shocked & shaken up, & demoralized with the concept of humanity

[bitchmagnet]

i just returned from seeing this man get brutally bashed at flinders st. this asshole just came up to him & started punching his head for no reason. it happened a few centimetres away from me - i was walking a metre behind the guy who got bashed when it happened so i saw everything. the attacker brushed up against me as he grabbed the guy infront

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[dissolvedpet]

humanity is no word to use when trying to describe something that could be beautiful and true

[bitchmagnet]

to me the word "humanity" means one's ability to connect with another & reach to some common sense of understanding. to show compassion for other human beings. to realise that we're all connected in some way.

did that really happen to you? that fucking sucks. it must feel so awful to be bashed in public & have everyone just stand around watching instead of intervening. to quote courtney, "are you gonna sit & watch me while i drown?".

i guess the people gave him smokes because they feared that if they didn't, he would bash them too. that's why i didn't really try to stop the guy tonight. because i feared that he'd hurt me too. i'm gutless.

the socialist idea that selfishness is not part of human nature was sort of proven wrong for me tonight. well, self-preservation, anyway. if self-preservation was not innate, then people would put themselves at risk to intervene in violent situations such as this one. but they rarely do.

[dissolvedpet]

it was the middle of a sunday at greensborough station. i was off in wonderland staring at the sky and suddenly this guys just grabs me...

its not about being gutless, its never that simple.
some people dont jump in because they know that one person jumping in on their own is not going to do much good and could just end up worse.
somepeople dont jump in because they dont care.
some people dont jump in because they freeze.
there are millions of reasons why people dont jump in. it doesnt really matter. it happens on so many levels of our society, like one of those chaos images where if you zoom in on the tiniest detail, its exactly the same as the bigger one.

[missloves]

disgust.
*shivers* this world and the ppl in it can really disgust me. ugh.
thats fucked.
and so sad.
one of the reasons i never wanna have kids.
the world is a sick sick place.
i hope the guy is okay.

[vagrantkid]

Don't give up on humanity. The thing is, you need the bad stuff to balance out the good stuff... I'm being real vague.... it's like ultra violet and Infra Red... opposite sides of the spectrum and all but still in euqal existance...if you took away UV, the spectrum would be smaller and thus less... beautiful?
I don't know what I'm talking about.

[bitchmagnet]

yes, i know exactly what you mean.

but it can also work in the opposite way too. now when i go to the city, all i see is the negativity in everything. when strangers come up to me, i automatically fear they're going to bash me, whereas before i wasn't so suspecting of everyone around me.

[mystic_triad]

r u going to be okay.

if you wanna talk with me about it, you can.

i have experienced something similar

[bitchmagnet]

thanks brett, that's really nice!

i think i'll be fine. i'm a bit shaken up & scared to go out in public but it will go away. i was freaked thinking the guy may have been dead, but it hasn't been on the news today so i'm sure he's okay. surely if someone was murdered @ flinders st it'd be all over the media, but it hasn't. so he's probably recovering in hospital or whatever.

i'm not sure if i can come on thursday anymore. apart from being scared off public tranport for life, my wallet has been stolen today too, meaning that a) i can't get into the city & b) i have no money to do anything in the city even if i can get there. but i may come. hopefully it will be returned before then.

[mystic_triad]

i'm sure we can all pitch in money for a movie ticket and food. and i think lewis is driving in, maybe if you ask him, he could pick you up. im sure he wouldn't mind.

i haven't even heard from simon yet, and i know rochelle cant make it

please try to come, i'll protect u, or at the very least if we get chased, you only have to out run me.

be happy, please

[mystic_triad]

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