When did people stop giving a crap?

Question

Of course, I might be speaking for a whole slew of people here, but when did people stop giving a crap? You see these horrible things happen on the news, and if there's surveilance footage the people in the background don't give a crap about what's going on.

For example: A few months ago there was this guy who was trying to car jack an elderly man and the carjacker started to beat the man repeatedly, but all the people walking by in plain sight just walked on by, minding their own business. Another one truly disgusts me. There was a pregnant woman that was recently stabbed in front of a convenience store. She was walked over and ignored by five people. ONE of them even took a picture of her with a CELL PHONE!! So, does anyone have an idea of why a lot of people don't give a crap anymore? Thanks, your answers are very much appreciated!

Answer 1

people are lame

Answer 2

psychology.

seriously. the larger a crowd when something bad happens, the less likely people are to take action. this is because if there is a large crowd, the witnesses always think that someone else will step in and stop it before it gets too late.

however if there aren't many people around, a witness is more likely to help. this is because s/he knows that the odds of another person helping are low, and if s/he doesn't help, someone may get seriously hurt or die.

it isn't so much that they don't give a crap, but that they figure someone who is better prepared to handle the situation will come along.

this doesn't make it right, but it is WHY it happens.

Answer 3

We as a human race has become so liberal, so worried about politically correct, so caught up in ourselves, and so scarred to do what is right, say what is right, or act on for what is right because we could hurt someones feelings, be ridiculed by people as being a do good-er, or we feel that responsibility may be placed on our shoulders for what is going on. For centuries the human race has proved they love to witness the suffering of people. From the Biblical era until today people have crowed around public executions so they can watch the convicted person die. We watch events on television such as homeless people fighting and think it is funny. We play video games that allow us to kill Innocent bystanders and get a kick out of trying to do it in the most inhumane way possible. Does any of this sounds as though we give a crap? No in my eyes.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, this trend is nothing new...as it has been around
for centuries. But to answer your question in a more relative
tense, people have become more blatant in their endeavors
to not care anymore because they've been desensitized to the
plights, pains and tragedies of others. Blame it on the excessive coverage that violence receives in the media. Or
on the poisons in our foods and waters. Or on the violence
that indoctrinate the minds of our youths in video games.
However way you choose to chalk it...this all began when
God was replaced by the ego. When people self-appointed
themselves to be the God of their own destinies. When love
was uprooted by lust and compassion was eradicated by greed.
People stopped caring when they grew vindictive.

Answer 5

the laws dont help.

there is NO protection for someone doing the right thing. Assuming by your handle that you are a police officer yourself you know this to be true. if i could be sure I (and all my family ) would be safe then absolutely I would speak out.

I might even intervene and phyically stop the guy but you have laws that allow the perpetrator to be the victim and sue me in that case.

The law isn't about right and wrong any more, its about political correctness, and most of us don't know what that is from one day to the next, so you really have no right to expect your citizens to consider right and wrong in their decision making process

Answer 6

This shows how coward people are in this kind of situation. It shows how fear succumb us without trying to combat it. Maybe society must be blamed on this--- people will not go on this alternative if we don't suffer starvation. Lack of food to feed our minds make us dull. We could no longer think but chose the easiest way at the expense of other people. They no longer feel to be of help to other people in times of trouble. They mind their own business which is really dangerous. Change society and you will bring new generation that is better.

Answer 7

If no one cared for me, if no one cared about what happened to me, if no one cared about the discrimination that I have suffered, if no one cared about the sorrow that I felt for myself, I might turn to carjacking as well.

Criminals often start out as victims and then change their behaviour when they have had their fill of being "crapped" on.

If we cared why a child grows up in poverty, without a father, or without a mother, it would be different. If we cared why a child who struggles in school doesn't get help, it would be different. If we cared the safety of our communities, then it would be different.

Where you exist on the social ladder is largerly connected to how you often can become.

The first issue is parents who choose to bring children into poverty.

Answer 8

This isn't new.

Years ago a woman was murdered in Manhattan and nobody did anything to help her. At the time people saw it as the downfall of society.

We do seem increasingly callous.

I would ascribe it to hypocrisy. We are a dishonest culture in many many ways - religion, politics, social conventions. We're full of it and most people know it in their hearts. But they blame their neighbor when the issue is their own dishonesty.

Answer 9

I think people stopped giving a crap long before we were born, probably sometime in the late 1800's, right at the end of summer...

Answer 10

i'm a sizeable fan and over the years have turn-flopped between Eli is dumb as a field of hair and sucks a$$ to eli is dumb as a field of hair and the O-Coordinator sucks a$$. he's no longer the final, yet provide him a respectable interest plan and he CAN win (first 3 quarters of the NE interest, final 3 quarters of right this moment's interest). as an entire, NYG play too risk-free and conservative; while they enable Eli open it up extra, he's efficient.

Answer 11

THE DEATH OF COMMON SENSE
Today we mourn the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense. Common sense lived a long life but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one really knows how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He selflessly devoted his life to service in schools, hospitals, homes, factories and offices, helping folks get jobs done without fanfare and foolishness.
For decades, petty rules, silly laws and frivolous lawsuits held no power over Common Sense. He was credited with cultivating such valued lessons as to know when to come in out of the rain, the early bird gets the worm, and life isn't always fair.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn), reliable parenting strategies (the adults are in charge, not the kids), and it's okay to come in second.
A veteran of the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, and the Technological Revolution, Common Sense survived cultural and educational trends including feminism, body piercing, whole language and new math.
But his health declined when he became infected with the If-it-only-helps-one-person-it's-worth-it bug. In recent decades his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of overbearing federal regulation. He watched in pain as good people became ruled by self-seeking lawyers and enlightened auditors. His health rapidly deteriorated when schools endlessly implemented zero tolerance policies, reports of six year old boys charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate, a teen suspended for taking a swig of mouthwash after lunch, and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student. It declined even further when schools had to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student but cannot inform the parent when the female student is pregnant or wants an abortion.
Finally, Common Sense lost his will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses, criminals received better treatment than victims, and federal judges stuck their noses in everything from Boy Scouts to professional sports.
As the end neared, Common Sense drifted in and out of logic but was kept informed of developments, regarding questionable regulations for asbestos, low-flow toilets, smart guns, the nurturing of Prohibition Laws and mandatory air bags.
Finally when told that the homeowners association restricted exterior furniture only to that which enhanced property values, he breathed his last. Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by three stepbrothers: Rights, Tolerance and Whiner.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.