Yahoo! News - Gangs Busted for Forcing Disabled to Beg
This headline conjures up visions of gangs with knives & guns pointed at people in wheel chairs shouting things like "On your knees or we don't give you back your motorized wheel controller!"
In reality, the article states: 'Spanish police have broken up two Romanian gangs and arrested 15 people on suspicion of smuggling physically-disabled immigrants into Spain and forcing them to beg on the streets, officials said on Wednesday.' Which is harsh & not a funny thing at all.
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It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. He appeals to the universal desire to see, hear, and speak no evil. The victim, on the contrary, asks the bystander to share the burden of pain. The victim demands action, engagement, and remembering.
