Where is the compassion?

SteamWake · 04-24-10, 11:02 AM

This story actually brings a tear to my eyes...

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A heroic homeless man, stabbed after saving a Queens woman from a knife-wielding attacker, lay dying in a pool of blood for more than an hour as nearly 25 people indifferently strolled past him, a shocking surveillance video obtained by the New York Post reveals.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/24...ng-nyc-street/

Chad · 04-24-10, 11:19 AM

What the hell? I think each person who shook, looked at, and even TOOK a picture of him should be thrown in jail for assisted murder. Obviously they didn't do anything to help him, so they're assisting.

No one deserves that after helping someone. What I want to know is where did the woman go after the attack?

Torvald Von Mansee · 04-24-10, 11:25 AM

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Well, that just reinforces my general contempt for the masses.

Platapus · 04-24-10, 02:26 PM

This has happened many times in the past. One of the problems with crowds is that everyone thinks that someone else is/will help.

Very sad story.

That and the fear of aids makes a bleeding victim a very risky save.

Sailor Steve · 04-24-10, 02:33 PM

I'm old enough to remember the case of Kitty Genovese.
http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Facul.../gansberg.html

Today it's called the 'Genovese Syndrome' - "I didn't want to get involved".

It's tragic that the one man in this case who was willing to get involved had to die because of the others who weren't.

SteamWake · 04-24-10, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

This has happened many times in the past. One of the problems with crowds is that everyone thinks that someone else is/will help.

Very sad story.

That and the fear of aids makes a bleeding victim a very risky save.

They evidently have a fear of using a cell phone for calling for help as well.

Platapus · 04-24-10, 02:57 PM

When I was teaching First Responders, we used to tell them, not to call out "will someone call 911" for no one would.

We used to teach them to pick someone out of the crowd and ask them " Will YOU call 911" you get much better response.

The American Red Cross, among others, have conducted studies on "crowd mentality" vs personal "mentality" People act differently in a crowd.

Jimbuna · 04-25-10, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

They evidently have a fear of using a cell phone for calling for help as well.

Precisely my thoughts

As already posted...far better if someone attending points out an individual ghoul or zombie (our talk for those who stand idly by simply gazing) and in an assertive tone gives a clear instruction to them telling them what you require them to do.

antikristuseke · 04-25-10, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Chad

What the hell? I think each person who shook, looked at, and even TOOK a picture of him should be thrown in jail for assisted murder. Obviously they didn't do anything to help him, so they're assisting.

No one deserves that after helping someone. What I want to know is where did the woman go after the attack?

Not taking action to help is not the same as assisting him to die, now is it?

04-24-10, 11:19 AM	#2
Chad ACE Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,274 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	What the hell? I think each person who shook, looked at, and even TOOK a picture of him should be thrown in jail for assisted murder. Obviously they didn't do anything to help him, so they're assisting. No one deserves that after helping someone. What I want to know is where did the woman go after the attack? __________________

04-24-10, 11:25 AM	#3
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	... Well, that just reinforces my general contempt for the masses. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,366 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	This has happened many times in the past. One of the problems with crowds is that everyone thinks that someone else is/will help. Very sad story. That and the fear of aids makes a bleeding victim a very risky save. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-24-10, 02:33 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm old enough to remember the case of Kitty Genovese. http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Facul.../gansberg.html Today it's called the 'Genovese Syndrome' - "I didn't want to get involved". It's tragic that the one man in this case who was willing to get involved had to die because of the others who weren't. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-24-10, 02:57 PM	#7
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,366 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	When I was teaching First Responders, we used to tell them, not to call out "will someone call 911" for no one would. We used to teach them to pick someone out of the crowd and ask them " Will YOU call 911" you get much better response. The American Red Cross, among others, have conducted studies on "crowd mentality" vs personal "mentality" People act differently in a crowd. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.