Bystander Vs. Values

The Bystander Effect Size: 338 members

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Six Degrees Of Separation - The Experiment Size:    5,497,076 members

I thought it was interesting and almost comical at the play on words "The Bystander Effect?" One group has less than a thousand members, were as the other has over five million members. So here is a quick comparison contrast to see what makes one more desirable over the other:

Bystander Effect – topics list

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Six Degrees – topics list

In a quick conclusion, although it is interesting that "The Bystander Effect" lives up to its name and definition. What I have taken from the " Six Degrees Of Separation" is a list of five million members representing Modern Western Civilization's values. That is because the group comprises American, Europeans, and anyone else who speaks English of course. What do we commit the majority of our free time to? "Who would have sex with whom?" "If gays should be allowed to adopt?" I am personally concerned for our intellectual community. If we allow ourselves to die intellectually we risk becoming ignoramus. We therefore risk giving up our freedom because we do not learn to argue our positions and problems to our government representatives. I'm certainly not saying that creating discussion topics on social websites are bad. I'm just saying we should see discussion groups of our politicians complaining about how many letters they receive from their districts that dictate the will of the people. I'm saying, before you write a response to a facebook thread. Take five or ten minutes to make one paragraph letter to your local representative once a week stating your opinions of political subjects that will affect their career on the next election. Most of them have a website that you can post that paragraph to.

For Example: The State of Arizona

It is just as easy as posting a facebook thread. Enjoy getting your representatives attention.