McLovin1t wrote:XemnasXD wrote:So you just go over to any homeless people you meet who are laying in awkward positions and inspect them to see if they're ok? I find that extremely hard to believe especially if you live on long island...
Well, a few things wrong with this snappy remark
1. I am not inspecting them, I am not testing their pulse, if he was lying face down almost on the street, that is an indicator that something is a little bit wrong.
2. I would call 911, because as a Long Islander, I rarely see these kinds of things, except in the city, but I am just saying, that 25 people ignoring him, is ridonculous.
3. Not all long islanders are rude/intolerant/indifferent to humanity.
BTW @EvGa I wasn't surprised either
1. He wasn't face down. If you look at the video he could easily be confused for someone sleeping. So i could rephrase the question and ask, do you go up to any homeless man who may be sleeping or may be passed out and inspect them?
To most people who live in/commute to that city homeless people are a daily part of life. Its not exactly shocking to hear of them being violent or robbing people or getting drunk and passing out and a surprisingly large amount of homeless people have a mental illness(probably the cause of them being homeless). I'm not saying they're all like this but it would take an extremely naive person to walk up to a homeless man who looks like he's sleeping and and arouse him to be sure he's ok. Especially someone who has no idea of how to deal with homeless people, like people from Long Island.
2. Call 9/11 over what? A homeless man apparently sleeping on the sidewalk at night? They say "pool of blood" but if you watch the video even after the guy shakes and moves him there's not a large pool, its not even a pool, fairly certain i've had nosebleeds that looked worse than that.
3. I didn't say that, you did. Long Island is known for being an affluent neighborhood and affluent people are often quite ignorant. Your entire post proves just how ignorant you are about these kinds of incidents and you even admit it. To add to your lack of knowledge or experience in dealing with homeless people you go on to suggest that you would approach this downed being and inspect him to be sure he was ok and then you go the final, possibly the worst step, you pass judgment on others for NOT stopping to help the guy.
You might as well have said. "I know nothing about homeless people, their mental state, their numbers in NYC, or the daily lives of the people who interact with them on a daily basis but shame on everyone and all for not thinking about helping that guy who may or may not have been simply sleeping on the sidewalk because from the footage we've seen there is nothing apparently wrong with him"
Cause thats how i read it...
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