I hope the ubiquity of cell phones can prevent future crowd surge disasters - by alerting others in the area that there is a dangerous level of crowding.
What's it called when one always looks to others to solve important problems?
"I'm not the right one for this job, but it's vital someone do it!" --> Nobody feels sufficiently empowered to take action and the opportunity is lost to the sands of time.
Well, that’s one way to respond I suppose. I don’t have the connections to Apple or Android teams to make this possible, so I did the only thing I could: tried to make this helpful idea more visible. Foolish me for not keeping quiet I suppose.
To be clear, my intent is not to single you out. I apologize if my reply came across this way. I tried to phrase it in a neutral way but in hindsight this was not sufficient in the comms department.
My hope was to shed light on this phenomenon and learn how we, collectively, may do better.
Seriously, my bad. Please don't stay quiet when your intentions are good! Speaking up can be the first step towards a better future. <3
> A few people rushed and it was only a few
"It's just the thugs and the scabs fooling you"
A man grabbed his daughter and carried her down
But the thugs held the door and he could not get out
> And then others followed, a hundred or more
But most everybody remained on the floor
The gun thugs they laughed at their murderous joke
While the children were smothered on the stairs by the door
> Such a terrible sight I never did see
We carried our children back up to their tree
The scabs outside still laughed at their spree
And the children that died there were seventy-three