Today had a disturbing ending to it, and ive got in, not done much, been mellowed out, which then developed in to a lethargic mood and its going downhill a bit.
I spent time wondering why ive had the downturn, and i know why now.
Some kid got hit by a car earlier, and our bus had to stop, and we had to walk home from dp, as the road was closed off. A lot of us had to walk past the scene and the boy was unconscious on the floor. I looked over, and from the brief view i got, i saw blood on his head, he was in a neck brace and had paramedics etc around him. Loads of the people that were on my bus just started staring and stopped to watch. I was like what the fuck are they doing?! Theres one thing being curious, and theres a whole new level to it.. Stopping and watching a fucking kid be resussitated and shit?! Why?!!?
After this i was walking with kev and this other guy back toward hythe, and i released my frustration, and explained it to them. This guy said he had to walk on cos it reminded him of him and his brother, his brother was hit by a car when this guy was 10 and his brother was 12, and he died in his arms.
Ive never had anything like that happen to me before, and i wont pretend to understand how soul destroying that would be, i didnt know how to react. Other than pull a face and be like ahh shit.
Frankly, i was sickened by the people who stopped. A lot were my friends, and to have the stomach to stand and watch someone in that state, to stare, like dirty fucking gannets spying out for the last bit of meat on a scavenged corpse. I felt a hatred. Not a hatred toward them, well i guess kind of, but more a hatred to the human race, and the fact that it controlled them.
Is the human brain, the thing so powerful and amazing that weak to factors as such? Can people really be nosey to such an extent theyre willing to watch some boy on the floor, who may even die given the circumstances? Yet these people can still watch, just stand there and absorb whats happening? No doubt tomorrow it will be discussed like some piece of gossip. It disgusts me.
I dont understand how someone could do that. The kid on the floor was another human being, it was doubtful he was related to any of them, and theyre willing to see him in a state such as that because they cant help their dirty little eyes.
It makes you wonder just how merciless the misdeed of our race is.
Eugh.
I disagree with this.
ReplyDeleteI was at Buxton in February last year and a man got hit by a truck and it was the same sort of situation, blood, police, cordoning tape, ambulance, pregnant girlfriend and everyone on the highstreet stopped and watched, myself included.
It's instinctive nature for humans to be inquizitive, it obviously isn't the case for you, but people want to know, out of nature.
If it wasn't for this want and thirst of knowledge then the human race wouldn't have progressed to where it is now, there's also the factor of concern as well.
It's sick but these sorts of incidents don't happen often too , especially in DP which also acts as a sort of draw. If you were a forensic officer or a policeman on the other hand, it'll be common place and hold no real attraction.
By the way, the kid was Charlie Bulfin and he's fine, he was on Facebook later on that evening saying about how people shouldn't blame the driver as it was his fault and how he's fine except from a few scratches.