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Woman raped on US train as bystanders do nothing (dawn.com)
3 points by baybal2 on Oct 18, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Terrifying. I have been randomly assaulted (not a woman, it was a physical assault) on a train in Vienna once. Everybody was surprised and scared and nobody did a thing. I got out not seriously injured by sheer fortune.

It's probably a fact of our alienated urban environment where everybody is an untrusted stranger anyway and nobody wants to take even minimal responsibility.

I bet such things happen way less in rural environments and in more tight knitted communities.




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