kindness will not stop evil, but will reduce evil. Try to grasp that, or are you to far gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Acts of kindness will not stop evil, but will reduce evil. What if an act of kindness increases evil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighGreens35 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 What if an act of kindness increases evil? How can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 What if an act of kindness increases evil? Then the person giving the act of kindness is actually evil because everyone should intuitively know the consequences of all their actions. jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Tesco for one. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/639825/Tesco-Alan-Rowbotham-Cleaner-axed-over-20p.html?print=yes jb Not same thing is it? - the bus driver hadn't stolen anything, he could have took her name and address and issued her with non-payment ticket. He wasn't responsible for rape but he was out of order as a caring human being at 3am by leaving her there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 An act of simple kindness is just that. Acts of kindness will not stop evil, but will reduce evil. Try to grasp that, or are you to far gone? You didn't answer the question, I would have given her the money to get home, but by your definition I would them have been directly responsible if she had been raped at the end of her journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 How can it? Hypothetically; I give my friend a lift into town. That night he gets into a fight and kills someone. If I hadn't've given him a lift into town, he wouldn't've got into a fight, and he wouldn't've killed someone. My act of kindness led to a bad outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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