Unfortunately I am not surprised. Nauseated, frightened, saddened..., but not surprised. The capper was afterwards when no one would acknowledge her after they had just abused her. Reminds me of the Milgram experiment.

This is awful! Thanks for sharing.

I have to say it's sad and depressing to read this. I've never seen such group human acts towards a defenseless person with my own eyes but it reminded me of some book and movie scenes. The artist noted: “This work reveals something terrible about humanity. It shows how fast a person can hurt you under favorable circumstances. It shows how easy it is to dehumanize a person who does not fight, who does not defend himself. It shows that if he provides the stage, the majority of ‘normal’ people, apparently can become truly violent.”

Due to humans' propensity to act like sheep, I wonder, if the first few people had responded with love, kindness and graciousness, the event would have turned out much less cruel and violent.

On a brighter note, I'm glad I get to witness random act of kindness from strangers every day

Imagine if there were some present who objected to her mistreatment before it got so utterly obscene. Maybe some did, but there's no mention of it.

Imagine if there had been some present who had offered some of their clothing to replace her razor-shredded attire and thereby to protect her body from the onslaught of cutting. Would the abusers have dared to shred other people's clothes?

I had to force myself to read the article. How far do some people go just because they think they can get away with it? Are they testing her? If all the people had been "nice" to her would an article have been written about the event at all? Bad news sell papers comes to mind.

This certainty reveals some disturbing things about human nature.