# WTF!!! (Bystanders ignore child run over by truck in China) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 4, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918 "2012-05-04T20:06:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/21 "2012-05-04T21:32:16Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > No, Obama _has china_. Yeah, it’s in the dish room. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/22 "2012-05-04T21:50:34Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > China, **Rand**. China. Did you miss that part? China. Clearly, Obama is trying to turn the US into China, and so what you’re seeing in that video is Obama’s vision for America’s future. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/23 "2012-05-04T21:53:23Z")
Jesus that kid _still_ hasn’t learned how to cross the street? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/24 "2012-05-04T21:56:43Z")
Their actions are totally logical taking into account the legal and cultural conditions there, notice a vagrant helped the child. Thats because stories of good samaritans snared by scam artists or bankrupted by the victims have filled Chinese media. Basically China is much like the USA in the health care arena, and perhaps even worse! So having an accident like this someone has to pay your hospital bill, if you are poor you lie and say it was the person who helped you to the hospital. Judges think someone helping someone shows guilt, why else would you help someone? Seriously do research and you will see Chinese law and culture is to blame for this cluster fuck, hope something changes. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/25 "2012-05-04T22:19:37Z")
Obama ran over a kid named China? What’s the world coming to? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/26 "2012-05-04T22:23:31Z")
Is this kid related to the blind disident? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/27 "2012-05-04T22:28:34Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Now I don’t even glance up from my paper unless it’s a freight train going through a daycare center. I told you not build that damn thing on the train tracks. > [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Welcome to Obama’s America. Are you going to take my order or what? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/28 "2012-05-04T22:31:35Z")
> [@](#): > > I told you not build that damn thing on the train tracks. You had _one_ job!.. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/29 "2012-05-04T23:50:38Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I laughed. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/30 "2012-05-05T02:58:46Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Welcome to Obama’s America. > [@Munch](#): > > I laughed. Umm, good? Well, now that you’ve had your fun, could you explain it? My first thought was that in “Obama’s America,” people are so dissipated that a story about a small child being left to die by several bystanders after being hit by a truck causes them emotional distress. That doesn’t seem to fit well with **RR** ’s standard complaints about President Obama, though, so could you do the honors? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/31 "2012-05-05T03:19:20Z")
OK, I’ll explain. 1. RO threads are stupid. They deserve to be hijacked often and repeatedly. 2. RO threads about incidents that are so completely outrageous that anyone besides Hitler would be totally outraged are especially stupid. There’s kind of an inverse thing going on here–I’m more OK with RO threads if someone creatively finds the outrage or at least exhibits their niche outrage interest or does something interesting ferbleedingchrissakes. Saying that it’s terrible when a kid is killed and no one cares is not interesting (aside–as is par for the course from our esteemed OP–the guy is mayo on white bread as far as interesting goes). 3. RO threads about old incidents that have already been covered to death on the SDMB are doubly especially stupid. So I thought I would throw some spice in the mix and tweak the squares. You are welcome. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/32 "2012-05-05T03:21:35Z")
Sounds like this is great news for the McCain campaign! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/33 "2012-05-05T03:24:52Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > \ > > So I thought I would throw some spice in the mix and tweak the squares. You are welcome. Was the spice marijuana and the squares brownies perchance? I too find I am having RO fatigue. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/34 "2012-05-05T03:26:58Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Sounds like this is great news for the McCain campaign! Vote McCain! We protest dead toddlers, more or less. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/35 "2012-05-05T03:52:00Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Modding] > I’ve edited the title to make the content more clear. > [/Modding] Thanks > [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > OK, I’ll explain. > > 1. RO threads are stupid. They deserve to be hijacked often and repeatedly. > > 2. RO threads about incidents that are so completely outrageous that anyone besides Hitler would be totally outraged are especially stupid. There’s kind of an inverse thing going on here–I’m more OK with RO threads if someone creatively finds the outrage or at least exhibits their niche outrage interest or does something interesting ferbleedingchrissakes. Saying that it’s terrible when a kid is killed and no one cares is not interesting (aside–as is par for the course from our esteemed OP–the guy is mayo on white bread as far as interesting goes). > > 3. RO threads about old incidents that have already been covered to death on the SDMB are doubly especially stupid. > > So I thought I would throw some spice in the mix and tweak the squares. You are welcome. What is RO? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/36 "2012-05-05T03:53:18Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > OK, I’ll explain. > > 1. RO threads are stupid. They deserve to be hijacked often and repeatedly. > > 2. RO threads about incidents that are so completely outrageous that anyone besides Hitler would be totally outraged are especially stupid. There’s kind of an inverse thing going on here–I’m more OK with RO threads if someone creatively finds the outrage or at least exhibits their niche outrage interest or does something interesting ferbleedingchrissakes. Saying that it’s terrible when a kid is killed and no one cares is not interesting (aside–as is par for the course from our esteemed OP–the guy is mayo on white bread as far as interesting goes). > > 3. RO threads about old incidents that have already been covered to death on the SDMB are doubly especially stupid. > > So I thought I would throw some spice in the mix and tweak the squares. You are welcome. Well thank God we’ve got you then. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/37 "2012-05-05T03:59:29Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > What is RO? It’s how Kim-Jung Un wore his pants during his short-lived gangsta rap phase. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/38 "2012-05-05T04:06:39Z")
I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/39 "2012-05-05T04:15:13Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > What is RO? Real Ornery. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918/40 "2012-05-05T04:39:55Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > What is RO? I’ll field this one with a serious answer: Recreational Outrage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-bystanders-ignore-child-run-over-by-truck-in-china/620918.md?page=3)