"the dying girl no one helped"

We read the article in english. and it really got to me...

for anyone that doesnt know what it is. it was about a women being brutally murdered and took a half an hour, while at least 38 witnesses watched and didnt do anything... didnt even call the...

cops...

how could 38 people do such a thing...

and it makes me think if "how many people would have done the same thing?"

I've thought about it myself a few times...

and I cant understand why or how so many could just watch some one die...

if you were there... what would you have done?

Its called "Diffusion of Responsibility". Each person wanted to help, but thought their neighbor would call the police. Every human being is capable of acts like this. Its the same as if you see your friend smells bad, for example, and you don't say anything because you think, "Well, I don't want to be the one to hurt her feelings...someone else will tell her." It happens in every one of us and will continue to happen unless we realize the problem that lies within.

Yeah I saw that too.
It had pictures and everything right?

Ohhh that was sad.
I would'nt do that.
At least I would have called the police and helped.

Wasn't that in brooklyn...?

Somewhere in new york...

I dont understand how so many peole can stand there and just watch

it happens all over the world im afraid and no one seems to have the balls to try and help

Thats scary, but still I would do SOMETHING to help.
Yupp, it was here in new york.

I live in NY, its ok... its just a lot of RUDE people that I just want to THROW FREAKIN BRICKS AT THEIR FACES AN---

im sorry.
That just gets me sooo mad
=]

the only question I have was wich girl are we talking about the 16 year old the 7 year old or the 3 year old

I honestly would have tried to save her or call the cops.
I'm sure someone had a cell phone in that situation,
it wasn't hard to just take it out and type three numbers
in. Either they were stunned, shocked, hysterical at what
was happening, or just plain stupid for not making
a decision on calling the cops.

I guess that this incident opens the door for the question of whether every citizen should have the right to carry a firearm for their personal defense.
if that sort of thing was happening in my neck of the woods, I would have definitely grabbed one of my firearms and stopped the situation, while telling someone to dial 911.
I have had to do this on several occasions ( without the firearm), the occurrences that I stopped were domestic abuse cases being committed by people in my apartment complex, I decided it was my "duty as a man" to not allow something like that to go on in my area. the approach is always somewhat intense , but my just stepping in was enough to defuse the situation and stop the abuse until the police arrived.
I have noticed that our society is getting further away from placing themselves in the way of possible harm to stop something that is obviously wrong and simply sitting on the "sidelines" because it is none of their business to intervene.
this occurrence should be a wake up call to everyone that See's something like this and yet does nothing- the safety of our neighborhoods truly begins with US, to stop domestic abuse, to attempt to prevent a murder, to drive drug dealers out of our neighborhoods, this is not "vigilante justice" or a "hero complex"- but someone deciding to take the right steps to do the right thing.
I hear of a lot of people who have made the decision to do just that- do the right thing, with good results. it all begins with people asking the question of themselves- "what if that was me, or someone I love being brutalized, what would I want others to do?
it begins with us to intervene, and at least distract the perpetrator (perpetrator's) until the police arrive.
don't think that someone else must be doing something, take the initiative to PERSONALLY do something, this will create a much better society, it won't solve all of the worlds problems- but it will be a step in the right direction.
I can personally state that something like that will not happen in my area if I see it happening, I would get involved by at least making the call to the police, or if the circumstance dictated- halting the situation by whatever means I had at my disposal at that time.

il say...this days evryone s looking 4 thrills and spine-chilling stuffs
and we ve seen so much that a tortured human dont matter much to many now
we have closed our hearts and are livin with the brains

It's easy to say "I would have helped" but like Jax said, it's a psychological phenomenon called diffusion of responsibility, everyone thinks someone else would have called the police and so no one did... This was an extreme example, but I'm pretty sure all those witnesses didnt want her to die, they just assumed someone else would have done something... Generally happens in a crowd...