Empathy Over Entertainment: A Call for Real-Life Heroism
It's truly disheartening how we tend to downplay important matters. We've become so obsessed with social media and this whole citizen journalism thing that many of us are completely oblivious to its existence. We're all in a race to be the first to post and get tagged as the fastest news deliverer. Sure, it has its perks in some cases, but that shouldn't overshadow the importance of lending a helping hand. I was livid when I came across a video making the rounds on social media. I couldn't help but wonder where the conscience of those bystanders had disappeared. I'm almost tempted to call them educated illiterates. How could anyone just stand by and watch for entertainment while two young people were in a physical altercation? The natural response should have been to intervene and separate them, not stand there cheering them on. Just imagine if that little girl had ended up losing her life - the guilt that would haunt the other person for the rest of their days.