Like, you want to protect me or something? lol
A vile video capturing a scumbag pulling a shitty move during a fight (or bullying incident) between women. What the hell is he doing all of a sudden? He’s not her older brother, is he? It’s disgusting. From the “China Bullying Series”—which shares glimpses of daily life in China—on dcard.tw, Taiwan’s largest anonymous social platform. Circa September 2022.
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The “Good Samaritan Law” That Changed a Society That Wouldn’t Help
“dcard.tw,” the source of the original video, is one of Taiwan’s largest anonymous social networking sites; founded in 2011 by students from National Taiwan University, it is known as a platform for free expression—in contrast to the real-name-based Facebook—and frequently hosts video series capturing everyday life in China.
In China, getting involved in other people’s disputes has long been a fraught issue. A symbolic example is the “Peng Yu case” of 2006: a 26-year-old man in Nanjing who helped an elderly woman after she fell and took her to the hospital was sued as the person responsible for her injuries; he lost the case despite a lack of clear evidence, based merely on the speculative reasoning that “if he had acted out of a sense of justice, he would have apprehended the actual perpetrator first.” Following this ruling, a sentiment that “it pays not to help” spread through society—with surveys showing that far fewer people said they would offer assistance than those who said they would not—culminating in a 2011 incident where eighteen passersby ignored a toddler involved in an accident. To address this climate of mistrust, China has, since 2017, incorporated provisions into its Civil Code to shield rescuers from legal liability—measures often referred to as “Good Samaritan laws.”
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