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I find it curious that this posting is tagged Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, when the title and subject matter are entirely Slytherin and the analysis style pretends to be Ravenclaw.
The posting could be paraphrased as
"We generally say we spend too much time doing nothing because we don't have enough Hufflepuff in us. But in a Kitty Genovese situation, where there's an immediate need to act and a crowd of people watching, it's the Gryffindors who leap into motion while the Hufflepuffs do nothing. Maybe this generalizes."
Of course, it can take a Slytherin to notice these things.
A Ravenclaw will often notice too... just far too long after the fact to be useful in practice. :)
It is definitely Slytherin thinking that prompts one to harness this knowledge to useful practical effect. :)
It seems to convey a cynical view of Slytherin style thinking that may be blocking the achievement of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff values.
Hasn't the very fanfic which introduced this idea pointed out that there are more ways of looking at an issue then just four?
Yes, and Less Wrong has way more than four tags, and this post is also tagged "akrasia". I am not too worried about us trying to fit everything into four little boxes from a fictional magical society.
Why "pretends" to be Ravenclaw? What would a real Ravenclaw analysis look like?
My choice of words was too confrontational. Substitute "purports".
I'm not sure. But it probably would supply empirical evidence or cite authorities rather than quoting a friend and referring to one's own prior writing.