Domestic Abuse: Why Do We Stand By?

This particular social experiment struck in multiple ways. One, because I am drummer so I can relate to the beginning of the experiment. But more importantly, my sister was a victim of domestic abuse, so instances like this really hit home with me. In this experiment, a man sets up a drum set in a very tight knit community and starts playing. Naturally, and I’ve experienced this multiple times, one person after another came knocking on the door complaining of the noise. The next night, in the same apartment, he set up a PA system and wired an audio clip of a domestic abuse incident through it. The sound was very audible, almost as audible as the drum set. Yet the really sad part is, not one person knocked on the door to see what was going, or even attempt to help. After watching this I thought to myself, “So I could be playing my own drums, and have complaint after complaint. But when someone is being abused, and you can hear things being smashed around the house, no one is going to say a thing?” What kind of world do we live in when we have no concern for other people, a pretty doomed one that’s what. There’s actually been multiple psychological studies which state that you’re more likely to be helped by those around you, when there are less people around you. It appears the human conscious is wired to put the responsibility on other people, and we will only act when we feel that responsibility is in our hands alone. So remember, if you’re going to get mugged, make sure it happens in a secluded alley way with only a few people around, and not in the middle of time square. Honestly, this video left me truly disgusted, and all I can say, please don’t be a by stander. Show compassion, show concern, and start standing up for each other. Because if we don’t have each other, who do we really have?