Without knowing the facts of what the situation was at the time the video was taken, we cannot jump to any conclusion regarding the attacker other than the fact that an attack was being recorded, it was what it was an attack that is all, but what really begs the question to me is what the hell was the incident being recorded for, why was the camera operator not stopping the situation, as if they had acted to stop the situation perhaps there would not have been a recording for the internet audience?
Just what is it with some people that they can do this, record such an attack and not make efforts to stop it ? Is it a fact with the advent of pocketable digital recording devices with almost instant transmission to such audience providers as Youtube, we have become a population of voyeurs and with some sick voyeurs ?
Because that is what the video recorder could be for recording the situation and not trying to stop it and what was going through the video recorder's mind to record the incident and for it to end up on the internet where the hue and cry can be emotionally challenged to rant and rave.
And then there is places like here, web forums and such where someone has found such a recording on the internet and links it so others may view after having said what it is about, why is it some feel the need to go and view, when they already know what it contains, are some people that negative they just need to add more negativity to their lives ?
For those that just have to go and view, do you not know you are being desensitised to violence, and in being desensitised, you could become blase to future violence and treat it as so matter of fact, part of life, when it is a fact it is not part of many people's lives.
Violence should be seen as a severe negative in life, not the neutrality it appears to be, we should be aspiring to become non violent, not pandering to our primitive beginnings, but in this constant barrage of violence we are subject to via mostly passive means, we are taking it as just part of life, but in doing so, we are not outraged when our leaders seek to solve political problems with violence, could it be war is still allowed in this civilised world because violence is not considered the evil it should be ?
But as to law, this situation where there was a witness that gathered video evidence, but did not attempt to stop the violence, could it be the evidence recorder in this situation could actually be complicit in whatever harm was caused to the victim ?
