should we help stranger?
By Leocen
@Leocen (178)
China
December 5, 2011 7:08am CST
if someone ask me this three yeas ago, i 'll definetely say "yes".but now i'm hesitating. coz the thing called "accused helpers" kept happening .the thing is, a young kind man helped an old lady who was hit by a car on the ground.the car owner had run away. after that the young man was accused of hitting the old lady,and he has to pay for the medical fee.and there's no serveillance camera at the place where the accident happen. at the court ,he failed to make himself clean though we know he is innocent.with these things happening several times ,people are afraid to help those strangers who really need heip. several months ago,a young girl fell into the water struggling ,visitors around were watching but no one offered a help.then a US visitor jumped into the lake quikly and saved the girl ,then left without a name.this is really a shame for us chinese. some even said when you help a fallen person ,you should first let him record a video saying " my fall is none of the helper's business,it was not him(or her)that pushed me on the ground",with the video evidence,you can offer help confidently...
what do you think?
4 responses
@WakeUpKitty (8692)
• Netherlands
6 Dec 11
I think it depends on the situation and person, also the person you are.
If you don't feel save or confident with it don't do it.
Also there are other ways to help out. Instead of getting out of your car you can stay in and call for help.
I don't think I would stop my car in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere to help out someone.
I also don't open my frontdoor late at night and as soon as it's getting dark I close my curtains so nobody can peep inside.
I don't think if I help out here a fallen person that person will accuse me of something. If it comes to these kind of situations I think that will never happen. Also not because we don't have that system of accussing people of hurting or robbing you, so you have to pay them.
@thewonderboy (7501)
• India
6 Dec 11
In Kerala people have a very good helping mentality. They serve others if they are very polite. Now a days there are large number of accidents taking place in our state. I think it's due to improper conditions of the road as well as the improper condition of the vehicle.
For the last week we the people in Kerala faced a crucial accident which carried the life of a little girl. The persons who was near by the accidents served and helped the police to get the wounded person to hospital. The people itself had a taxi and took those wounded person to hospital. We the common people treat those as our own family members and we had served them.
I think that we should help each and every one who is at a very difficult situation.
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
6 Dec 11
I think we all have to look at our desire to help with some common sense. Is the action of helping someone else’s jurisdiction? Is this a job for professionals? Should a medical trained person move a victim? Should we wait for police to arrive to assess the situation? After questions like this have been asked then we can act accordingly. If there is little or no time to ask these kinds of questions and someone is needs our help we can help like the American.
Not all helping though is critical and we have time and can look at asking the person if they would like help. I think there is a balance to be found. We should not involve ourselves in other peoples business but we have a business to be part of society and not feel like we are useless. This is interesting, that you see and are asking this question, because it says something about societies in general not just in China but everywhere. Individuals can feel like they are not included in decisions or what happens in life.
On the other hand with laws, courts and the ability to sue people for damages, who wants to get into trouble with someone when your intentions were only good. It is a risk.
@fakeboss (26)
• China
6 Dec 11
let me guess...... you come from China ? right?
i know what are you talking about......... i've heared it........
well.......... helping people is always a good thing to do ,but in China, you have to be more smart....
if we don't help , who will ? the whole society is cold if we don't help each other
i know ,there are some liars but we should not run away because of them
what's more, how do you feel if you could help but you don't........ why do we have to make ourselves uncomfortable......
just think about it 3 times before you try to help ,finding a way to help and not get harms