Rape Bystanders

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[rasputinafreak]

But think about those laws where a doctor has to respond to an emergency which might happen right in front of him. A person could get into a car accident but instead of him standing by he's legally required to go and check out on that person who's injured. Don't you think that there could be some law like that for regular citizens?

[pennsays]

@rasputinafreak Those laws aren't everywhere. I can't find the news story now but recently there were two off-duty paramedics in a Starbucks where someone started having a heart attack. Instead of helping, they told someone to call 911 and walked out.

[KyleHyde11219]

It wasn't a Starbucks; it was a bakery called Au Bon Pain at the NYC MetroTech.

[pennsays]

@KyleHyde11219 Thank you! No wonder I couldn't find the news story. :-)

[sshuravesky]

One of my favorite quotes of all time:

"You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered."

---Lyndon B. Johnson

[codediporpal]

Often disagree with Penn, but he's intelligent and articulate. Happen to agree with him on this one. Hate laws are a bad idea too.

[TallTeeth]

I think instead of a law, there should be a campaign of public service announcements to get people to call the authorities if they suspect a crime is happening. Really get this idea in the public mindset.

[Marflaxen]

This man paints his nails.



[doiPyHD]

I LOVE RAPE!!!!

[mzvalverde1]

There is a lot to take in during emergency situations. I am like you in which I instinctively run towards the fire, I dont know why, itgs just something that must be innate. Most people avoid getting involved in emergencies due to the bistander effect, others are in shock or are too scared of the consequences, and if this is the rape case I think you are talking about it happened in a lower socioec. comm. where most people dont trust the authorities and fear retribution from gangs.

[NephilimFree]

@Mattysmyth0593 No, I'm a Poo.

[Mattysmyth0593]

@NephilimFree are you a Poe?

[johnk731]

The threat of being punished doesn't reduce crime much. But a law allows you to convict and get the criminal off the street for awhile. Or get their car taken from them so they can't DUI so easy. etc.

But fining or even locking up the bystanders won't get rid of the criminal. The threat could help other bystanders behave better; a little. There is a consensus now that cell phone usage while driving is bad, but I still see drivers holding a phone.

[SamanthaLittleToes]

I know this video is old, but i felt i should at least make it known that as a college student in the early childhood education program at dixie state college, I can attest that as a teacher point of view, they are training us in college to be advocates of teaching moral character to the children at a young age and keep teaching it threw elementary school and beyond.

[sai10000]

The thing is THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE A LAW!!! Seriously,are we in America THAT cowardly?

[qwexas]

It's unpreparedness, not apathy. A law wouldn't help. If people don't know how to handle an emergency, a law requiring them to do something wouldn't inspire action, it would only make them eligible for arrest. Many of us live lives that don't prepare us to respond to emergencies. We live boring predictable lives where immediate action is rarely useful, then something happens, and we aren't ready. That law wouldn't make us ready.