Picture this, a hooligan is assaulting an innocent, maybe looting someone of their valuables, and hitting and injuring the person. Another scene, a vehicle has just run over a pedestrian, severely injuring, such that the victim is on the verge of dying if not given immediate treatment.
If you are one of the brave-hearts, a good samaritan, then congratulations, you are not going to stand in the crowd watching someone commit a crime but would take the initiative of saving the victim. You would dare to be the odd one out from the crowd of mute spectators.
Now, a word for the 99% of the crowd who would stand around, watching the so-called "crime porn," clicking pictures on their mobile, too afraid to intervene. Just as if a monkey performance or tamasha is in progress and they are clapping away with bangles on their hands! Watching the crime from a safe distance yet wanting to be witness to each and every minute detail to later brag to their friends on Whatsapp and FB and lament and blame the police or government? Some people brush off their responsibility with excuses like, "Oh, I am a family man. Who will look after my family if anything happens to me? Why bother. It is the duty of police, they should have been here to stop the crime and help the victim!"
Indifference, this is where the problem lies. Indifference is not acceptable. TAKE A STAND. You can be either with them or against them. You cannot take the middle path of indifference when a wrong is being committed. If you do not have the guts to intervene, then please, do not stand there watching. Just walk away and curse yourself for not being brave and try so that you too can be one day.
I myself probably fit into the 99% majority. Yes, it is difficult to have the guts and only a few of us are capable of stepping up. The least one can do is not stand around and ogle at the crime scene.
If you are one of the brave-hearts, a good samaritan, then congratulations, you are not going to stand in the crowd watching someone commit a crime but would take the initiative of saving the victim. You would dare to be the odd one out from the crowd of mute spectators.
Now, a word for the 99% of the crowd who would stand around, watching the so-called "crime porn," clicking pictures on their mobile, too afraid to intervene. Just as if a monkey performance or tamasha is in progress and they are clapping away with bangles on their hands! Watching the crime from a safe distance yet wanting to be witness to each and every minute detail to later brag to their friends on Whatsapp and FB and lament and blame the police or government? Some people brush off their responsibility with excuses like, "Oh, I am a family man. Who will look after my family if anything happens to me? Why bother. It is the duty of police, they should have been here to stop the crime and help the victim!"
Indifference, this is where the problem lies. Indifference is not acceptable. TAKE A STAND. You can be either with them or against them. You cannot take the middle path of indifference when a wrong is being committed. If you do not have the guts to intervene, then please, do not stand there watching. Just walk away and curse yourself for not being brave and try so that you too can be one day.
I myself probably fit into the 99% majority. Yes, it is difficult to have the guts and only a few of us are capable of stepping up. The least one can do is not stand around and ogle at the crime scene.
