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[nosmallplans]

Like 10 minutes late on that response.

[red_devil]

[economicmayhem]

[TK421]

Face it, you don't want to get involved because you are afraid of what will happen to you if you do. Therefore, you're more concerned about yourself than anybody else. Which is the definition of selfishness, is it not? It's also natural, I suppose.

This isn't directed at you, OP. It's just directed at people who refuse to get involved in situations in fear of possible consequences to themselves. What happened to putting others before yourself?

[Bibbitybop]

All the people saying you should have gotten involved obviously don't understand the consequences of a foreigner getting involved.

Stay out of it, the law and society is set up against you.

[Junior]

[Old Gil]

If you're confident that neither guy could actually hurt you, shame them. Stand five feet away from them, get into their comfort zone, get real close and drone 하지마세요 like a robot, repeatedly. We're in the shame part of the globe use it to your advantage.

If it's just some drunk he might turn the bluster crap on you but I'd bet dollars to donuts somebody will step in if it's a foreigner getting attacked. Your average Korean on the street will usually treat a foreigner with more concern than a fellow Korean, rightly or wrongly.

[BoholDiver]

I felt no danger from the old guy. I could have choked him out in about 5 seconds. He also exposed himself when he got on top of the other guy. I really wanted to give him a running punt to the face, but that'd be a jail cell for me.

I once read in a book about culture that Koreans will stop fighting if they see a foreigner around. I have witnessed more than a dozen fights and that has never happened.

[fermentation]

abigolblackman, you're talking about Diffusion of Responsibility. Anyway, I think OP did the right thing for himself. A foreigner getting involved with the best of intentions only ends up biting him in the ass.

[BoholDiver]

Right thing for myself. Maybe not for the disabled guy.

[I-am-me]

Reminds me of last week's teacher's party. PE coach (40'a) slapped the the English teacher (60's) flat onto the floor. Next day he came in with neck brace. One of those times I wish I had had my camera.

[ED209]

Pull out your cell-phone and start filming. If they feel no shame about fighting in public then perhaps going viral on youtube is needed.

You could also applaud, confuses the hell out of them. Telling them to stop gets you nowhere, even the police fail on that one.

If you find yourself in a situation yourself where people are not helping you, pick one person and scream at them for help. This breaks the chain of everyone waiting for someone else to do something.

[PigeonFart]

You did the right thing by not intervening. The korean onlookers did the WRONG thing by not intervening.

It angers me that they've got very little civic duty in their mindset....probably all that confusion bollocks. That's why i now perversely like seeing them hurt each other. They've given me very little hope for humanity, so let them destroy each other. Terrible as it is to say that.

[Steelrails]

[Old Gil]