General Lighting wrote:
unfortunately I fear so
We now live in a climate where people share the training pics of trauma injuries from RTCs and violence (that are often uploaded to teaching hospitals sites) for “entertainment”, and more and more people, particularly young men in inner cities, have actually seen at first hand the aftermath of road collision injuries and/or violence, but are unfazed by it.
People have also become extremely desensetised to images of gore and destruction because they are so commonplace nowadays, particularly with the war.
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I agree with u re the photos etc and the desensitization/compassion fatigue, but the reportd unfazedness is either lies or self-defence, witnessing violence causes psychological/emotional damage.
Plus seeing footage or being a road side witness is a world away from being part of a professional team trying to save someone’s life.
Get a person away from their friends, their comfort zone, straight and sober and close enough to see, hear and smell, get them involved in helping that real human being, put them in an environment where its safe to show their reaction and i can almost guarante you’ll permanently change their perspective.
i’m not talking about career crims or psychopaths just ur average pillock who uses their mobile whilst driving.
Also regarding ‘morbid’ curiosity. It’s not BAD to be curious about what people look like when they’re dead, disfigured etc. The medical profession has stolen death away from people. What is more natural than dying? But how many people nowadays have been with somebody at that stage of their life?
In modern times, in this country, most of us never see death etc so it is entirely natural to be curious. The fact that it’s taboo makes it all the more fascinating. Once you’ve seen it it ceases to become titillating.
And young men of today are no different to men at any other point. Testosterone has always led to rights of passage, pain, fear, danger, disgust. It’s simply a new interpretation. I’m not saying i like it but . . .
