Little Chinese girl run over by van, pedestrians do nothing to help

[Schadenfroh]

I'm done. That's so fucked up, we should just nuke this planet and start over again.

Just when you start to lose faith in humanity...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/us-china-execution-idUSTRE7570M220110608

Yao confessed to hitting Zhang Miao, 26, with his Chevrolet Cruze compact car last October as Zhang was riding her bicycle home, injuring her slightly.

Afraid that Zhang, a cafeteria worker and mother of a two-year-old, would report his license number to police, he stabbed her repeatedly until she died, the Supreme People's Court said in a statement, according to the China Daily newspaper.

Yao had previously been quoted as telling police he killed Zhang because he feared "the peasant woman would be hard to deal with" and demand high compensation.

 

[dbk]

really sad

 

[Anubis]

Hit and runs do, yes, but show me a story where several people walk nonchalantly past a dying toddler.

dying toddler might be extreme but there are many stories of people ignoring those who are in need of help or in the case of Kitty Genovese actively being killed

 

[alkemyst]

dying toddler might be extreme but there are many stories of people ignoring those who are in need of help or in the case of Kitty Genovese actively being killed

People have been arrested that drove home with bodies through their windshields.

It's more or less humanity as a whole. In china where many are impoverished they can't afford to risk anything.

I blame the lawyers.

 

[Red Squirrel]

It's screwed up that people did not do anything, but what's just as bad is, WTF are the parents?

 

[alkemyst]

It's screwed up that people did not do anything, but what's just as bad is, WTF are the parents?

It happened in front of their store. Girl wandered off and the younger brother was supposed to be watching. The mother blames herself though. She was hanging up laundry.

Try to read the article first.

 

[darkxshade]

Both drivers should be run over by a truck... and I don't mean head on. They should be strapped to the ground and repeatedly run over one inch at a time from their feet up to their torso. Fuckin assholes.

 

[Chriscross3234]

Yeah, not watching this one.

 

[Locut0s]

This has become a huge story in China from what I hear. HUGE outcry and tons of hate going around about this story.

 

[Locut0s]

People have been arrested that drove home with bodies through their windshields.

It's more or less humanity as a whole. In china where many are impoverished they can't afford to risk anything.

I blame the lawyers.

Yeah for the poor it's a dog eat dog world. I've lived in China so I can tell you people there are as hospitable and friendly as anywhere, but anywhere you have poverty you get this.

Though fuck that this happens in right countries too so...

 

[Locut0s]

Where the hell do you live?

Sociological studies done over the years suggest he may be right, nothing to do with where he lives.

 

[Ms. DICKINSON]

Yeah, not watching this one.

I'm more horrified by the "inability" of bystanders then the sad toddler getting run over repeatedly. Just sad! I've always have respected the Chinese culture for that they care about the elders, but this totally changed my mind. I feel like I wanna boycott their socioeconomic movement that we are fueling.

 

[Locut0s]

I'm more horrified by the "inability" of bystanders then the sad toddler getting run over repeatedly. Just sad! I've always have respected the Chinese culture for that they care about the elders, but this totally changed my mind. I feel like I wanna boycott their socioeconomic movement that we are fueling.

See what I posted above. (1) This has become a HUGE thing in China itself people are saying the same thing you are. WTF has happened to our culture etc etc... (2) Sociology studies done the world over show that this kind of reaction is not really unusual and is common to humanity as a whole and certainly has nothing to do with China. Though China may have a few additional reasons that tipped a few of those people over to not doing anything. For example there have been scams where they pretend a child is injured in order to get at people.

 

[gothamhunter]

I am not excusing the incident, but I do want to caution against the sensationalist rhetoric. It's easy to pass judgement on others especially considering how tragic this is, but I doubt most of the people on this forum would reach out to that child if they were one of the onlookers.

wtf really? I'm sure most of us would try and stop the dumbass driver that decided to run her over again.

 

[llee]

wtf really? I'm sure most of us would try and stop the dumbass driver that decided to run her over again.

Really? You would drop what you were doing and rush to the aid of a complete stranger in a foreign country that uses a language you can't even understand?

You represent the best of us.

 

[TecHNooB]

Really? You would drop what you were doing and rush to the aid of a complete stranger in a foreign country that uses a language you can't even understand?

You represent the best of us.

that's an odd way to put it. you really want the other answer don't you.

 

[Locut0s]

wtf really? I'm sure most of us would try and stop the dumbass driver that decided to run her over again.

I think he means after the kid was run over. The bystanders everyone are talking about are the ones who pass by AFTER the kid is run over.

 

[bbhaag]

Why was a child left alone to walk out into the street? Shouldn't the blame fall on the parents, not the bystanders?

 

[busydude]

This has become a huge story in China from what I hear. HUGE outcry and tons of hate going around about this story.

I bet 90% of the people who cry foul will do the exact same thing.. if they were in the same situation. It is really sad, but it is also true that people who try to give a helping hand may land in trouble. There is nothing many are willing to do other than calling an ambulance.

 

[Kaekae]

Man what the hell did I just watch? So sad. Just unbelievable....

 

[OlafSicky]

96% of you would do nothing if you saw this just admit it. I would just keep walking I'm man enough to admit it.

 

[Maligx]

uh you could at least call the police but I guess the chinese don't have phones do they..

 

[Farang]

I wonder how often the average person comes across something like this. My first thought is that EMT-level first aid should be mandatory in school. I think a lot of the problem is people not knowing how to help.

As someone currently finishing up an EMT course, really the part that made me cringe the most was the woman at the end, picking up the child and letting him flail about. While she had good intentions, she could be doing worse for the child than the guy who stopped and kept going on the motorbike.

 

[Locut0s]

I wonder how often the average person comes across something like this. My first thought is that EMT-level first aid should be mandatory in school. I think a lot of the problem is people not knowing how to help.

As someone currently finishing up an EMT course, really the part that made me cringe the most was the woman at the end, picking up the child and letting him flail about. While she had good intentions, she could be doing worse for the child than the guy who stopped and kept going on the motorbike.

You mean the women who dragged her off the street or the last women who game and picked her up? Cause I believe the last women is her mother. :'(

 

[Farang]

You mean the women who dragged her off the street or the last women who game and picked her up? Cause I believe the last women is her mother. :'(

Not to criticize her, that's her child and it is a completely understandable reaction she had. But it is cringe worthy and likely did more harm than good.