In our latest discussions we have been analyzing human behavior, we see the videos and think how come these people didn't try to stop this, but the thing is that most of us have been placed in a situation like this maybe not in a life or death situation but in a situation where we felt powerless. Powerless in the way that we have no idea of what is going on and we would only make things worse, or where the other person has more authority/ strength/ knowledge, than us and maybe it will lead us to get hurt.
We often hear stories about abuse of authority especially today with police, and it's easier for us to believe that everyone is the same, "all cops are bad", "all black are gangsters", "all Mexicans are illegal", "all whites are racists", etc. We as humans use these as excuse to justify our actions. We could be driving have our permit, licence, and not doing anything wrong yet we see a cop and we suddenly try to freak out, this is mostly because we know that they have more power and can do things that we can't.
Another thing we talked about was about people providing help to those who need it but adding to the fact that we don't know what is going on, sometimes people don't want to be helped, and yes it sounds harsh but sometimes it's not that we don't care about others but in a case of a couple fighting maybe husband and wife or just boyfriend and girl friend but there has been cases where people try to stop it but they don't want help. So the fear of being making it worse or misinterpreting the situation makes the person think twice about helping.
I think you bring up a good point with the police example. Just because we see a cop we automatically try to be extra careful just to give them no reason to pull us over. Even when people are doing nothing wrong we see authority and assume that they will find something wrong with what we are doing.
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