Zero Empathy in Seoul following mass stampede

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In a shocking story, a unamed K-pop star caused mass stampede in an outdoor Halloween event in Seoul South Korea.

The crowds of young people paid little heed to the hundreds crushed underfoot in order to get a glimpse of their idol.
The death toll from the stampede is now at least 151 and injured about 150 others, including 19 foreigners (that number is expected rise).
https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/dist ... 8315ec5622

What makes this story worse is that hundreds of people witnessing the dead bodies chose to continue dancing and singing as ambulances piled up the dead (see below)





People in South Korea are condemning the young people who continued to party over the dead bodies but I am wondering if this how they have been bought up? when you have a nation of tiger mom's forcing their children to be selfish and self-centred in order to succeed perhaps the parents to blame for this horrific lack of empathy for their peers who lay dead around them.

This story is most bizarre in how a 20 year old can be totally devoid of feeling for another dead 20yr old lying a few feet away??

The life of a typical young South Korean is a living hell anyway. They might have been indifferent to the event.

People are blaming a celebrity for all this, all because he arrived at the spot so people rushed to see him causing this stampede to happen. I would hate to be a famous celebrity and be blamed for other people's stupidity because of my existence. They have a right to live a life too you know.

I personally can't understand how other people can stand being in such tightly packed crowds. You can't even see anything when you're surrounded by so many people. You can't move or breathe or think. It's a known fact that no animal, no matter how social it naturally is, takes well to overcrowding, and that includes humans.

Of course, I do know in some other cultures people don't have as much personal space.

This was found on a News Corp site, it's most likely total BS. I once proposed banning all Murdoch sourced content on WP perhaps I'll resubmit that proposal.

I do wonder how much situational awareness the partiers had. They may not have realized the severity. If someone just partied in one street and saw one ambulance, they may have figured someone passed out/got sick or something.

Also, I can actually see things being made much worse if random passersby tried to help. There's a reason we have professionals for this sort of thing. Regular people getting involved could have accidentally caused injury, delayed the professionals, etc.

Not letting everyone in the crowd off the hook, but I'm a little suspicious about how quickly the blame's being spread around.

I would guess they were in shock.It would be too much to take in.

i suppose dressing up as a dead K-pop fan for Halloween would be in bad taste.