Inaction also makes you guilty...

When thinking about the bystander effect, it is easy for me and I'm sure others to just place blame instead of taking some sense of responsibility because it is the easy way out. Many times we might see a sister getting way to intoxicated at a tg and think "wow she's making a fool out of herself..." but fail to think twice about it when she leaves with that guy who I'm sure knows she waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too drunk! We turn a blind eye to the consequences that could come about from that situation... All we do is place the blame on her and preach "personal responsibility," but when personal responsibility fails and no one takes action people can get hurt. I know many times I don't want to leave the party or want to tell a sister no(tough love), but sometimes that initial awkwardness can spare your sister of some heartache and embarrassment. I know we all want to sit her and say people should be responsible for their actions, but as a sister you should feel some responsibility for your friend. I know that I want to trust that my friends would tell me no, so I'm gonna tell work on telling them no. The thing about the bystander effect is that you are just as guilty for the what happens if you do nothing about it when you could have. If you see something happening, take some action.

I'm sure some of you guys went to Something of Value. This prompt reminded me of the mock trial about the sorority girl who died after a night of drinking(tg and o-patio) and they were trying to find who was legally at fault(the social chair, pres, big sister, etc)..the moral of the story was who should have been emotionally responsible..