there is a saying in china, "hao ren mei hao bao' meaning one is not appreciated by being a good guy and bad stuff would instead happen.
the fact that there is such a saying must be because it occasionally applies, else no such saying would arise.
believe there is a similar sentiment saying in english, say "it doesn't pay to be the good guy" or some such.
there have been cases where bystanders injected themselves to a situation where they perceive that nothing they do would come to any good for themselves, i.e.
- kid lost, kind stranger gets hold of kid and talks to kid to determine where parents are, and then accused by cretin parents of all manner of unsavory acts, for whatever moronic motive or just stupidity or very worst, a trap set by migrant workers
re above, my brother once saved a kid wondering on to the street, and simply held on to the kid's hand and started shouting, "who is this kid's parents" on top of his lungs. but then my brother is different.
- the driver of the car that ran down the kid called the father and offered money without letting on he was the driver. the father rejected apparent offer of donation and said he really only wanted to see the culprit caught
- the second driver simply did not see kid in time due to whatever he claims
- both drivers turned themselves in
now, we ask ourself, as such hit n run must also happen in america, would the drivers have turned themselves in? doubtful.
and as bystanders ignoring someone in need must also happen in america, would such news hit the front page of main stream papers and end up as a story in the financial times? of course not.
above is a more complete story of the little kid who got killed.
i am in beijing now, and the morning news is on, featuring some story about a pregnant lady in shanghai having been saved from some incident by 4 or 5 strangers. do we think the story would end up on the financial times? tell me a funny one. |
