The Cork Examiner reported that the Gardai had to push people back who were recording the unfolding tragedy.It was reported on RTE radio that many people made videos of a person drowning in Cork’s River Lee yesterday.
It says that some people have no moral standards or personal ethics.What does that say about us as a nation?
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.Not too dissimilar to the British tabloids, back in the heyday though
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!"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 ..."
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.We instinctively assess dangerous situations to ascertain if there is a threat to us.
That's the online version of the Healy Rays signing condolences books with a red pen."I know this bad thing has happened but don't forget about me!"
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.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.
point to a specific person and say "You, go and call an ambulance", "You, give me your coat" etc.
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