Chinese toddler run over by vans and ignored by bystanders

Bronx Bombers
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edited September 2012 in A Moving Train
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  • jason
    jason Posts: 468
    Really sad and pathetic!
  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    Typical of the modern world.

    I saw something similar yesterday right here in town.
    I knew it all along, see?
  • dasvidana
    dasvidana Grand Junction CO Posts: 1,356
    I saw the news headline but couldn't bare to watch the news clip. What has the world come to?
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  • SoonForgotten2
    SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    I wouldn't take something like this happening in China as being indicative of anything other than attitudes in China. I wonder what would have happened were this a young boy instead.
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  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    They interviewed the driver and he said he would only have to pay a 1500 fine if she died but it would be 10x higher if she lives.
  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    :(
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,951
    Distrubing on so many levels.
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    One of the most fucked up videos I've seen in a long time.
    :(
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  • mikalina
    mikalina Posts: 7,206
    This makes me so sick to my stomach. I was listening about this on the radio.

    Those 18 ppl who walked past that 2 yr old toddler are F**cked in the head big time...

    so very sad.... :cry:
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  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    I wouldn't take something like this happening in China as being indicative of anything other than attitudes in China. I wonder what would have happened were this a young boy instead.

    I disagree.
    I knew it all along, see?
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    WTF has this earth come to? Has life become this meaningless? I'm seriously depressed by this story. I can't even express the depth of my sadness. I'm not religious, but if I was a higher power, this would be about the time I would clean slate the planet and try again. Just brutal.
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  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    pathetic. sadly you can find lots of videos like this around the world. It is not a China thing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsPfbup0ac


    the US blows up thousands of children a year, but it is much more poignant when you see a child in distress on video.
  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    Like I said, I witness shit like this occasionally in person. This may come as a shock to a few of you, but, all this talk about everyone deserving a chance and having a right to live, is nonsense. There are a lot of sick fucks in this world. Sick people who think nothing of harming those who choose to be innocent and try to be good.

    There are those out there who slaughter children. Those who rape women. Those who burn people alive. There are those who stand idly by, ignore it, or take videos of it with their smart phones instead of trying to help.

    Those people are the one who do not deserve life.
    I knew it all along, see?
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,951
    johnny america wrote:
    Like I said, I witness shit like this occasionally in person. This may come as a shock to a few of you, but, all this talk about everyone deserving a chance and having a right to live, is nonsense. There are a lot of sick fucks in this world. Sick people who think nothing of harming those who choose to be innocent and try to be good.

    There are those out there who slaughter children. Those who rape women. Those who burn people alive. There are those who stand idly by, ignore it, or take videos of it with their smart phones instead of trying to help.

    Those people are the one who do not deserve life.

    What have you witnessed?

    I've luckily never seen anyone ignore something this severe before.
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  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    I've seen some ugly shit. Without getting too into details: rape and murder victims, severely injured children, gunshot victims, people hit by cars, etc.

    I'm certain there are many people on this board who have also been privy to horrific occurrences such as these.

    Human beings can be disgusting creatures. Very few people are interested in actually helping. They'd rather film it on their phones and provide ridiculous, ignorant commentary.
    I knew it all along, see?
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    There's been studies done, and you've probably witnessed this phenonmena in real life, that if a person is in distress and needs help and happens to be amongst a crowd, they are less likely to receive help then if they were instead encountered by one single individual.

    I suppose in a crowd, human nature tends to react as if "somebody else will help him" ...


    disclaimer: I didn't see the video nor do I know anythign about the situation. I'm just saying about the above study/ human phenomena
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    I saw the link to the video and couldn't bring myself to watch. Seeing as I have a toddler running around my house, it would hit too close to home for me. But the total disregard for human life, especially for small children, is sickening. I would like to think that I would do everything in my power, including sacrificing myself, to try and save a small child. I hope that never happens but if that isn't part of your makeup you are a flawed human.
  • sandgroper
    sandgroper Posts: 172
    poor little girl, she died of her injuries
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,951
    sandgroper wrote:
    poor little girl, she died of her injuries

    Disgusting. I hope she is somewhere where they will take care of her now.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • bennett13
    bennett13 Posts: 439
    johnny america wrote:
    Like I said, I witness shit like this occasionally in person. This may come as a shock to a few of you, but, all this talk about everyone deserving a chance and having a right to live, is nonsense. There are a lot of sick fucks in this world. Sick people who think nothing of harming those who choose to be innocent and try to be good.

    There are those out there who slaughter children. Those who rape women. Those who burn people alive. There are those who stand idly by, ignore it, or take videos of it with their smart phones instead of trying to help.

    Those people are the one who do not deserve life.

    Amen, brother

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