Chapter One Of The Tipping Point

I think that the number of people who got STD's went down because people were more cautious out of fear. Fear can be extremely powerful.
Once the number went down when the clinics cut back, the STD's made a comeback, I think mostly because there was less treatment. Also, I think people probably thought everything was safe again because the number had gone down significantly.
I agree with the 80/20 Principle because most criminals, when they get away with one thing, they do it again, and then again and again. They get addicted to the adrinalen rush it gives them. They just keep doing it, again and again. I think it is also true about motorists. If a person isn't the best driver, they are more likely to get into more than one accident. If you get into one accident, it shows that you have a weakness. Sometimes, the driver doesn't realize it, or they isn't able to get over it.
I think that people who have the AIDS virus, and know it, are just digusting for giving it to other people. It is so incredibly selfish. Do they realize that they are destroying someone's life? What could possibly go through someone's head when they decide to infect another person just because they want to have sex? It's just too horrible. Those people are just sick. It makes me so mad that they are killing these people and they don't even care. It's just too awful to think about. Usually these people don't just infect one person, they infect mulitiple people. How could someone do that? Do they not have a concince? I mean I could never do that, ever. It just disgusts me beyond words.
When he talks about what is going on in Baltimore just kind of baffels me. If you know that the city you live in, has a high rate of STD's why would you put yourself in a position that could possibly infect you too? Why would you even stay in that part of town? If I knew that the place where I lived had a high rate of STD's, I would move. I don't want to have an STD, and I'm guessing that most people don't want one either.
The story about Kitty Genovese infuriates me. If I saw someone in trouble, whether it be they were ill or about to be murdered or something else, I would help them. I feel that everyone has a responsiblity to help each other out because it could just as easily be you. 38 people heard this woman scream and no one called or tried to help. That is just too terrible beyond words. It makes me so angry. If they had been in that position they would want someone else to help, so why didn't they? It's so incredibly selfish. How are we supposed to survive and live in peace if we don't look out for one another? It reminds me of a poem by Pastor Martin Niemoller, "First They Came".

They came first for the Communists,

and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews,

and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for the trade unionists,

and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics,

and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me,

and by that time no one was left to speak up.

This reminded me of this instance because he did the exact same thing as the 38 people who didn't report or try to help out. He lived in during the time of Hitler's reign and he narrowly escaped death. But he is just an example of someone who didn't speak out, and then when it finally happened to him, there was no one to help him.