Tuesday, November 30, 2010

South African Domestic Violence Video

Okay, so it's not exactly humor, though there's fodder for some bitter satire in this tale of two situations.  It is worth a look if you haven't yet seen this South African video gone viral.  POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse) set up a simple experiment and then filmed it.  First a guy played drums in a townhouse complex.  A camera outside recorded the noise levels escaping the townhouse and the neighborhood response - multiple visits to the door asking the drummer to tone it down. Then on another night, the same guy played a tape that sounded like a violent domestic fight complete with crashing and screaming.  From outside it was just as loud, just as constant, but nobody came to the door.  It takes a village alright.

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