http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect It shoudl shock me but it doesn't; psychologist ahve been researching this for years. It's worse in large, depersonalised, anonymous communtites (like, say, Holloway road!) and I think theres some evidence that its worse in societies with high social inequlaity to but I could be making that up.
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Date: 2005-08-04 10:56 pm (UTC)It shoudl shock me but it doesn't; psychologist ahve been researching this for years. It's worse in large, depersonalised, anonymous communtites (like, say, Holloway road!) and I think theres some evidence that its worse in societies with high social inequlaity to but I could be making that up.