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Originally Posted by Hazzard
Agreed, normal person+anonymity=douchebag, irrespective of child or adult.
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Indeed. Mann (1981) studied the 'baiting crowd' phenomenon, where crowds gather underneath people preparing to jump to their deaths, jeering and encouraging them to jump.
Key factors in the amount of baiting were how dark it was and how many people in the crowd - both factors allowing anonymity.