On The Cornell Fuckup

The Bystander Effect was pointed up by the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens, NYC.

"I just didn't want to get involved."

 -and -

“It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. He appeals to the universal desire to see, hear, and speak no evil. The victim, on the contrary, asks the bystander to share the burden of pain. The victim demands action, engagement, and remembering.”

--Judith Herman, MD - Trauma and Recovery