What is WRONG with people.. really, over a few dollars you're going to stab someone?
And he says more in that Facebook Post
I thought Boston had my back but unfortunately people were video taping with i phones instead .
Really? recording with iphones instead of helping?!? Sad state of the world we live in when recording video for social media (because you know this is where it will end up) is more important than helping someone who is going to be stabbed. WTF?!?!?
The good news is, lets hope it gets out to Social media so the cops can use it to get these fuckers who attacked him.
Keytar works for a living entertaining the public. The costume is no different than a Disney performer. Why insult him for doing honest work that the public appreciates?
Let's see you play an instrument well while dressed as a giant stuffed animal dickface.
PS. Wally the Green Monster is also a grown man dressed as giant stuffed animal getting paid more than you I assume and he doesn't even play the Keytar.
If someone pulls out a knife or other weapon I am NOT running toward them. And you can all talk big, but neither are any of you. Its easy to talk a big game on a message board.
I love me some Keytar Bear, but all witness reports indicate three attackers armed with knives. What exactly would you like these videographers to do against three guys brandishing blades? At least by taking video, there's a chance they catch the attackers.
Maybe. but I think safety in numbers.. Most attackers pray on that people won't fight back or witnesses won't help out. There's a term for it that is eluding me, but its when witnesses just do nothing but watch.
But I think if you had several people come after you while you (or a group) were attacking someone else, I think just having more people get involved might scare them off.
Interesting bit from Wikipedia (take it for what it's worth, I didn't feel like reference chasing):
In the United States, as of 2009 ten states had laws on the books requiring that people at least notify law enforcement of and/or seek aid for strangers in peril under certain conditions: California, Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. These laws are also referred to as Good Samaritan laws, despite their difference from laws of the same name that protect individuals that try to help another person. These laws are rarely applied, and are generally ignored by citizens and lawmakers.
Yet our law enforcement and city agencies are very diligent in making sure we don't have any rogue hot dog carts and protecting the invisibles lines of bar patios like they're protecting the border.
There's a saying among people I know who practice martial arts with knives: in a knife fight, the winner goes to the hospital. You don't just wade into a knife fight hoping to win the day with harsh language and noble aspirations.
There are people with balls in life and there are people who are tourists but really just belong in the level of Hell where apathetic undecided. Yea, better to video record a man being stabbed - with the possibility of his dying instead of picking up whatever object was available and banging it on the head of an assailant. The people with knives were cowards as most petty criminals are. They are parasites looking for opportunities to suck the good out of people. As soon as they realized they would be the victims they would have run.
There is too much sideline cowardice and not enough plain bravery. Not heroism, not "Put this guy on the news and give him a parade," but just basic humanity (which the assailants no longer possess) to help out a human being who someone is trying to kill!
I know this may seem a difficult concept to grasp these days but even the most shopisticated smart phones all have a certain capability besides video recording, the ability to make phone calls. How difficult would have been to punch in three lousey numbers?
I was there, I was the guy on the motorcycle. I ripped the guy off of you when it first started. I choked him until he was limp. People pulled me off of him and told me to go away. As I got back on my bike and started to drive, I saw it continue. I noticed that nobody else was helping though. I tried, and I thought it was over by the time I let go of the guy. But yeah, I weaved through traffic and drove my bike into the square to get him off you. I'm surprised nobody else came to help. Hope to see you back on the streets though, you're a legend here.
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WTF man :( Don't hurt the keytar bear!
What is WRONG with people.. really, over a few dollars you're going to stab someone?
And he says more in that Facebook Post
Really? recording with iphones instead of helping?!? Sad state of the world we live in when recording video for social media (because you know this is where it will end up) is more important than helping someone who is going to be stabbed. WTF?!?!?
The good news is, lets hope it gets out to Social media so the cops can use it to get these fuckers who attacked him.
WORLD STAR
WORLD STAR
This is the culture youth have now. They want to be celebs for catching crime on tape instead of stopping it
yup
This is what I was thinking, it was for World Star.. or they were in on it with the attackers and wanted to record it for some strange reason
STOP MAKING STUPID PEOPLE FAMOUS
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"STOP MAKING STUPID PEOPLE FAMOUS"
You talking about the attackers, cameramen, or the grown man who dresses up like a stuffed animal and plays the keytar?
The camera men
The camera men...
I have serious love for keytar bear...
but upvoted for hilarious
Keytar Bear isn't stupid
He's found a way to make a living from his art on his own terms. Pretty good these days.
