Comments on: 10 Notorious Cases of the Bystander Effect

By: Rzzzz

Rzzzz — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:48:49 +0000

Don’t forget the holocaust happening right now that nobody cares about. The wholesale slaughter of millions of babies through abortion.

By: rxantos

rxantos — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:38:35 +0000

At least in numbers. Stalin beat Hitler holcaust 4 to one.

24 million russians vs 6 million jews.

You can also add the Japanese invasion of China. Killing and startving their citizens, making the Chinese women work as prostitutes. And using prisoners for biological experiments.

In fact, I cannot say that a single side was good during WW2.

The USA threw the second atom bomb as a mean of researching if an Uranium of a Plutonium nuke was more effective. And Americans citizens of Japanese origin where placed in concentration camps without they doing anything.

And the catolic church condoned the killings from both sides.

Not a single side was good. Had Hitler won, we would be praising his acomplishments and discussing about the attocities commited by the allies. History has and will always be written by the victor.

By: ryantcairns

ryantcairns — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:37:48 +0000

Reblogged this on Toilet Fodder and commented: It's things like this which make me sad to be a part of the Human Race.

By: Lori-Ann

Lori-Ann — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:11:42 +0000

The abduction, torture, and murder of 2 year old James Patrick Bulgar by Robert Thompson and Jon Venables (both 10 years old at the time) ought to be on this list.

By: jbjr

jbjr — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:12:28 +0000

Sad, scary, depressing.

By: kelpie

kelpie — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:39:59 +0000

You obviously observe the world from the Kingdom of Walt Disney… If you would take the time and research about that era and would have a bit of common sense, maybe, just maybe you would have refrained from such idiotic comments. If you think East Europeans just happily accepted it all an all overjoyed about it then you should remove those pink Chinese made plastic glasses you are looking at the world.
The topic itself is a bit more extensive then to be discussed in a comment. Get a history book Troll

By: Psych 101

Psych 101 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:55:02 +0000

In many of these cases there are a number of forces at work, not just the bystander effect. especially in the last one. In the case of the Germans it was the pressure from authority and fear of there own lives that caused these people or the “Nazi’s”. See the Stanford Prison Experiment by Phillip Zimbardo. Zimbardo showed that given a role of power or helplessness people are likely to adopt it, and behave in ways which they would never have thought they could or would have otherwise. another explanation is given by Stanley Milgram, he did many experiments about normal persons obedience to authority evan though they new they were harming another person.

By: guest

guest — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:22:40 +0000

Bystanders typically point the finger away from themselves to make excuses for their lack of appropriate action…..Because they were not the perp, they do not feel they did wrong. This also stands true in bullying situations in schools and the workplace.

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:02:39 +0000

A 2 year old girl was hit by vans twice and no one cared.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/10/21/toddler-china.html

By: Alanna

Alanna — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:21:38 +0000

I have to say that the Good Samaritan is one of the most misunderstood parables in the world. First, it was a Priest, then a Levite who passed by. Secondly, this was 2000 years ago, where by Jewish law Priest’s could not defile themsevles with blood, or touch a dead body. Levite’s were extremely similar. The point of the story is not the Priest and the Levite ignoring the victim, as this would have been common, and accepted. It’s the hated Samaritan helping the Jew. When/if (whatever) Jesus told this story, the Priest and the Levite walking by a dying man wouldn’t have shocked the audience, but the Samaritan helping him would.