[Skybird]

I meant no offence, I meant a "Paragraphenreiter" (=somebody who is riding the paragraphs to be pedantic and beancounting)
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Somebody getting a heart attack? Well, that would suck when he is in a crowd where nobody would care to help him, right? Maybe one reason more why to hold the mirror to people'S faces?

And once again: the group had announced in advance to the NY police what they planned to do. Obviously nobody told them to not do it.

Though you are right, that there is a question of ethics involved. That also was the case with more well-known and elaborated social psychology experiments like them Milgram and the Stanford Prison Experiment. At some popint the experimenters thought thta a red line was crowssed, and they broke off early. I do not see this being the case here. Social psychology knows too many examples where people get brought to death by an assassin or a violent husband or wife - and bystanders and house neighbours flocked to the stairhouse by the dozens in reaction to the yelling: and just watched and chatted, but did not help and did not even call the police. Just telling such stories seems to have zero effect ion people. So I am for confronting people a little bit more. And training, you mentioned? Does it need special training these days to react naturally and humanely and at least think of calling the polcie instead of taking photos for Instagram or just fleeing the scene of action? We do not talk that everybody should have insider police or medic knowledge on how to manage the events on the scene. Just a little common sense, a little civil courage, and a little humane empathy. Nothing of that needs special training. What needs training is how to unlearn these qualities.

It seems that human mass civilization and living in crowded places comes at a loss. It does not make the mass any more civilized, or humane. It seems to cost the mass these qualities.