Comments on: Silent Witness http://taasa.org/blog/uncategorized/silent-witness/ The blog of the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charli Schauseil http://taasa.org/blog/uncategorized/silent-witness/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Charli Schauseil Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:31:43 +0000 http://taasa.org/blog/?p=1769#comment-344 Ignoring a problem doesn’t make it go away and if we have the opportunity to make a difference we should take it, regardless of what others will think. ___________________________________ Those of us who do "intervene" often find that no good deed goes unpunished. I often wonder about Rachel Pendray, the student at Sam Houston State who had been stalked and then murdered by a young man who had become "obsessed" with her. How many other students knew there was a problem and felt it was none of their business? Breaking the cycle of abuse in some ways means breaking the cycle of apathy on the part of the "bystanders" who sometimes can make a difference by intervening. Ignoring a problem doesn’t make it go away and if we have the opportunity to make a difference we should take it, regardless of what others will think.

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Those of us who do “intervene” often find that no good deed goes unpunished.

I often wonder about Rachel Pendray, the student at Sam Houston State who had been stalked and then murdered by a young man who had become “obsessed” with her.

How many other students knew there was a problem and felt it was none of their business?

Breaking the cycle of abuse in some ways means breaking the cycle of apathy on the part of the “bystanders” who sometimes can make a difference by intervening.

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