crowd watches girl being raped

[dabbler]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-23109,00.html

Crowd watches girl being raped

From correspondents in Beijing
April 27, 2005
From: Agence France-Presse


A YOUNG woman was raped by a man in a public toilet in north China as a crowd of some 40 bystanders stood by and watched, failing to help or call the police, state media reported Wednesday.

The incident took place on April 18 in Hengshui city in Hebei province when the 32-year-old garbage collector followed the 19-year-old woman into a public toilet and attacked her, the Beijing Youth Daily said. Two police officers on patrol stopped to investigate when they saw a large crowd outside the tiolet.

They found out a crime was taking place after one of the bystanders told them someone was being raped inside, 20 minutes after the assault started. The officers arrested the man at the scene.


HARSH

[Bitchin]

I'm not suprised.. to many ppl care about themselve to do anything for others.

The poor girl tho... :\

[baby-phat]

omfg.. that is brutal!
That poor girl. :(

[lithe]

how did they know she was being raped inside if the crowd was outside?

[Kenny]

For some reason i can just picture all the asians outside with a dumb look on their face or video cameras.

[decypher]

Isn't society great.

[dabbler]

Originally Posted by lithe

how did they know she was being raped inside if the crowd was outside?

"after one of the bystanders told them someone was being raped inside"

i would assume they could hear it

[wum]

Originally Posted by Kenny

For some reason i can just picture all the asians outside with a dumb look on their face or video cameras.

[mikey]

i like that second pic...

[TrixX]

Originally Posted by wum

holy strike a pose while taking pictures......ha

[wum]

the "toilet"

[Bitchin]

man, he's gotta go bad doesnt he?!

[Oscar Da Grouc]

thats pretty brutal what happened to that girl...cant believe no one did anything..

but LOL to those pix of people taking pix...

[veN]

Wow... That story makes me shudder with horror. That poor girl... :( I hope Karma bites those ppl bad! Including each and every bystander! THat actually relaly makes me want to throw up. Blek...

[mapleleaf4ever]

Wow... that's horrible! Reminds me of Boondock Saints and the Priests' monologue in the beginning.


On a lighter note... Why does it look like those Asians with the Cameras are trying to hold and aim a Rocket Launcher? It's a goddamn Camera! Not exactly a heavy burden. Like buy a Tripod or something.

Its a weird psycological phenomenon. When large numbers of bystanders are witness to something like this, nobody does anything because they think someone else will act first / fear of embarrasment. If there was only 1 witness, they would likely act. Its weird that it went on for so long though... you'd think after that amount of time someone would do something

[LLaaUUrrYYn]

Poor girl. This world is just too crazy. Anything can happen, and you cant even count on the kindness of other people.

[wum]

Originally Posted by Junglist

Its a weird psycological phenomenon. When large numbers of bystanders are witness to something like this, nobody does anything because they think someone else will act first / fear of embarrasment. If there was only 1 witness, they would likely act. Its weird that it went on for so long though... you'd think after that amount of time someone would do something

the responsibility they feel is directly in proportion to the numbers of the crowd. So if there were a hundred people there, each person would only feel one percent obliged to do something.

at least that's how the theory goes...

Hahah those pics are hilarious!
The photog's becoming the photo'ed.

Why does it look like those Asians with the Cameras are trying to hold and aim a Rocket Launcher?

so true!!!!

[esoter1c]

If You Allow A Crime To Happen In Front Of You, You Are Aiding And Abetting The Crime, So All These People Who Watched Will Be Charged And Executed Accordingly With The Chinese Communist Law
Right ?

[LeeBrat]

Originally Posted by Nev

Wow... That story makes me shudder with horror. That poor girl... :( I hope Karma bites those ppl bad! Including each and every bystander! THat actually relaly makes me want to throw up. Blek...

agreed...poor girl :(
that makes me sick...how could no one do anything?

[Dr. Doom]

Originally Posted by 3507321C

If You Allow A Crime To Happen In Front Of You, You Are Aiding And Abetting The Crime, So All These People Who Watched Will Be Charged And Executed Accordingly With The Chinese Communist Law
Right ?

GOOD USE OF CAPSLOCK, JACKASS!

[gnosis]

^What a bunch of fucking dumbass comments from a bunch of dumbass twats!!!!

Northern fucking _china_, you idiots!!!

The land that slaughtered thousands of their own people?...

NOT the same daily life you live, here!!!

YES! It's wrong, and terrible!

But the emoting fnk'ers and quasi-psychological profiling, proferred, above, is just as disgusting!

Maybe I should start a poll-thread: Which do you think is worse? A Chinese rapist, or fnk responses?

Frosty
(It's just so awfull, isn't it?)

[Grapes]

That's what made me laugh at this:

Isn't society great.

Umm... ours? Theirs? Or are we just throwing the word "society" out there as a catch all for when you really don't have any pointed insight?

That said gnosis.. Their culture is vastly different from ours, but I'm pretty sure rape is still generally frowned upon....

[decypher]

^^ Just a quick sarcastic comment was all that was. Ours? Theirs? I'm talking about the common societal relationships in these citys all over the world. People overlooking the dead guy in a local skytrain station, or the people neglecting to step in to stop a crime in Northern China. Sorry i did not spew some "pointed" insight for everyone, i'm not going to have an existentialist debate with fnk.ca.