This is the year of "blame the victim" murders. I hope all of you who want the blood of the killer here feel the same way about the George Zimmerman murder of Trayvon Martin.
The Bystander Effect was in full force. It is quite common with this type of situation.(Wikipedia)The bystander effect or Genovese syndrome is a social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases where individuals do not offer any means of help in an emergency situation to the victim when other people are present. The probability of help has often appeared to be inversely related to the number of bystanders; in other words, the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help. The mere presence of other bystanders greatly decreases intervention. In general, this is believed to happen because as the number of bystanders increases, any given bystander is less likely to notice the situation, interpret the incident as a problem, and less likely to assume responsibility for taking action. Very sad indeed, but it is common. The photographer should not be blamed. My extended sympathy wishes to the victims family. Let's hope that justice holds up its responsibility in this case.
Why is the mayor so concerned about BIG GULP sodas, and people taking mass transit, and living in smaller more energy efficient apts, when the city can not even protect itself from thugs roving about ( Guilianni did a huge service to clear and clean the streets ! ), and at the same time he JETS to the Bahamas on the weekends, himself ! What hypocrisy.
Big time liberals have big time ideas, like to control, preach and sermonize, and REGULATE, even what we eat.
This murder is a terrible shame.
[Why is the mayor so concerned about BIG GULP sodas ... REGULATE ... This murder is a terrible shame] ------------------------------------- wow ... you opened w/ big gulps ... drove it home w/ some political ideology (anti-regulation) ... and closed w/ some empathy for the murder victim.
I hope Mr Han's family sues Post for all it's worth, or at least close to it. It will be small compensation for the lost of their husband/father but maybe it will send a message to camera phone owners that there is more to being human than just taking a picture of a tragedy like this to share with family and friends. As for Abbasi, the only words that come to mind are scum of the earth. When his time comes, it should be as violent as Mr Han's.
I have to reply to myself...We are blamming the camera man for this dasterly deed alone, but there were other people on the plattform who did nothing. I hope at least some are guilt ridden to all get out. Be too ashamed to admit to being there, and have the decency not to make the talk show circuit.
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Big time liberals have big time ideas, like to control, preach and sermonize, and REGULATE, even what we eat.
This murder is a terrible shame.
And were we talking of effectiveness - obesity kills many more people than subway pushes.
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wow ... you opened w/ big gulps ... drove it home w/ some political ideology (anti-regulation) ... and closed w/ some empathy for the murder victim.
nice post there ... hamilton.
You're letting your emotions get to you. The picture shows a horrible thing, but it did not cause it.