1) How would you respond if YOU were attacked so brutally for no reason and

I would defend myself by attacking the attacker.

2)Would you respond if you witnessed some other person being attacked?

The first thing I would do phone the police and try to break it up If couldn't. I would attack the

perpetrators if there had weapons and the victim was a child or female I would still attack. But who knows.

Great thought provoking questions to such an intense video Holy Cannoli-

I can never find the words to express my astonishment at those who do not react in defense of the weak especially being Catholic. It breaks my heart truly to see this and to know that there were others witnessing it and gaining such entertainment from anothers suffering.
The questions you pose are thought provoking and ones I have often thought about this very same scenario. I will NEVER understand how one can just sit there and watch such violence-- let alone RECORD it.

If I were attacked so brutally I would probably deal with the psychological and possibly spiritual demons that would encourage me to lose hope in all good in mankind and possibly seek a form of revenge. After all it's natural instinct to want to get back at those who hurt us especially when we are "innocent" in the matter.

With that said, I know that I would pray fervently in opposition to such inner dealings of the mind and soul. I would commend my self to our Mother and pray the rosary as i know that is a weapon- if not the weapon of choice to attack the demons that would want me to seek revenge. I lay my trust and confidence in Her to guide me back to remembering that NO ONE was more innocent than her son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and that he suffered the worse beating of them all and for those who mocked him, spat on Him, and made his entire body one open gaping wound. i would (after much prayer and contemplation I am sure) offer up my suffering to that of His which in comparison is nothing.

If I saw someone else being attacked, i would intervene if I knew i would not be able save the person on my own i would encourage others to help and if not i would call 911, i would pray, and if God so wanted me and instilled in my heart to do so I'd go for it. I just can't see myself watching, I just can't. How horrific the thought. Truly.

I would offer up a prayer for myself and any other soul that might be hurt, a perfect contrition (hopefully) for all my sins and take the chance and help. If I die, so be it. Not to be hero but to stand up for another soul, for we are all brothers and sisters.

This is truly sad though, so sad that these types of occurrences of violence are so common throughout the world. I never ever get complacent or numb at seeing such horrors. It gets me every time.

Pax
Maria

What should a Catholic/Christian do?

There are actually 2 issues here.

1) How would you respond if YOU were attacked so brutally for no reason and
2)Would you respond if you witnessed some other person being attacked?

Would you intervene? Would you attempt to “dialogue” with the perpetrators of the assault? Would you call 911 and remain otherwise uninvolved? Would you take out your rosary and pray? Would you, in a moment of truth and with only seconds to respond, come to the aid of a stranger even if your involvement could possibly end in you being murdered?

On Sunday night, Allen Haywood was randomly and viciously attacked by two kids on the platform of the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station. Dozens of people witnessed it. Several people filmed it. Nobody helped.

Haywood was trying to transfer to the Yellow Line around 7:15 p.m. when the assault happened. He was headed home to Fort Totten after working out at Results on Capitol Hill, a gym bag slung over his shoulder and a book in his hands. As he read with his back to the station wall, “all of a sudden someone whacked me on the back of the head really hard,” he recalls.

~snip~

Haywood looked to strangers for help, but all he saw were other kids with their cell phones out, recording the scene and laughing. Judging from his voice-over, the man shooting the YouTube video above doesn’t appear to be part of the group. The video showed up yesterday on Unsuck D.C. Metro, which posted an anonymous account of the attack Tuesday.
“I can understand people not wanting to get physically involved,” says Haywood, who’s 47 and works in a Friendship Heights flower shop. "But nobody pressed the emergency button or went to the booth,” as far as he knows.

~snip~

Haywood finally got free and sprinted to the station booth. He banged on the glass and told the station manager to call 911. With gashes and blood on his face, he ran back to the scene of the attack, hoping the kids would be detained. The ones who’d delivered the beating were gone, but the kids who’d filmed it were still there – and they still had their cell phones in Haywood’s face, taunting him.

“How are you doing, sir?”

“Any comment, sir?”

One of them said if he paid them, they would give him video of the attack.