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| The price of non-intervention. What can a video teach about how a grandfather caught a robber? |
| 2023-10-29 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sofia Kapanina [REGNUM] We miss good news. This was exactly what my first thought was after the day when the news about a man who helped detain a robber who stole a child’s phone spread across Telegram channels and the media simply with lightning speed. Although, it would seem... just a boy, just a man who helped a child on the street. But this emotion of absolutely crystalline, pure kindness is what we all lacked. Among the flow of other news, this kind man with his immediate sincerity is like a breath of fresh air. Such a reminder to all of us that kindness is okay. Helping the weak is natural. And good things are rewarded. We were shown a good fairy tale that happened in reality. And every fairy tale has a moral. And this role is played by another hero of this video. You know, I saw this news almost immediately. But at first I watched this video without sound. Therefore, looking at a man who, casting a quick glance at a child and two struggling people, quickens his pace - I thought that this was partly indifference, partly this culture of “new ethics” - do not interfere unless you are asked, do not be intrusive, do not go ahead, don't interfere. And then I watched the video with sound. And then again. And further. And every time the way this child screamed, tears came out of my eyes absolutely involuntarily. He calls so desperately: “Help!”, he is so frightened and cries so bitterly that it seems to me that you could only pass by if you had no heart at all. And it's not about a stolen phone. A normal person cannot calmly walk past a child who is asking for help so badly. And I looked at the video in more detail - the woman and the man who ran up to help - after all, they were running from almost the other street. This woman - she heard the cry of a child, she didn’t even see him, she runs out from around the corner, and all this time she’s been running. She was far away! But she ran and took the phone from the robber and gave it to the boy. A man rushes to help his grandfather, who is holding a robber... And only one, looking around furtively, passes by. In fairy tales, sometimes there is a hero who does not help the weak, because it seems easier, simpler, more profitable to him. In our reality, it’s “let them figure it out themselves!” That same new ethics taught us delicacy for so long that somehow imperceptibly this delicacy turned into indifference. But a fairy tale is just a fairy tale, because, unlike life in it, such a hero must eventually noticeably lose something. Surely our shy character did not think that he would end up on camera. And I certainly had no idea how popular this video would become. And so he did not show his best side in front of millions of fellow citizens, among whom were probably his acquaintances and even relatives. He appeared cowardly and soulless. Imagine for a second that he has a son of the same age? And this son saw his dad calmly passing by. And his son’s friends saw him. And friends' parents... Did he feel ashamed? Does he have an explanation for his son? In a fairy tale he would definitely feel ashamed, but in life I’m not sure, although I hope. Well, at least now he knows exactly how disgusting this “my house is on the edge” looks from the outside. I really want to speak in a language they understand to those who would also pass by. If (God forbid) you find yourself in such a situation, it may seem to you that the best thing to do is to “keep a low profile” and pretend that nothing unusual is happening. But remember: you may be filmed by a camera. In the old ethics we had a conscience for this. And in the new reality - at least cameras. Do not pass by, at least so that others do not think that you are an indifferent coward. Reality with the “House-2” effect - now someone is always looking at you. And so that later you won’t be ashamed in front of your friends, relatives and your own son. Well, the main element of a fairy tale, of course, is that the positive hero in it is rewarded. In our fairy tale, the brave grandfather was given a certificate for a car by the evening, and the next day he was given a TV. In life, goodness is not always so quickly and tangibly rewarded. But it is not done for reward. |
| Posted by:badanov |