I'm sure you have heard of the news about the 2 drowned girls who were left unattended in a beach in Rome. Well, it sparked controversy because a) beach-goers just went about their business not caring there were 2 dead girls in the beach they were frolicking, b) the utter indifference to someone's death made us wonder about the morality of mankind in general and c) what the fuck happened to us that we became so heartless?
While the news highlighted mainly the issue of people slowly losing their compassion I have only a few unanswered question.
a) Where were the lifeguards? b) If there were, and when the girls' corpses were recovered, why the fuck no one took them to a secluded area where they can be away from the public's view? c) Why were the beach-goers criticized when they were probably confused as to what they could do for the poor dead children? What were they expected to do anyway, sing a bereavement hymn? d) Why wasn't there a paramedic available at the beach with their ambulance for emergencies like this? Isn't that one of the required mandatory safety rules for any beaches? I live in Malaysia(notorious for poor customer service and manners) yet I have seen a paramedic tent with a van nearby for situations like this.
It's sad that the girls were left unattended like that for 3 HOURS but as the popular Psychology finding goes "in a crowd, people respond more poorly to emergency situations".
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