In response to the first part of the OP, I think that what happened is horrible, and so will most people who learn about it. Most everyone will feel compassion for that little girl, the mother, and father, and feel anger/hatred for the killers. The jurors in that trial will feel the need for justice and send them to long sentences or death. For the most part, people are good.
I think also that most criminals still live by that code. If someone goes to jail for child molestation or child murder and it is known, many times that person will get the shit beat out of them or even killed when they go in.
In response to the second part regarding what is wrong with society in general, I think that is a very complex topic and there is no single answer to that question. It can really be looked at in so many ways.
On the one hand there is social engineering and conditioning. Television is a huge culprit here. It's nothing more than a big hypnosis machine, feeding the subconscious subliminally with all kinds of things, some intentional, some not, but it programs people subconsciously nonetheless.
The problem is whenever you watch the news and many shows there's lots of violence, murder, rage, and general negativity. There's lots of programs with good stuff too, but most programs IMO have lots of bad stuff that is 'dramatic' or 'exciting'. In part this can be very entertaining, but at the same time it does program people through repetition of themes. Especially the news. You never see good happy stuff on there.
An interesting movie I saw recently was 'Bowling for Columbine'. I'm not a huge Michael Moore fan but one thing that really stood out to me was when they went to Canada and no one had their doors locked and there is almost no violence there. The last murder in the particular city was like 5 years previous. You look at the news and it is not all doom and gloom and negativity. It's happy stuff. The people there were happy and friendly. Now, that movie may be one sided (In fact knowing Michael Moore it is most certainly very one sided), but that bit seemed interesting and to me obvious. It's called social programming.
You go into a big city like New York, and it's very crowded and people are very busy so it is logical that most people would become immune to seeing people as people, they are just a part of the environment that is constant, so you need to learn to ignore. Also for many reasons (some of which is social programming) you 'know' that there are many people you can't trust (which is true) especially in a big dangerous city so there is a safety mechanism inside most people. But...
I think a lot of people being unfriendly comes down to fear and insecurity, and a desire for social acceptance. You go onto a subway and everyone is sitting next to each other and trying not to make eye contact with anyone else. There is complete silence. You look at most everyone's body language and you can see tension. There is an inner conflict going on inside of them, because a part of them wants to be social, but they don't because they don't want to stand out and be vulnerable, especially on a packed train with a bunch of people around and complete silence.
Then someone comes on to that same train and isn't afraid to talk and in fact doesn't care who is listening, so they let it all hang out, whether they're with a friend talking and laughing or on the phone and really into their conversation or whether they decide to chat up that cute girl sitting across from them . All eyes and ears are on that interaction and you can see people start to loosen up, relieved that there is something to distract them from the uneasy fear induced knot in their gut. You can see a softening in their eyes and a curiousity. They are interested in what is going on, relieved that the attention is now off of them and their fear of stepping out of what's 'socially acceptable' and the norm, many wishing they had the balls to be that open and care-free.
It is very often fear that makes people seem cold and uncaring. Really they are lonely and wish they could step out of their box and would if the opportunity presented itself, but not if they have to make the first move. It's just a social mask. Most people are nice and warm and good, just scared. That's what I think anyway.
I think also that most criminals still live by that code. If someone goes to jail for child molestation or child murder and it is known, many times that person will get the shit beat out of them or even killed when they go in.
In response to the second part regarding what is wrong with society in general, I think that is a very complex topic and there is no single answer to that question. It can really be looked at in so many ways.
On the one hand there is social engineering and conditioning. Television is a huge culprit here. It's nothing more than a big hypnosis machine, feeding the subconscious subliminally with all kinds of things, some intentional, some not, but it programs people subconsciously nonetheless.
The problem is whenever you watch the news and many shows there's lots of violence, murder, rage, and general negativity. There's lots of programs with good stuff too, but most programs IMO have lots of bad stuff that is 'dramatic' or 'exciting'. In part this can be very entertaining, but at the same time it does program people through repetition of themes. Especially the news. You never see good happy stuff on there.
An interesting movie I saw recently was 'Bowling for Columbine'. I'm not a huge Michael Moore fan but one thing that really stood out to me was when they went to Canada and no one had their doors locked and there is almost no violence there. The last murder in the particular city was like 5 years previous. You look at the news and it is not all doom and gloom and negativity. It's happy stuff. The people there were happy and friendly. Now, that movie may be one sided (In fact knowing Michael Moore it is most certainly very one sided), but that bit seemed interesting and to me obvious. It's called social programming.
You go into a big city like New York, and it's very crowded and people are very busy so it is logical that most people would become immune to seeing people as people, they are just a part of the environment that is constant, so you need to learn to ignore. Also for many reasons (some of which is social programming) you 'know' that there are many people you can't trust (which is true) especially in a big dangerous city so there is a safety mechanism inside most people. But...
I think a lot of people being unfriendly comes down to fear and insecurity, and a desire for social acceptance. You go onto a subway and everyone is sitting next to each other and trying not to make eye contact with anyone else. There is complete silence. You look at most everyone's body language and you can see tension. There is an inner conflict going on inside of them, because a part of them wants to be social, but they don't because they don't want to stand out and be vulnerable, especially on a packed train with a bunch of people around and complete silence.
Then someone comes on to that same train and isn't afraid to talk and in fact doesn't care who is listening, so they let it all hang out, whether they're with a friend talking and laughing or on the phone and really into their conversation or whether they decide to chat up that cute girl sitting across from them . All eyes and ears are on that interaction and you can see people start to loosen up, relieved that there is something to distract them from the uneasy fear induced knot in their gut. You can see a softening in their eyes and a curiousity. They are interested in what is going on, relieved that the attention is now off of them and their fear of stepping out of what's 'socially acceptable' and the norm, many wishing they had the balls to be that open and care-free.
It is very often fear that makes people seem cold and uncaring. Really they are lonely and wish they could step out of their box and would if the opportunity presented itself, but not if they have to make the first move. It's just a social mask. Most people are nice and warm and good, just scared. That's what I think anyway.
