[silverleaf]

I come from a small town where a woman murdered her boyfriend and her mother helped cut up the body into fish bait

Mom was the butcher at the local Acme

These is no shelter from mankind’s worst traits in any town in the world

Ignoring a child being abused and tortured by its family- almost the norm for America. Just read the stories from social services after the children are abused and murdered. Almost always, “someone knew”.

Read about the case of “baby P” in Britain.

But ignoring a dying chld in the roadway would be extremely unusual for America or Europe, the norm for India, China, parts of Southeast Asia where life is short and cheap.

And mothers celebrating death and teaching children to kill other children and die in the process, in the name of religion...well, we know who does that

[cripplecreek]

I come from a small town where a woman murdered her boyfriend and her mother helped cut up the body into fish bait

Evil can exist anywhere but your example is a far cry from simply looking away. My little town had its first shooting in more than 20 years a couple years back. (estranged husband/wife/boyfriend thing)