Toddler run over twice as people walk past

[Cardie]

If I was that mother, then I'd be using this video as a way to identify and kill everyone involved.

 

Including herself presumably.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

If I was that mother, then I'd be using this video as a way to identify and kill everyone involved.

 

The only way this would ever happen is if the mother were Liam Neeson.

[Anubis]

Including herself presumably.

 

Presumably also including the little girl.

[Unrighteous]

To be honest, you've got to watch out when you help a victim here. That was the first thing I was warned about...

 

You can end up getting in trouble for it. Serious trouble.

[Unrighteous]

On a serious note, that's one fucked up society if you're going to get penalised for helping a child.

 

What happens is you help someone who's been injured in a car accident, and they see YOU helping THEM, and try to say that you've done it.

 

The other thing is, culturally, the supersititous chinese believe that if you see something horrible, and look at it, then 'evil spirits' that caused it will attach themselves to you and cause you harm. (I'm being serious... I've been told not to look several times, or something bad will happen to me)

 

A car accident here is interesting. You've got half the crowd looking anywhere but the accident, and most of the rest totally oblivious.

[RoboRiise]

There are some interesting illustrative examples of the phenomenon in that Wikipedia article. I think officer Ramar did some sterling work here:

 

On June 16, 2008, on a country road outside Turlock, California, friends, family and strangers, including a volunteer fire chief, stood by as Sergio Aguiar methodically stomped his two-year-old son Axel Casian to death, explaining in a calm voice that he "had to get the demons out" of the boy.

 

He stopped at one point to turn on the hazard lights on his truck. No one moved to take the child or attack Aguiar. Witnesses said they were all afraid to intervene because Aguiar "might have something in his pocket", although some people looked for rocks or boards hoping to find something to subdue him.

 

The fire chief's fiancee called 911. Police officer Jerry Ramar arrived by helicopter and told Aguiar to stop. Aguiar gave Ramar the finger and Ramar shot him in the head.

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Police officer Jerry Ramar arrived by helicopter and told Aguiar to stop. Aguiar gave Ramar the finger and Ramar shot him in the head.

 

 

That's quite possibly the most awesome thing I've ever read, Chuck Norris-esque.

[polymerpunkah]

I'm sorry, but any society that has conditioned it's people to avoid coming to the aid of a helpless child, without any threat of harm to themselves, has some serious problems.

[Juniper]

It's fucked up no matter the society or country.

[lfcwonderboy1]

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In full.... its truly shocking, and very sad.

[brucespanner]

Now playing a plastic fisher price drum-kit in at the great gig in the sky.

 

A severely injured Chinese toddler has died one week after she was run over by two vans. The plight of the two year old girl, nicknamed Yueyue, was ignored by passers-by only to grab the attention of millions around the world.

 

She was hit twice by vehicles on a market street, but around a dozen people walked or rode past before a woman stopped to help.

 

The chilling footage of the incident in Foshan, southern China, sparked a national outpouring of grief and concern. Some argued it could have happened anywhere in the world, while others saw it as a peculiarly Chinese phenomenon or argued it epitomised moral decline and increasing selfishness in a fast-developing society.

 

Doctors said at the time that Yueyue's injuries were severe and warned that she was unlikely to survive.

 

On Friday morning the Guangzhou military district general hospital announced she had died shortly after midnight due to brain and organ failure.

 

"Her injuries were too severe and the treatment had no effect," intensive care unit director Su Lei told a press conference.

 

Microblogs were flooded with messages of sadness and sympathy, with some users hoping that her death might prove a turning point for society.

 

"Yueyue has left at last. Besides the sadness, can one life get society's 'non-indifference' back in return?" asked one.

 

"If Yueyue's unfortunateness can reflect anything, I think we shall not blame the others, but examine ourselves. Maybe we walk too fast and some precious things are left on the road."

 

Police have detained the drivers of both the vehicles that hit Yueyue on suspicion of causing a traffic collision but have not said what charges they will face.

 

Some of those who passed by the injured girl have said they did not see her, while others said they were too frightened to help.

 

Many in China have suggested that fear of extortion, rather than indifference, was to blame for people ignoring her. The country has seen several high-profile cases where people have successfully sued passers by who helped them – claiming they caused the injuries.

 

Some citizens and scholars have called for a Good Samaritan law, but others have argued that the issue is a moral and social one rather than a legal problem.

 

Yueyue's rescuer has been lauded as a heroine for stopping to assist her, but has gone home to the countryside after being overwhelmed by the public attention.

 

What an absolute disgrace.

[KMD7]

Now playing a plastic fisher price drum-kit in at the great gig in the sky.

 

 

 

What an absolute disgrace.

 

I know it's shameful isnt it?