Man Beheads Woman In Front of Horrified Onlookers

[terry78]

This isn't comic books or video games, everyone can't be a vigilante. We like to think that everything works out for the best, but it just doesn't. You can say that you'd jump in and gladly take the kill for the victim, but would you really do that if you knew that could be your last moment on Earth, especially considering how young most of you are?

 

[sinewave]

i'm pretty sure i'd be frozen in horror if i witnessed this. i highly doubt anyone could react to something like this with enough focus to actually stop it in time.

 

[Angry Sentinel]

horrible thing, all you can do is hope one person would do something. Then maybe more would help the one.

 

[Iceman]

horrible thing, all you can do is hope one person would do something. Then maybe more would help the one.

Most people are followers. If someone else takes the lead they would probably get a fair amount of back up.

 

[terry78]

No one ever wants to step up to do something good, it's always something negative, then everyone is willing and able to follow suit after that.

 

[Angry Sentinel]

^ sad, but it's probably true. The group mentality is usually a dark one.

I saw one guy getting jumped by two or three guys. Then I saw another couple guys running over and I thought, all out fight. They were just going to watch!

 

[WompuM]

I dunno. Here's how the event would have seemed to me.

"Here I am on a bus. Dodododo. Oh did that guy just grab that girl? What the duece? What's he doing? Oh Crap! Did he just? Oh Christ! he did it again. Wow, that's her head. Screw it. I'll get off at the next stop."

 

[pyromaniac]

Well at least you're not lonely up there on your hero pedestal.

I'm done with being selfless for the next year or so. I have to be more than a little selfish at this point to get my life on track. I'm going to pass my finals, I'm going to get healthy, I'm GOING to change things, and I'm not going to let extreme compassion stop me.

I'll start worrying about other people once I can stop worry about myself.

Hey, don't stop being a great friend for anybody!

 

[pyromaniac]

that's a horrible story

and on the subject of no one helping, it's like the woman who got raped in the subway. ppl just sat there doing nothing

but on the same note, some people dont want to help for fear of being sued. i remember being in business law in 9th grade and we discussed cases like that. people giving others cpr, which saved their lives, only to be sued for breaking a rib or something. stories like that.

personally, if someone can save my life, i'll take a broken rib.

Gee, that reminds me of the failed suicide attempt at the beginning of The Incredibles.

And here I thought humans like that didn't exist.

"You ruined my death!"

 

[pyromaniac]

I'd rather lose an arm or my life than try to sleep at night knowing I watched a defenseless woman die. Apparently that's just myself and perhaps Dog Lips though...

Short of losing one's arm or a life... which can't be foreseen anyway - I'd toss over at night replaying the what ifs and the multiple angles in which a fate like that of a young woman's would somehow be altered if not just I but I in spurring others to do the same would affect the outcome.

Even if the people of St. Vincent that day did not do anything (and there are understandable reasons and contexts), I'd confidently bet on it that they would think back in retrospect and live with the guilt and regret that they should have intervene or interfere or partake of some or any action that would tip the odds in their favour.

 

[jaguarr]

Boo, public beheadings! Hooray, beer!

jag

 

[pyromaniac]

I can't comprehend a life like that. I put my needs behind the needs of those around me, especially the people I care about. And i never called myself a hero, I simply said that I would (and have) stepped up in situations that required me too. I'll also admit that I've faltered before, but I'm trying to make up for those times.

I like your honesty.

It does make one ponder the question that a person who apparently equips himself with acute foresight to act a certain way should an extraordinary predicament arise is the same person who may or may not account for reaction time, the spontaneity and randommness of said predicament, and the split-second (or -minute, depending on the level of extremity) thought processes.

It isn't like one goes about his day orchestrating every little detail of a journey from A to B without anything off-kilter happening in between.

 

[Victor Creed]

Boo, public beheadings! Hooray, beer!

jag

...............t:

So wrong.....but so funny.

 

[DareDemon]

I don't understand the mentality. The man was crazy, and had his attention on the woman while a dozen people stood there. They probably had a MILLION chances to attack him that would have taken him down. We're on a superhero website, learn from the best!!

Especially if the woman was hot.

That's what I thought too. This is a superhero website, but I've never seen a bigger group of people who would like to avoid helping someone. It's sad.

 

[OverMyHead]

*****es!

 

[terry78]

The people on this site aren't exactly the most physically fit.

 

[OverMyHead]

lol

 

[Tangled Web]

I'd jump in there and help her. I can imagine living with a scar of a blade but I can't imagine living the rest of my life with that on my conscience. I rather die trying to help someone than live as a coward.

 

[Tangled Web]

Double post.

 

[Addendum]

Not everyone.

I just don't feel compelled to help others.

 

[Fran]

I'd jump in there and help her. I can imagine living with a scar of a blade but I can't imagine living the rest of my life with that on my conscience. I rather die trying to help someone than live as a coward.

As would I, TW

 

[sinewave]

I'd jump in there and help her. I can imagine living with a scar of a blade but I can't imagine living the rest of my life with that on my conscience. I rather die trying to help someone than live as a coward.

i think most people would want to stop it, but witnessing something like that would just be so shocking and quick that you might not have time to actually process what's happening and get your body to respond to the situation fast enought to actually stop it. think about it, you're sitting on a bus looking out the window and you see some guy grab this lady, throw her down and start hacking away. if i wasn't prepared to witness something that brutal, and who would be, i think i'd just stare in shock at what was happening before my eyes. shock is pretty dibilitating and would definitely hinder any kind of decision making process you were going through. i'm sure instinct would kick in eventually, but not likely fast enough to stop what was happening, unfortunately.

 

[terry78]

Unless you've actually been in a life and death situation before you don't know what you'd do. Anything else is just talk. Don't confuse the real world with Gears of War. Add to the fact that he chose to do it in broad daylight, you don't know who he had waiting in the wings had someone chosen to step in. The woman could still get killed along with countless others.

 

[Kyalesyin]

I'd jump in there and help her. I can imagine living with a scar of a blade but I can't imagine living the rest of my life with that on my conscience. I rather die trying to help someone than live as a coward.

Amen to that. Been there, done that, would do it again.

 

[Jeskid]

I've seen some online videos that I wish I could unsee.