Comments on: Convenience Store Stabbing Victim Ignored By Fellow Shoppers http://www.bloggernews.net/18379 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:58:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ExConvict http://www.bloggernews.net/18379#comment-56989 ExConvict Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:09:36 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18379#comment-56989 This story reminds me of the inmate mentality of not getting involved in anything unless it directly involves you. Any contact with the police whatsoever could have resulted in one of those shoppers getting his probation or parole revoked. These people know the system pretty well, and so they did the math and somehow IT MADE SENSE for them to let her die. To me, this is not really a reflection on the individuals themselves, but the politics of the social dynamics which they are forced to abide by. ANY police contact whatsoever could result in being locked up yourself, or even falsely accused. To be honest, I think that only a very brave person would have helped the dieing woman in that neighborhood. I could be wrong but I think I am at least partly right. This tragedy is partly the result of having so many people being processed through prison system and being sucked in to prison culture. This is the type of story you would expect to see occuring INSIDE prison walls. This is the result of "tough on crime" policies which place zero emphasis on rehabilitation or reintegration. This is exactly what you can expect to see as we build more and more prisons, processing more and more people with NO emphasis on getting them reintegrated through work and school. Unfortunately, I would expect to see more of this. Sad but true. What surprises me is that so many people are surprised by it. Sometimes, there are some very good reasons why people dont want to get involved. If you're a felon you might not want to give first aid due to the possibility that you could be accused of a crime somehow, and if you are a sex offender then certainly you would probably be well advised to let her die and just keep walkin, do not under any circumstances get involved with a dead female. Your social status as a piece of human garbage supercedes any higher moral imperatives to save her life. Very sad consequence indeed. This story reminds me of the inmate mentality of not getting involved in anything unless it directly involves you. Any contact with the police whatsoever could have resulted in one of those shoppers getting his probation or parole revoked. These people know the system pretty well, and so they did the math and somehow IT MADE SENSE for them to let her die. To me, this is not really a reflection on the individuals themselves, but the politics of the social dynamics which they are forced to abide by.

ANY police contact whatsoever could result in being locked up yourself, or even falsely accused. To be honest, I think that only a very brave person would have helped the dieing woman in that neighborhood.

I could be wrong but I think I am at least partly right. This tragedy is partly the result of having so many people being processed through prison system and being sucked in to prison culture. This is the type of story you would expect to see occuring INSIDE prison walls.

This is the result of “tough on crime” policies which place zero emphasis on rehabilitation or reintegration. This is exactly what you can expect to see as we build more and more prisons, processing more and more people with NO emphasis on getting them reintegrated through work and school. Unfortunately, I would expect to see more of this.

Sad but true. What surprises me is that so many people are surprised by it. Sometimes, there are some very good reasons why people dont want to get involved. If you’re a felon you might not want to give first aid due to the possibility that you could be accused of a crime somehow, and if you are a sex offender then certainly you would probably be well advised to let her die and just keep walkin, do not under any circumstances get involved with a dead female. Your social status as a piece of human garbage supercedes any higher moral imperatives to save her life. Very sad consequence indeed.

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