Maybe one of the upcoming ones can juxtapose Locke at the campfire and whatever's crashing around in the jungle sitting and pining for one another.

Bwahahaha!

Maybe one of the upcoming ones can juxtapose Locke at the campfire and whatever's crashing around in the jungle sitting and pining for one another.

LoKNEpelepticTreEs4EVAH!!!!11!

::holds out hope for shrift-strippage::

I wasn't responding to the parenthetical clause! Wasn't!

Less so in a disaster situation where one person is getting drowned too.

Well, the attack appeared to come out of nowhere, so it's understandable that people would be nailed to the beach pining for the fjords stunned.

Personally, I wouldn't jump in to stop a fight unless I were reasonably certain I could overpower the attacker, and Jin's one of the bigger, stronger men on the island. So I don't blame the bystanders for waiting for Sawyer/Sayid.

Personally, I wouldn't jump in to stop a fight unless I were reasonably certain I could overpower the attacker, and Jin's one of the bigger, stronger men on the island. So I don't blame the bystanders for waiting for Sawyer/Sayid.

I've only stepped into stop a fight a couple times. Once I was an RA in that dorm so it was my responsibility to keep the peace. The second was on a crowded bus and the combatants were about to land on a woman cowering in her seat with an infant in arms.

Admittedly, there are many studies about the social dynamics when somebody is attacked in public. Most folks default responsibility in a larger group - expecting somebody else to step in. But the context is so different in their situation I would've expected other people to jump up earlier.

Or even if they didn't jump in, at least come to the water's edge and yell at him, or have someone run to get the big strong he-men.

Admittedly, there are many studies about the social dynamics when somebody is attacked in public. Most folks default responsibility in a larger group - expecting somebody else to step in. But the context is so different in their situation I would've expected other people to jump up earlier.

I think that's what pinged me. This is not a random group of folks on a bus or in a bar. These are 46 people who have been trapped on the same island for SIX FREAKIN' DAYS. That's like 144 hours. It seemed more like they didn't want to pay an extra for more screen time, so they had to get two of the only people in the vicinity who have scripted personalities to jump in and help. From what I remember, Sayid and Sawyer had to come out from a different area on the island after like 30 seconds of pummeling. That's a long freakin' time.

It's been my experience that in real life? Most people don't get involved.

In fact my teacher called me a cultural atavism because I said I would run towards someone calling for help, rather than call the authorities or let security on campus deal with it.

I replied I'd run and assess the situation, first, and maybe yell for somoneone else to call it in.

I'm a throwback, that way.

Even in this group of castaways that have been together for a while, 30 to 60 seconds is not at all too much time for people to stand around trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

"Is that Jun trying to kill Michael??? Holy crap, it is Jun trying to kill Michael. Somebody should do something. No really, somebody should do something. Jun's really trying to kill him. Yeah, he's trying to drown him. Maybe *I* should do something. I think I'll do something. Oh thank God. Here comes Sayid and Sawyer. I don't have to do anything."