Comments on: A Security Guard Chose Not To Intervene While A 19-Year-Old Murdered 16-Year-Old Microblogger Lai Zengyutong http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/a-security-guard-chose-not-to-intervene-in-murder-of-lai-zengyutong/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: laowai88 http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/a-security-guard-chose-not-to-intervene-in-murder-of-lai-zengyutong/#comment-216868 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:31:26 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9496#comment-216868 No one wants to get involved because everyone is scared of the police, plain and simple. Given that they can detain you indefinitely without cause, it’s actually quite logical that people will go out of their way to avoid contact with the police.

]]> By: SeaHorse http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/a-security-guard-chose-not-to-intervene-in-murder-of-lai-zengyutong/#comment-216835 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:04:51 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9496#comment-216835 Nope. Canada is in much better economic shape the most of the world, smaller population, more space, the crime rate is lower than most of the world, the weather makes it almost not worth it to mug someone this time of year besides our police force will probably likely catch you anyways, there are regulations as to who can become a security guard, and we have an educational system which awards good behavior. Of course lesser countries like China would have higher crime rates then us.

However I can’t deny that it -could- theoretically happen. I mean we had at least one school shooting in history even though our country is commonly acknowledged to be vastly better than the States so I -can’t- say we are all good people by blood and country. So the way I see it’s just something that happens in developing nations that are obviously not as clean shaven as we are.

]]> By: MAC http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/a-security-guard-chose-not-to-intervene-in-murder-of-lai-zengyutong/#comment-216833 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:43:11 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9496#comment-216833 Do you really, honestly think the story as described is just as likely to occur in Canada as in China, with a security guard saying “none of my business” and nobody even calling the police?

]]> By: SeaHorse http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/a-security-guard-chose-not-to-intervene-in-murder-of-lai-zengyutong/#comment-216832 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:43:04 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9496#comment-216832 Am I saying it’s China bashing? It sounds to me I am saying I like a specific type of commenter. Or perhaps suggesting that this specific type of commenter is really helping society move forward by pointing out obviously the bystander effect only works on Chinese people.

]]> By: narsfweasels http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/a-security-guard-chose-not-to-intervene-in-murder-of-lai-zengyutong/#comment-216831 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:21:07 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9496#comment-216831 I like how every story aout China has people coming on and shouting “China bashing!” “Bias” “so-called democracy” and “It also happens in America!”. It really helps society move forward.

]]> By: SeaHorse http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/a-security-guard-chose-not-to-intervene-in-murder-of-lai-zengyutong/#comment-216827 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:10:11 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9496#comment-216827 I like how these stories always have commenter suggest the bystander effect only affects people who are Chinese.

]]> By: MAC http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/a-security-guard-chose-not-to-intervene-in-murder-of-lai-zengyutong/#comment-216825 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:28:02 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9496#comment-216825 Attention Chinese people: if you feel that foreigners look down on your country, it’s not because China is a developing country and not fuqiang enough.

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