It seems you're talking about "bystander effect" and I don't think it's as wide spread as your local news makes you think. Besides the 91 year old last week I've never read about a case.
On 5/23/07, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, it was real. > > It was on an NBC (or perhaps CNBC) program. It was a follow-up to the > pieces they did on people standing around watching children get abducted by > strangers. > > There have been a number of studies along these lines, and they all seem to > start out with the same reference to that woman who was murdered in NYC > while everyone turned away. > > It *is* hard to believe until you see just how incredibly apathetic > Americans are across all economic boundaries. It's almost like > entertainment to most. > > In fact it's so prevalent that we have laws that put you in jail for not > taking at least reasonable action. It's called "Depraved Indifference," and > it will send you to the big house if your inaction catches the wrong > person's attention. Didn't they use that in the series finale of Seinfeld > to send everyone to jail for a year? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235374 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
