Child ran over twice, ignored..China

[Armistead]

If you watch the first clip with China news it shows the entire event, young female child ran over twice then ignored by passing public. I say she was run over 3 times, the first driver ran over her, stopped, then moved on running over her again with back tires. The second truck may not have seen her.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/china-toddler-run-over-by-van_n_1016187.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%7C105154

[AVGWarhawk]

That is horrible. What does this say about society? Some totally engrossed in their own pitiful lives or just do not want to get involved. Sad, very sad.

[1480]

It's disgusting.... here is China's report on the incident.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/18/content_13927894.htm

[Oberon]

I wondered when this would surface...surprised Vendor hasn't already posted on it...it's sickening really...but not entirely surprising given the area and the sex of the child.

[AVGWarhawk]

I wondered when this would surface...surprised Vendor hasn't already posted on it...it's sickening really...but not entirely surprising given the area and the sex of the child.

Good point on the sex of the child.

[Dread Knot]

Odd. You would think in a country where almost everyone is only allowed one child, people would be freaking out. But maybe compassion is reserved only for one's own. :hmmm:

[Gerald]

I wondered when this would surface...surprised Vendor hasn't already posted on it...it's sickening really...but not entirely surprising given the area and the sex of the child. There is much violence in society, and unfortunately it affects the children, and I saw not just this, when I was in an ongoing case, but this is unfortunately one of many sick and sad events that occur.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I'd heard about this footage, and given my internet-trawling years didn't think it'd break my hardened exterior, but I have, as a father to a three year old girl, a tear or two rolling down my cheeks! It's a good job I work in office alone! That is the most sickening, saddest sight I've seen.

Shocking enough that both initial drivers hit the child, then the passers-by just staring/ignoring, but then the first one to attend sits the child up only to slump down again - twice!

Someone came in office, but salty-water gone just in time - phew!

[JU_88]

That is just unspeakable, but its a proper reality check for us Europeans and Americans, we do complain alot about our own societies, but my god we have it good compared to so many places on earth were life is considered 'cheap' by so many. :nope:

[mookiemookie]

In a country with a population of 1.3 billion, life seems pretty cheap. That's horrible.

[Dowly]

:nope:

[Penguin]

I hope those people who drove over her will be brought to justice, in this case Chinese justice: bang! :nope:

Maybe compassion gets lowered when many people live so crowded together, I wouldn't say that this couldn't happen in Western big cities too.

[the_tyrant]

Not surprising
as there were similar incidents before, people tried to get hit on purpose, than they sued the drivers

People even say that by killing someone in an accident you get a "better deal" than injuring them. Since if they are disabled, they will sure you for every cent you have, but if they are dead, than the settlement would be calculated by a standard Chinese court algorithm.

[Jimbuna]

Just proves how cheap a life can be in some countries :nope:

[Dowly]

A two-year-old girl in southern China, who was run over by two vans and
ignored by 18 passers-by, has died, hospital officials say.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15398332

:-?

[Reece]

The video is blocked in Australia so here is a youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqfxETLUL7Q

[Platapus]

This is not all that unusual of a reaction. We have it in this country also. When bystanders are in a group, no one wants to be the first and people think "someone else" will take action.

We have people bleeding out in front of bystanders here. It does not mean that the bystanders are bad people. It is an unfortunate form of group psychology.

What is especially terrible about the instances here is that the bystanders are not ignoring the injured but are too busy recording it on their stupid cell phones to render aid.

That's what really disgusts me. I can understand group psychology resulting in people not taking action. I can't understand people more interested in taking pictures then rendering aid, or even using that cell phone not to take pictures but to call EMS.

Cell phones were not widespread when I was on the squads, but we had plenty of runs where there were bystanders just standing by.

It is human nature. Not a particularly good form of human nature, but one that is understandable.

[Jimbuna]

Whilst serving they were commonly referred to as 'ghouls'.

[August]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15398332

:-?

Poor kid. :cry:

[mookiemookie]

Apparently the woman who finally did stop and help the poor little girl has been so harassed by neighbors that she's been forced to leave her home.

China seems to have become so utilitarian that it can’t understand or even tolerate people who do things for altruistic reasons. The penniless scrap peddler rescued Wang Yue not because she was internally doing a cost-benefit analysis in her head or anticipating the material rewards of doing so (as some Chinese have accused her of doing), but because it was the right thing to do.

According to the Shanghaiist, the public attention has traumatized Chen Xianmei, and has prompted her to flee her home of Foshan:

http://the-diplomat.com/china-power/2011/10/20/chen-xianmei%E2%80%99s-tragedy/

[Herr-Berbunch]

The drivers and passers-by should be hounded from their homes, not Chen Xianmei.

[Jimbuna]

That may yet happen if there is any justice...it is China however :hmmm:

[STEED]

I have never seen anything like this..The worst side of being Human, truly sickening. :nope: