US man badly injured and left in road

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

so its not uncommon anywhere, the good samaritan laws exist in MANY countries and in many of them are a duty to assist law too.

You can get in trouble for helping incorrectly in the UK and people have been in trouble for it before. So how is it bad that the USA, Germany, Canada and i believe other coutries, aswell as quite a few that have had this kind of law as part of normal law for a lot lot longer as standard.

But yes, its the USA, so lets all criticise and show how much better we are. Who wants to be first to say their comedy sucks and they have no sense of humour(despite a majority of us watching many many many many american comedy shows of which many are described as brilliant, but don't let that deter you).

anti-USA ness is getting a touch pathetic in the UK these days.
 
AcidHell2 said:
Where do some of you people live? I've never seen an accident where people in the uk ignore it, unless there's loads of people already helping out.
Even comatose drunk people get people helping them.
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i have seen it happen a few times


seen an old man passed out in the middle of the street, no one batted an eyelid so i phoned for an ambulance, as suspected he was drunk but laying there he was exposed to the elements and possibly the little scrotes that would kick a man when hes down


another time i saw a guy on the ground on a busy road, hundreds of cars went by and no one stopped , i cycled over to see if he was ok but just as i got there someone pulled over, turned out he had just slipped but he could have been dying for all people knew


it seems people are just too busy with themselves to help others
 
in case anyone missed it, this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bulger_murder_case

was in the bystander case, one of the very worst "bystanders ignored" cases in the known history of this planet. Where did it happen???? the uk. Freaking anti USA comments, jesus, yeah its never and never would happen here.

People saw Bulger being kicked in the ribs, nothing, 38 people saw them with the kid, and did nothing and the kid died.

ok, someone now please explain how this never happens in the UK, and how in any way the Bulger case was not worse, please.

Also, I'd forgotten half the details, I was still fairly young when it happened and certainly didn't know everything. The fact these guys got out after 8 years is still, ridiculously sickening, and people wonder why this world and the UK is getting worse.

TO be frank, or pat, those two kids would simply have been killed, or left to starve without any chance of having kids of their own and teaching them to be killers too, I don't know if thats better or not, but maybe.

EDIT:- opps, was supposed to add, like 100 years ago, or 200, and definately 2000 years ago we'd just rid ourselves of the problem. THeres simply no way you can be normal after killing someone, killing someone in self defence is one thing, it fits in with "normal" moral living, but the brutal way they murdered the kid its just impossible for them to be normal.
 
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AcidHell2 said:
:mad: how can people be so retarded, I even ask girls if there ok when there arguing with guys if they look uncomftable, much to some of my mates annoyance.
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I do and don't do that, I've asked and talked and calmed a guy down before , but also now and then you walk past people arguing, i'll hang around a bit away, see what happens if you get the feeling its too loud.

Some people just, well they really don't care about anyone else whatsoever, to be fair, some people probably are more shocked than not doing anything depending on the situation and sometimes you simply don't know what to do to help and with anyone else helping feel they'd be a nuisance rather than a help. However, unfortunately mostly would be the people that just don't care :(
 
KNiVES said:
It's because they're American. Bit of a stretch but honestly, with the lackadaisical culture they have over there it is phenomenal. I have witnessed two accidents where a person has been hit by a car in recent years, and everyone got their phones out and dialled 999 almost in unison, people crowding around the victim and cradling him, etc etc... over there it's 'one for youtube!'
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+1 for ignorance
 
He's from the states and has a bunch of people calling American's idiots, which is the general theme of any thread mentioning AMerica, what should he have on his shoulder?

Read up on Bulger, a million times worse than what happened in this case in America, happend our soil. Actually frankly, don't read it just remember whatever you do, its a horrible read, really horrible and makes you angry when you realise the "kids" are out of jail and probably living in a council house on the dole, :(
 
markyp23 said:
Because minors have access to the site.

Simple really.
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Then why do the bbc show sex and violence related videos on iplayer without any kind of age verification? Why do they show news reports of dead people on their website, such as the video after the american friendly fire bombing incident? It's naive to think that they remove videos because minors may see them, espically after the bbc have removed pages relating to matters such as the energy crisis that criticise the government.

So no you couldn't be more wrong.

Also notice how wikipedia and many other websites manage fine without censorship despite minors accessing the website.
 
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I would most likely not help someone in distress, depending on the situation of course, if someone was in direct danger, trapped in a car which was on fire, or something along those lines, then i would help. If someone was being beaten up by a gang of people with weapons however, i would not get involved.

Of course if it was a simple thing like calling for an Ambulance i would do it without hesitation (and have done before), although i would not get directly involved in most cases. I think most times you can cause more harm than good, old person slipped over on the floor, you try and move then and cause even more damage etc. Leave it to the people who are trained to handle these situations.
 
benji182 said:
what. i was in Oxford shopping when an elderly lady tripped up, everyone rushed over to aid her.


a foreign person did ask what's the emergency services number to which some fool replied 911.
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You can dial 911 as well as 999 in this country, AFAIK.
 
This happens *everywhere* in the world.

It's called collective responsiblity, and its effect is well known in psychology/sociology. It's much easier to shirk collective responsibility than it is to shirk individual/personal responsibility. If you live in a house on your own, you will find that you end up cleaning after yourself etc. In a shared house, things don't get done because everyone assumes someone else will do it.

Likewise, if a person is taken ill in a street - unless someone takes charge and points out to people "YOU - call an ambulance" people will assume that someone else will handle it and walk on by.
 
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