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A sad indictment of modernity

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OldBlueLady

OldBlueLady

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Read this article from the Mail online which really saddened me. Two little girls "pretended" individually, to be lost in a shopping centre for an hour, both knew their mother was nearby and could see them, but both acted out their parts well.

616 people walked right by them!!! Only one person stopped to see if the younger one was ok! People, including mothers with pushchairs walked straight past them - God forbid this situation ever happens to their child!

How sad is this? Has stranger danger gone a bit too far in that people don't want to risk getting involved or do people really not care any more?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ople-stop-help-One-How-ignore-plight-616.html
 
Ironic that the Daily Heil picks up on this as it's undoubtly one of the rags that has demonised every male stranger who smiles at a kid a suspect paedo.
 
OBL

Firstly I have warned you on many occasions to stop using the Daily Mail as your prime source of news.

Secondly we are no longer in the modern world, we are now in the post-modern world. Keep up!
 
MK Shrimper said:
Ironic that the Daily Heil picks up on this as it's undoubtly one of the rags that has demonised every male stranger who smiles at a kid a suspect paedo.
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Indeed. They are part of the problem.

That said, I had a situation a few months back when I was walking to work. A child fell off his scooter and was crying. I got to him before his mum (who was slowed down by another child) and made sure he was OK. I didn't touch him (officer!), but I knelt down to talk to him and waited with him until his mum got to him. She was very appreciative.

You don't have to touch a child to ask them if everything is OK, and then get help from some sort of security. I don't necessarily think this is anything to do with stranger danger, just people to busy to look out for each other.
 
The few times I brave a shopping centre like Lakeside/Meadowhall it's full of brats dicking about and kids being a right pain in the arse. I wouldn't bat an eyelid at a kid standing without their mum in a shopping centre to be honest.

I think there should be 'adult only' shopping hours at large shopping centres (maybe 7-10pm). Off topic I know.
 
Pubey said:
The few times I brave a shopping centre like Lakeside/Meadowhall it's full of brats dicking about and kids being a right pain in the arse. I wouldn't bat an eyelid at a kid standing without their mum in a shopping centre to be honest.

I think there should be 'adult only' shopping hours at large shopping centres (maybe 7-10pm). Off topic I know.
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Dirty boy! I thought you'd given up the "specialist" shops.
 
OldBlueLady said:
Read this article from the Mail online which really saddened me. Two little girls "pretended" individually, to be lost in a shopping centre for an hour, both knew their mother was nearby and could see them, but both acted out their parts well.

616 people walked right by them!!! Only one person stopped to see if the younger one was ok! People, including mothers with pushchairs walked straight past them - God forbid this situation ever happens to their child!

How sad is this? Has stranger danger gone a bit too far in that people don't want to risk getting involved or do people really not care any more?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ople-stop-help-One-How-ignore-plight-616.html
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Fixed that for you.
 
Hard to know if a kid is lost or just a few metres away from a parent who could be sat having a coffee. Usual Daily Mail rubbish.....
 
You lot are missing the point though, it's symbolic, a social experiment. It's the same as someone falling over and hurting themselves on the street, people are too wrapped up in their own lives to go and help...well, most are. If it wasn't the Mail, would you have all commented in the same way?
 
I haven't read the peice because it is in the Mail. The paper is generally riddled with miserable hate fuelling lies. If it is a story of note I'll pick up on it elsewhere and form my own opinion but I don't trust their journalism to give me any information that isn't trying to get me to be full of misery.
The Mail is as reliable as the football rumours site except they would hate all the players as well as making up fake transfer claims.
 
Debating it on the Wright Show today as well....the story, I mean, not the Mail! :winking: I summarised it anyway, in my first post ***.
 
I sometimes pretend to be lost in shopping centres and believe me there are some uncaring, callous b@stards out there.
 
OldBlueLady said:
You lot are missing the point though, it's symbolic, a social experiment. It's the same as someone falling over and hurting themselves on the street, people are too wrapped up in their own lives to go and help...well, most are. If it wasn't the Mail, would you have all commented in the same way?
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How many times was the experiment done? They could have done it 20 times and that was the only time someone didn't ask.
 
This is the Daily Mail that played a big part acknowledged by the family and their legal team of bringing the murderers of Steven Lawrence to justice. They were like a dog with a bone. Most of the anti Daily Mail comments are from people who clearly have never read it.
 
Crawliano said:
Coming soon to a Daily Mail front page...

BEING A LOST CHILD CAUSES CANCER.
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Coming soon to a Daily Express front page...

WAS MADELEINE MCCANN LEFT IN A SHOPPING CENTRE?

IS PRINCESS DIANA STILL ALIVE?
 
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