and 12 people walk/ride by without stopping http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2DbzHz_m-I&feature=player_embedded
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Article First Posted: 10/17/11 06:09 PM ET Updated: 10/17/11 11:10 PM ET Video posted by wric01 on Oct 15, 2011
10/18/2011 1:59:37 AM
spoiler alertshe dies.
10/18/2011 2:00:02 AM
10/18/2011 2:02:47 AM
we dont deserve the world we were given. what the fuck is wrong with us[Edited on October 18, 2011 at 2:04 AM. Reason : ,]
10/18/2011 2:03:59 AM
we don't have the balls to stand up for what's right until we're backed into the corner with nothing left to lose.
10/18/2011 2:07:06 AM
10/18/2011 2:12:04 AM
comes to mindhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK8t8X6Me_U[Edited on October 18, 2011 at 2:14 AM. Reason : b]
10/18/2011 2:13:24 AM
Oh god that was awful.
10/18/2011 2:18:48 AM
I hear watching 6 HD porn videos across 6 displays is the advantage one gets on a desktop compared to a laptop. Or so...
10/18/2011 2:29:51 AM
10/18/2011 2:43:25 AM
^Well supposedly that's true--something about the bystander effect is way worse in China because unsolicited good acts offer virtually no societal reward (in the U.S. you'd be on the news for saving the toddler, or people would be emotionally ingratiated, et cetera) and something about having to go farther out of your way or something.It seems silly to say this is representative of the whole world, but at the same time I don't think it's "satanic idolization" under Mao.
10/18/2011 3:06:58 AM
I read something about this being caused by the "Nanjing Judge" effect on Something Awful.
10/18/2011 3:13:13 AM
Ah, yes. The 'Bad Samaritan' law.They ended the Chinese version of Seinfeld with an episode about this. Not very gratifying.
10/18/2011 3:28:25 AM
That effect happens in the United States, too.For instance:Everyone hears about the story of the robber that breaks into a house and gets hurt. Upon entering, he breaks a leg and sues the owner of the house. The robber wins a settlement.And:The macdonalds coffee in the lap case and judgment. After that case, people now sue for anything and win a lot money when they shouldn't.[Edited on October 18, 2011 at 3:33 AM. Reason : .]
10/18/2011 3:32:03 AM
Wow that's so terrible and sad. Just watching her get run over and picturing her torso and limbs shattering was incredibly heart-breaking 1) Why was a 2 year old roaming the streets freely?2) Was the first person who ran her over blind? He even stopped after the first tire went over because he realized he went over something, but after a few seconds decided to go again rather than stepping out to see what he had run over. Hope the asshole gets what's coming to him 3) Was the second driver blind too? WTF where are these people looking when driving on narrow shopping streets known to be crowded with the public all the time?4) And all the people not just passing by her, but also changing their path by curving around her legs and then resuming their original path... hope they rot in hell. There is no way it would seem like the child was sleeping there. She must have been in agony, probably screaming, and there seemed to be blood around her body. Poor little crushed baby . Definitely brought tears to my eyes.5) Glad she was rescued before that big ass blue truck came by, cuz that would have killed her.Comment from youtube:
10/18/2011 4:27:51 AM
10/18/2011 4:30:57 AM
Another youtube comment, from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZpA6xyvvSM
10/18/2011 4:32:33 AM
Another video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwhVUL-H46M
10/18/2011 6:37:42 AM
10/18/2011 6:51:51 AM
so in other words, you agree with this: DOES NOT COMPUTE [thinking about possible consequences as in the bus case]. As I said, perhaps in general the Chinese really are uncaring robotic fucks. 18 in a row? Yeah, that's the only conclusion.
10/18/2011 6:56:32 AM
I'm not agreeing with anything. I'm just offering possible explanations. You don't know what's going through these people's heads. But maybe after years and years of worrying about whether or not to help in tragic situations...it's been ingrained into their heads not to help.I don't know...just offering a possibility.[Edited on October 18, 2011 at 6:59 AM. Reason : .]
10/18/2011 6:58:45 AM
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10/18/2011 9:12:50 AM
I am really wishing I had not watched that video.
10/18/2011 9:13:50 AM
Me too.
10/18/2011 9:19:40 AM
Giving fancy names to phenomenon doesn't explain or forgive them. I could understand "Diffusion of Responsibility" if the child had fallen down while playing and was conscious, crying, and visibly uninjured. But not when the child is lying in a pool of blood, nearly unconscious, and visibly crushed nearly to death. As I said, fuck all those who passed by and even changed their paths around the baby's legs."Diffusion of Responsibility" is basically "It is OK if I don't get to the scene because someone else will and it is not a critical situation". A nearly dead baby lying in her blood with crushed legs is definitely a critical situation which requires immediate help, and I would expect every human who sees such a scene to help IF the child clearly isn't being helped by anyone else. Anything else is supreme callousness.
10/18/2011 9:29:45 AM
I'm not watching this.I don't think I could handle it.
10/18/2011 9:33:46 AM
10/18/2011 9:38:21 AM
soulless
10/18/2011 9:39:01 AM
This is soooo sad. And then the woman (and 2nd woman or mother) who finally "helped" grabbed her up like a ragdoll. Ummm....helloooooo....you can't just snatch someone up who's entire body is crushed and probably has internal bleeding.
10/18/2011 10:23:48 AM
^ the entire video was like a house of horrors. It was clear that the lady who "helped" was moving the kid out of the street so he wouldn't be hit again. Normally you wouldn't think that another car would just drive up and run over the kid again because he was in their way, but that exact thing happened earlier in the video.
10/18/2011 10:32:31 AM
10/18/2011 11:00:55 AM
Theres a lot of people talking out of there ass about the Chinese culture. I will find a horrible accident that took place in the US in which nobody intervened and helped a person in need and then use that lone accident to make a generalization about how bad American culture is.
10/18/2011 11:03:28 AM
chinese people aren't the same as oversympathetic americans. get over it.
10/18/2011 11:07:55 AM
these are also the world's worst drivers.UPDATE: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/18/content_13924846.htm
10/18/2011 11:08:22 AM
10/18/2011 11:15:26 AM
that was pretty messed up
10/18/2011 11:16:56 AM
10/18/2011 11:30:32 AM
A society without conscience..
10/18/2011 11:30:59 AM
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10/19/2011 9:56:59 AM
^ I'd like to know more details on that case.
10/19/2011 10:00:13 AM
LOL@ saying McDonald's deserved to lose the hot coffee lawsuit. Bunch of bullshit.
10/19/2011 10:05:26 AM
10/19/2011 10:06:33 AM
^^^ Here's a more detailed write up of the case: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/sugarman/Wendy_TortStoryFinal_ii.doc
10/19/2011 10:07:39 AM
Yes, because only McDonald's serves hot coffee and should be sued when people injure themselves![Edited on October 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM. Reason : e]
10/19/2011 10:09:11 AM