At one of the clinics that I care for in Eagan, Minnesota, there is a12-15 story apartment building 2 blocks away. A few days ago, a distraught woman got out onto the roof, and was attempting to jump to her death. Fortunately, the Eagan police go her down.
Many of our nurses and doctors were gawking out the window in excitement and anticipation, enjoying ring side seats to the main attraction. If I was a popcorn vendor, I could have rake it in selling concessions.
The site director was revolted by their behavior, lamenting that if they saw the woman fall and die, then they would have to live with that memory.
I asked her why such skilled, highly paid, highly educated people would be thrilled by such a sight. I told her that I consider it deeply immoral to sit and watch a tragedy, fire or accident unfold. If one is not a first responder or assisting, it is one's moral duty to leave and not watch. The Good Spirits do not approve of our getting our morbid jollies met by watching the suffering of other unfold.
Their eager willingness to watch such indicates again, that the beast inside all of us is a savage creature never far from enjoying gladiators fighting, or cockfights.
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