Id beg to differ....
Try reading his comments regarding the attack.
Again, I agree.
Again, I agree.
I seriously enjoy his stuff, but it doesn't mean the joke isn't funny.
FWIW, even his art implicitly assumes there's something "stupid" about it all, otherwise there wouldn't be a keytar involved at all.
Keytar works for a living
Keytar works for a living entertaining the public. The costume is no different than a Disney performer. Why insult him for doing honest work that the public appreciates?
Hey Jerk
You must be a blast to hang out with
And
Avoids paying taxes!
Really?
Let's see you play an instrument well while dressed as a giant stuffed animal dickface.
PS. Wally the Green Monster is also a grown man dressed as giant stuffed animal getting paid more than you I assume and he doesn't even play the Keytar.
Who are you all? Superman?
Who are you all? Superman?
If someone pulls out a knife or other weapon I am NOT running toward them. And you can all talk big, but neither are any of you. Its easy to talk a big game on a message board.
But video taping evidence is a good idea.
Video taping
instead of calling 911 is actually an ASSHOLE move though right?
so he was getting robbed and
so he was getting robbed and nearly stabbed to death and people just couldn't help but film and play along? something seems.... off...
What were they supposed to do?
I love me some Keytar Bear, but all witness reports indicate three attackers armed with knives. What exactly would you like these videographers to do against three guys brandishing blades? At least by taking video, there's a chance they catch the attackers.
Numbers
Maybe. but I think safety in numbers.. Most attackers pray on that people won't fight back or witnesses won't help out. There's a term for it that is eluding me, but its when witnesses just do nothing but watch.
But I think if you had several people come after you while you (or a group) were attacking someone else, I think just having more people get involved might scare them off.
Duty to Rescue
Interesting bit from Wikipedia (take it for what it's worth, I didn't feel like reference chasing):
Yet our law enforcement and city agencies are very diligent in making sure we don't have any rogue hot dog carts and protecting the invisibles lines of bar patios like they're protecting the border.
Also made me think of this:
"might scare them off"
There's a saying among people I know who practice martial arts with knives: in a knife fight, the winner goes to the hospital. You don't just wade into a knife fight hoping to win the day with harsh language and noble aspirations.
Use their phone to call the
Use their phone to call the police instead of standing their like useless voyeurs.
Apparently at least one
Apparently at least one of the bystanders did call the cops, per KTB's Facebook feed:
Right - while Keytar Beari knifed until he bleeds out?
There are people with balls in life and there are people who are tourists but really just belong in the level of Hell where apathetic undecided. Yea, better to video record a man being stabbed - with the possibility of his dying instead of picking up whatever object was available and banging it on the head of an assailant. The people with knives were cowards as most petty criminals are. They are parasites looking for opportunities to suck the good out of people. As soon as they realized they would be the victims they would have run.
There is too much sideline cowardice and not enough plain bravery. Not heroism, not "Put this guy on the news and give him a parade," but just basic humanity (which the assailants no longer possess) to help out a human being who someone is trying to kill!
I know this may seem a
I know this may seem a difficult concept to grasp these days but even the most shopisticated smart phones all have a certain capability besides video recording, the ability to make phone calls. How difficult would have been to punch in three lousey numbers?
Welllll
Maybe the "evidence" video's will show a large crowd of video taping citizens yelling.
"Stop!" "Leave him alone!" "I'm calling the police!"
We'll just have to wait and see I guess.
Change of venue?
With the way things are going for him, KB might be better off moving to DOWNTOWN CROSSING!
7pm on a Tuesday?
Seriously, WTF? I could see late Thursday, Fri. or Sat., but 7pm Tuesday?
Bear needs a dog for protection.
The things that happen in this town
Just keep getting shittier as of late.
Winter can't come soon enough
Winter can't come soon enough to cut down the cretins roaming the streets.
ok
A. Winter doesn't stop crime.
2. Cretins? Did you really use the word Cretins?
I was there
Keytar Bear,
I was there, I was the guy on the motorcycle. I ripped the guy off of you when it first started. I choked him until he was limp. People pulled me off of him and told me to go away. As I got back on my bike and started to drive, I saw it continue. I noticed that nobody else was helping though. I tried, and I thought it was over by the time I let go of the guy. But yeah, I weaved through traffic and drove my bike into the square to get him off you. I'm surprised nobody else came to help. Hope to see you back on the streets though, you're a legend here.
Anonymous.