Again, Brits leave me puzzled

[Nanuk]

Story today is about a guy in Britain who got mad because a mother would not move her baby's carriage out of a bus aisle for him, so he beat her unconscious in front of a whole busload of people, and no one intervened to help her, INCLUDING HER HUSBAND, who just sat there watching and who now whines that no one else did anything to stop this guy.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336445/Mother-beaten-unconscious-bus-fellow-parent-prams-collide.html

So where is this "husband" from? France? How do you let some stranger beat your wife down and not lift a finger to stop it?

[KatherineA]

I am always puzzled (understatement) by people who just.stand.by. It drives me nuts (nuttier)

[Chutney Daftcraft]

How do you let some stranger beat your wife down and not lift a finger to stop it?

I guess it all depends on how she's treated you for the few days prior to this...

[Nanuk]

I guess it all depends on how she's treated you for the few days prior to this...

Even then, a man still has to defend what's his. She may be a raving bitch, but she's still HIS raving bitch and he's honor-bound to stand up and protect her from anyone else.

[Chutney Daftcraft]

They probably had an argument that morning about how she's a big girl and can take care of herself.

In retrospect, it seems he was the one who won that argument...

[Tony]

Presumably he did come to her aid. The story doesn't say he didn't. It only takes a few seconds to knock someone down and smack them around a bit. Remember they're trying to sell papers.

Wake me up when they release the entire video.

[Nanuk]

Presumably he did come to her aid. The story doesn't say he didn't. It only takes a few seconds to knock someone down and smack them around a bit.

Were that the case, Tony, I suspect that the husband would be the one beaten senseless, and not his wife. But the fact that he was apparently uninjured while his wife was getting beaten suggests that he himself stayed out of it. Reading the story, this was more than one push to the ground--it was a solid beating, and there was yelling and threats leading up to it. No real man would let that happen.

Call me old-fashioned, but no man lets another man beat his woman. A man who lets someone else beat his woman is like a dog letting another dog take his bone.

[KatherineA]

Call me old-fashioned, but no man lets another man beat his woman. A man who lets someone else beat his woman is like a dog letting another dog take his bone.

Or a woman who lets someone else beat her man . . . .

[AAT53]

from the article:


'My husband was being beaten black and blue too. He kept asking for someone to call 999 but noone did, not even the driver who just kept driving.'






Sounds like the husband was trying.

[Tony]

The mother said up to 80 fellow passengers 'did not even call the police' when her head was repeatedly slammed against the floor while her husband tried to protect her and their three-year-old daughter.Wow. Talk about a re-write!

[PhoenixOrion]

Wow. Talk about a re-write!

Surprised?

[Tony]

Surprised?Yes, coming from what I thought was a large newspaper. Certainly any editor would have pointed out to the author that his article barely mentioned the husband, and in failing to do so could leave them open for libel. But I suppose good editors are expensive.

BTW, still no video available. Don't bother searching for "disabled mother beaten" as apparently disabled persons are beaten up all the time. Presumably they must actually win some of these fights, but I guess that doesn't make it to the news.

[Nanuk]

Wow. Talk about a re-write!


Agreed. That's not even the story that I'd posted about any more. Silly British.

[Kensey]

Yes, coming from what I thought was a large newspaper. Certainly any editor would have pointed out to the author that his article barely mentioned the husband, and in failing to do so could leave them open for libel.

I know all kinds of bogus libel actions get play in the UK courts, but really? How is not mentioning him libel?

[Tony]

How is not mentioning him libel? It implies he's some kind of a coward. One thing to imply that about everyone else on the bus, but unless the guy really did just sit there, then not saying he fought back is tantamount to saying he didn't fight back. Which isn't true.