Many states have Good Samaritan Laws. My state of MO is one of them, I believe.
What is wrong with people today?
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Why not move?
I was reading someplace several years ago that in parts or all of England you have to be licensed to be a pall bearer. Has to do with their rotten NHS ( National Health Service) safety rules. Somebody might pull a muscle or hurt their back and become an expense to the government. Most people over there are scared poop-less of incurring the wrath of the bureaucrats in that overbearing and powerful organization if caught violating one of their rules.
Or so I have been told.
The world has sure changed since I was young.....
Even at my age I will stop to help someone who needs it.
And I just past 84 years old a few weeks ago.......
Even at my age I will stop to help someone who needs it.
And I just past 84 years old a few weeks ago.......
Do you mean the myth about all the people that supposedly watched her be murdered and did nothing?
From the NYT
While there was no question that the attack occurred, and that some neighbors ignored cries for help, the portrayal of 38 witnesses as fully aware and unresponsive was erroneous. The article grossly exaggerated the number of witnesses and what they had perceived. None saw the attack in its entirety. Only a few had glimpsed parts of it, or recognized the cries for help. Many thought they had heard lovers or drunks quarreling. There were two attacks, not three. And afterward, two people did call the police. A 70 year old woman ventured out and cradled the dying victim in her arms until they arrived. Ms. Genovese died on the way to a hospital.
I take anything from the NYT with a large grain of salt........
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So the vast majority did nothing or almost nothing and only a couple people in the end even tried - you mean that? I really don't see much disproven from my assertion, no matter how the article embellished things, the fundamental truth was almost no one helped.
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It's been a while since I read any of the Kitty Genovese murder investigation material, but if your interest is in facts, best advice is to read one of the books based on facts including investigative comments by Albert Seedman, Chief of Detectives in New York City at that time.
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It often seems-depending on the state and locality-that those who try to help and stand up for someone else are invariably denounced as "vigilantes", screams of "lynch mobs". In many neighborhoods in NYC and other cities the police are viewed with suspicion and strict anti-gun laws in places like NYC and Chicago make it impossible for people to defend themselves.
Changing life patterns and social norms have a lot to do with it. I read a book entitled Bowling Alone, the author quoted another author who noted that "there's no place as lonely as desolate as a suburban street on a hot afternoon." My SIL told me in her comfortable middle class neighborhood there's very little neighborly interaction.
And as my mother once observed "There are people who can't spend more than 10 seconds a day. thinking about anybody but themselves."
Changing life patterns and social norms have a lot to do with it. I read a book entitled Bowling Alone, the author quoted another author who noted that "there's no place as lonely as desolate as a suburban street on a hot afternoon." My SIL told me in her comfortable middle class neighborhood there's very little neighborly interaction.
And as my mother once observed "There are people who can't spend more than 10 seconds a day. thinking about anybody but themselves."
Two weeks ago I tripped over my own feet in a hardware store and fell flat on my face. People were getting in each others way helping me to get up. I am 80 and getting up can be a challenge. I made sure to thank them and assure them I wasn’t going to sue the store. Midwest people tend to look out for each other.
And Florida has such a law.
We have that law in TN.
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Yes, we do,
however, so many here are NOT from here and have brought the I don't care, not get involved attitude along with them. (yes, I'm a native)
I have noticed, as I approached my mid 70's, doors being opened, being called "Sir"
and things I may drop or can't reach being handed to me...
I'm grateful and return the favor or thank you when its my turn to recuperate.
however, so many here are NOT from here and have brought the I don't care, not get involved attitude along with them. (yes, I'm a native)
I have noticed, as I approached my mid 70's, doors being opened, being called "Sir"
and things I may drop or can't reach being handed to me...
I'm grateful and return the favor or thank you when its my turn to recuperate.
I just might do that.
But the urban legend has been for years that they sat there and watched it happen without doing anything. And that's not true.
This topic has come up here before and a lot of the evidence points to the New York Times basically fabricating the story.
There was a meme on Facebook that said If you want to know if you're old fall down in public.
If everybody laughs you're not old.
If everybody panics you are.
A couple of days later I was in the gym getting ready to work out on the Lat Pull down machine.
I forgot to put any weight on it so when I went to pull there was no resistance and I fell flat on my ass.
Suddenly I was surrounded by people trying to help me get up and asking me "Are you okay sir?"
That's the day I became old
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Since when do we need to consider laws before 'doing the right thing'? Remember the Golden Rule? Common sense and courtesy evade many today! Sad state of affairs we've come to.
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I see rudeness and uncaring people all the time
I take my mom out for her errands ,banking etc she doesn’t move very fast with her walker
I’ve seen people hurriedly walk in front of us to get to the till before us . once had a lady duck around in front of us as we walked in the door of the bank , she nearly had to run to get ahead of us to stand in the line
I said loudly to my mom “ that was pretty rude , wasn’t it mom ?”
A few people turned to look
“ I guess she is in a hurry “ I went on .
more people looked toward us
The lady stood quietly for another minute or so and as I was thinking of the next thing I might say , she turned to us and apologized asking if we would please take her spot as she didn’t realize we were heading for the line up lol … where else would we have been heading ?
We accepted her kind offer and the day went on
Another time I was in the grocery store and saw a small crowd gathering in the refrigerated section . Curiosity got the better of me and I went down to see what the interest was
It was a 30 something man ,drunk, giving an elderly couple trouble for opening the eggs to ensure they weren’t broken
The old couple were scared, I could see it immediately
The duink was getting meaner and was threatening the old man
I called the drunk out and humiliated him in front of the crowd ,back handed him about 1/3 strength and asked if he’d like to try someone a little closer to his age
I was thanked by half the people there, especially the elderly couple .
the security guard who finally attended even suggested I could follow him and the drunk outside as the police would probably take a few minutes to arrive . I declined and went about my shopping
I saw the drunk a couple months later and asked him if he remembered me he said he did , I said I remember you too and smiled
I take my mom out for her errands ,banking etc she doesn’t move very fast with her walker
I’ve seen people hurriedly walk in front of us to get to the till before us . once had a lady duck around in front of us as we walked in the door of the bank , she nearly had to run to get ahead of us to stand in the line
I said loudly to my mom “ that was pretty rude , wasn’t it mom ?”
A few people turned to look
“ I guess she is in a hurry “ I went on .
more people looked toward us
The lady stood quietly for another minute or so and as I was thinking of the next thing I might say , she turned to us and apologized asking if we would please take her spot as she didn’t realize we were heading for the line up lol … where else would we have been heading ?
We accepted her kind offer and the day went on
Another time I was in the grocery store and saw a small crowd gathering in the refrigerated section . Curiosity got the better of me and I went down to see what the interest was
It was a 30 something man ,drunk, giving an elderly couple trouble for opening the eggs to ensure they weren’t broken
The old couple were scared, I could see it immediately
The duink was getting meaner and was threatening the old man
I called the drunk out and humiliated him in front of the crowd ,back handed him about 1/3 strength and asked if he’d like to try someone a little closer to his age
I was thanked by half the people there, especially the elderly couple .
the security guard who finally attended even suggested I could follow him and the drunk outside as the police would probably take a few minutes to arrive . I declined and went about my shopping
I saw the drunk a couple months later and asked him if he remembered me he said he did , I said I remember you too and smiled
