Mario, Your explanation is sound, but it still makes me crazy that people don't call 911, get the operator # and report what they hear.
Especially in a neighborhood like ours where this so-called sense of community is paid so much freakin' lip service. Disgust springs to my lips at this behavior. Sande Knight ----- Original Message ----- From: Mario Giorno<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: SKnight<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Jimmi Badger<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; univcity@list.purple.com<mailto:univcity@list.purple.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [UC] attempted robbery at 48th and Warrington Jimmi, I'm sorry were neglected like that last night. The moral apathy and fear in the general public is often one of the main reason that a large amount of crimes committed against persons and property go unsolved and the criminals that perpetrate them go unpunished. The fact is that the the average person doesn't want to get involved in an emergency or crime situation, because they either fear that getting involved means that they themselves will get hurt or blamed in some cases for wrong-doing, even when they were just trying to help. That leads us to moral apathy, or just simply not carry and ignoring the situation. People in the modern world lead very separate lives both physically and psychologically. We often go out of our way to ensure our privacy and not bump into people. We choose the sphere of humanity that we wish to interact with and ignore all others - even in dire situations where life may be on the line. We have gated communities and security systems in our homes to keep the bad guys at a distance. Unfortunately we also keep many of our neighbors and the members of our communities at arms distance as well. It's a shame, because by simply introducing yourself to your neighbors and becoming friends with the people you physically live next to you almost immediately create a sense of community that makes people want to help each other and come to their aid. It's when we remain distant from our neighbors that we create the opposite effect, moral apathy. Suggested reading or viewing: The movies "Crash", "The Incident", and "Grand Canyon", and the short story "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs." Mario Giorno 36 S. 48th Street Philadelphia, PA 19139 On 1/16/07, SKnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: It is possible that someone reported your noises, but since it was Saturday night around 11p, there may have been so many other crimes going on that a report of noise just didn't make the heirarchy of response. Noise being reported can't compete with attempted murder or armed robbery. I can't speak for anyone except myself, but I can tell you that when I hear a loud noise of any kind that sounds questionable, I call 911 to report it. It is a mystery to me why people don't automatically call 911 at the first sound of anything that doesn't sound quite right. Incidentally, I live near 47th on Windsor so I would not have heard your cries. What happened to you is terrifying indeed because it could have happened to any of us. Sande Knight ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmi Badger<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: univcity@list.purple.com<mailto:univcity@list.purple.com> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11<javascript:void(0)>:52 PM Subject: [UC] attempted robbery at 48th and Warrington Around 11pm this past Saturday evening on the 4800 block of Warrington Ave, a friend and i were targets of an attempted robbery. No one was injured, and nothing was taken; we're fine. I'm still mad, though. The other night, i was yelling as loudly and as foully as i know how in the middle of a quiet residential street. No extra lights came on. No one opened a door or a window to see what the fuss was about. As far as i can tell, no one called 911 to report the fight in the street. The aggressor finally ran off as a car turned onto the street. I walked up to that car, waving my arms and gesturing for the driver to stop. The tires rolled by inches from my boots. The car barely slowed down. The driver didn't even turn to look at me. Maybe if it had, the police could have been out fast enough to catch the stupid jerk. By the time we reached a safe house and made the call, the would-be robber had also found a safe place. That person is still out there (i'm not posting a description because it matches how many thousand people in this city and won't help you any more than it did Southwest Detectives) looking for the next mark. That person is still out there because someone refused to even look at a couple of scared kids in the street, because a whole block full of people didn't go see what was happening. I know you all have plenty of kvetching to do about free range doggies and local real estate & Realtors (tm) and little green men and McPenntrification-Friends of Clark Park-Illuminati conspiracy theories, so i'll let you carry on. Just keep an eye on the real world, too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited.<http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/>
