Dumbledore's Unspeakable Word

[pippin_999]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Barry Arrowsmith"
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> Kneasy:
> I've done so, and love had nothing to do with it. It was because I
was  there and no-one else was. If one considers oneself human one
accepts certain obligations towards others, it's an inbuilt almost
automatic reflex.
> Doing nothing was not an option that I could comfortably live with
<snip awe-inspiring account of bravery>

Pippin:
Ah, but Kneasy, how did you know you wouldn't have been able to live
with it? If that was  programmed into the genes, poor Kitty
Genovese would have lived to a ripe old age...you can call it 'love'
or 'social conditioning' or 'elevated levels of oxytocin' but it seems
if we're not  reminded that we have the power to help one another, we 
won't do it. 

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predato
rs/kitty_genovese/1.html?sect=2

Pippin