A Tragic Occurance

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It was reported on RTE radio that many people made videos of a person drowning in Cork’s River Lee yesterday. The filming continued to the recovery of the body. Gardai have appealed to those who put the tragedy on social media to delete. What does that say about us as a nation?
 
Leper said:
It was reported on RTE radio that many people made videos of a person drowning in Cork’s River Lee yesterday.
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The Cork Examiner reported that the Gardai had to push people back who were recording the unfolding tragedy.
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What does that say about us as a nation?
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It says that some people have no moral standards or personal ethics.
 
Social media is a cancer, this pervasive and unhealthy chasing of "likes" is pathetic. This is a new low though, it should be an offence to record or repost such material.
My thoughts & prayers are only with the deceased and their bereaved family who now have this to deal with on top of their huge loss. Rest in peace.
 
I attended my granddaughter's First Holy Communion today. There was God stuff aplenty for her and her 30 co-communicants, but there was also a lot of caring, minding, nurturing stuff from a non-religious perspective. There were altar offerings to acknowledge excellence in sport, crafting, music and other non-religious activities, as part of being an active and caring community member. Musical accompaniment for the service was provided by young musicians from the school and they were a delight to listen to. I was in the fortunate position to be able to thank them as a group for their exquisite preparation and delivery.

The news broadcasts have brought me back down to earth with a bang this evening. What sort of world inhabited by creatures like those described filming a man dying for exploitation on social media are we bringing these beautiful children into? My heart breaks for them.
 
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Its the same on that accident in West Cork at the motor racing event, Gardai have asked people not to post videos on Social Media.

There are 2 issues here, the morons who post and the morons who watch the video and comment on it, even if only to say RIP. I really don't understand how anyone could do either.
 
JoeRoberts said:
Not too dissimilar to the British tabloids, back in the heyday though
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Or motorists slowing down to look at a crash. We instinctively assess dangerous situations to ascertain if there is a threat to us. That's just our amygdala doing it's job. The fact that we have such an instinctive response doesn't in any way excuse us from continuing to do it. We instinctively look at a crash, or a drowning man, but our rational mind and our learned sense of decency, should then make us behave differently.
 
I find it hard to understand the thought process of someone who sees a tragedy like the drowning and thinks "I have watch and record this and ..."

- then what... to watch it again (FFS why??), share it with others to say "look what i saw", what response do they expect from those who view it - a reflected 'fame' at having been there , lots of 'likes' and views on social media platforms?
Disgusting behaviour - no thought for the victim or their family.
 
redstar said:
I find it hard to understand the thought process of someone who sees a tragedy like the drowning and thinks "I have watch and record this and ..."
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It's the same reason people reference tragic evens online and say "thoughts and prayers". What they are really saying is "I know this bad thing has happened but don't forget about me!"
 
Purple said:
We instinctively assess dangerous situations to ascertain if there is a threat to us.
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I read a piece on the Bystander Effect a while back and the advice to anyone needing assistance, say if experiencing a medical emergency, was to avoid just shouting help, but to be specific in the assistance you needed and try to establish eye-contact with an individual and so make them feel somewhat accountable.
 
Leo said:
I read a piece on the Bystander Effect a while back and the advice to anyone needing assistance, say if experiencing a medical emergency, was to avoid just shouting help, but to be specific in the assistance you needed and try to establish eye-contact with an individual and so make them feel somewhat accountable.
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My father was a police officer in the UK in the 60's and he said they were told that if they came across a crash or accident they were to ask specific bystanders to do specific things; point to a specific person and say "You, go and call an ambulance", "You, give me your coat" etc.
 
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