RE: bystander effect and cross-cultural research

[Beth Benoit]

Title: RE: bystander effect and cross-cultural research



At the risk of fanning a flame, just a little, I feel I should respond to the following point made by Michael Sylvester, since it was in response to a comment I made:

> As to attack on opinions,let me say this about that.Some opinions
> may be based on reliable experiences and observations and inferences
> based on these should not be discarded...
> When I compare and contrast cultures,I know what I am noting
> because I was raised and educated in differing cultures.

Come on, Michael, surely you know better than to use one person's (yours) observations as a "proof" of anything.

Beth Benoit
University System of New Hampshire