Don’t talk to strangers. Look both ways before you cross the street. If you’re ever in trouble, don’t yell, “Help!” yell, “Fire!” because someone sure as hell isn’t going to put their neck on the line to save you, but they will come to watch a fire.
This realization made me ashamed to be a human being, because it’s true. If you yell fire, other people will be interested, and come to watch. We’re mesmerized by destruction. I once watched a movie where there was a series of live killings online, and the more people whom were watching it, the more gruesome the killing was.
However, if someone is in danger and we’re called to help, we shy away. We don’t want to be threatened ourselves, but we’re fine to watch. Which, though it may not be right, is understandable. The desire to survive urges us to stay as far away from danger as possible.
There’s not really much else to say about this. It was just a realization that shocked me a little.
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