Kitty Genovese
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Ginger - Apr 05, 2005 7:53:44 am PDT #1063 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Scrappy - Apr 05, 2005 7:53:50 am PDT #1064 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Kitty Genovese.
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2005 7:55:02 am PDT #1065 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
All I could think of was "Not Tawana Bradley!" and then "Oh, well. Other people will know."
erikaj - Apr 05, 2005 7:56:44 am PDT #1066 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Kitty Genovese...you asked me to cut her out of A Model Citizen, remember? Other girls know rock stars and fashion designers don't they? Freaky Synchroncity(Not the Police's)
Betsy HP - Apr 05, 2005 8:01:30 am PDT #1067 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Kitty Genovese was a lesbian, BTW.
erikaj - Apr 05, 2005 8:05:13 am PDT #1068 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I didn't know that...if she hadn't been, do you think her neighbors might've... (This is why I don't sleep at night, isn't it? Give it a rest, Timmy.)
Betsy HP - Apr 05, 2005 8:07:30 am PDT #1069 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Some studies suggest that you're most likely to get help if there's only one witness. One witness knows that it's her responsibility; multiple witnesses can comfort themselves by thinking that somebody else must have handled it by now.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 05, 2005 8:08:31 am PDT #1070 of 10001
What is even happening?
erika, I think there's more to it. I know there have been cases where people aren't just hearing the screams from their windows, but are witnessing an assault, but don't help. I saw someone on some show once, say if that happens to you--if you're being attacked and there are a bunch of witnesses failing to act, you select someone. For example, you say, "You in the black leather jacket, help me." It breaks the [whatever it's called] of the crowd.
Betsy HP - Apr 05, 2005 8:11:26 am PDT #1071 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
For example, you say, "You in the black leather jacket, help me." It breaks the [whatever it's called] of the crowd.
I think that's the way CPR works, too -- you pick out one person and say "You! Call 911."
erikaj - Apr 05, 2005 8:12:49 am PDT #1072 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I could see how that might happen....stops you from looking at the other members and wondering when they will do something.