Squealing - Where Do You Draw the Line?

[Docker_Brat]

This incident with Brett Burton breaking the 'players code' and the subsequent screaming from Port Adelaide supporters about him being a coward has me thinking.

What is considered 'squealing'? Did you dob your friends in at school to the teacher or to your boss at work when you saw something or call the cops when you saw a crime being committed? Would the same people who complain about squealing sit back and do nothing if they saw the neighbours house being burgled because it is 'squealing'? Or is that OK?

Personally if I saw a crime being committed I would call the cops (or if they asked me if I saw anything I would tell them), does it make me a squealer? And by crime I don't mean if I saw someone doing burnouts or something harmless like that. It's the minor things I wouldn't bother with, we have a few dobbers at work who run off the the boss if they see something minor and it's annoying as hell.

Where do you draw the line?

 

[McAlmanac]

Two blokes just got shot in the head in the leather shop across the road from us on Hoddle Street. Sounds like a professional hit. In this circumstance, I'd be nervous about saying too much (not that any of us here saw anything). Witness to a road accident, though, happy to tell it like it is there.

 

[sussudio]

Originally posted by Docker_Brat
we have a few dobbers at work who run off the the boss if they see something minor and it's annoying as hell.

hmm, we have a few people like this on this board don't we?

seriously, I agree with you. if I saw a crime, I wouldn't hesitate in calling the police. I would expect the same from others if I were the victim of a crime. people have a "mind your own business" attitude these days, maybe they fear retribution or something. but I honestly don't think I can take a backseat in such situations, and I don't believe that it's cowardly to "squeal" in these cases.

 

[bunsen burner]

Originally posted by Docker_Brat
It's the minor things I wouldn't bother with, we have a few dobbers at work who run off the the boss if they see something minor and it's annoying as hell.

Where do you draw the line?

I would put the Burton incident in this category - MINOR.

 

[FIGJAM]

I just reported sussudio's signature to Bluey because it contains a swear word!

 

[sussudio]

Originally posted by FIGJAM
I just reported sussudio's signature to Bluey because it contains a swear word!

squealer!

 

[Bomber Spirit]

Originally posted by sussudio
seriously, I agree with you. if I saw a crime, I wouldn't hesitate in calling the police. I would expect the same from others if I were the victim of a crime. people have a "mind your own business" attitude these days, maybe they fear retribution or something. but I honestly don't think I can take a backseat in such situations, and I don't believe that it's cowardly to "squeal" in these cases.

I'd be reluctant to call the police, and wouldn't if I could possibly avoid it.
A couple of reasons - if I'd misread the situation and there wasn't actually a crime being committed at all, it could rebound on me in a bad way. I'd risk being sued or targetted for sticking my nose in something that was no concern of mine.
And also, even if there was a crime being committed and charges were laid, I'd be subpenaed to go to court in several months or years time and subjected to cross-examination. Not if I can avoid it.

 

[M29]

When she pulls out the mase.

 

[Carlos]

If she's feelin kinky, I'll squeel if she really wants me too, but i just refuse to bark like a dog! Thats just sick!

 

[mandy]

Originally posted by M29
When she pulls out the mase.

Did anyone else have to read that a few times?


Sorry Luke!

 

[M29]

Originally posted by mandy5

Did anyone else have to read that a few times?

Oh surely you've used it before.
(Unless its spelt mace)

 

[mandy]

Originally posted by M29


Oh surely you've used it before.
(Unless its spelt mace)

Against unwelcome male attention?

Hell, I go through 5 cans a week!