> a lie (This is not what happened) You're naive. Read up on the Kitty Genovese murder and similar incidents. It's not even that people consciously decide the

> a lie (This is not what happened) You're naive. Read up on the Kitty Genovese murder and similar incidents. It's not even that people consciously decide they don't give a shit. They just assume that surely one of the dozens of other people within earshot will take care of it and save them the awkwardness and bother. But everyone else is thinking the same thing. So no one takes care of it, and somebody dies.