Line #27 Quotes/ApatheticCitizens


1	->'''J:''' (''starting calmly'') The City of New York would like to thank you for participating in our drill. Had this been a real emergency, y'all would have been eaten. (''getting annoyed'') Cuz ya' don't listen! You're ignorant! How's a man gonna come crashing through the back of a subway window- that's the problem with y'all New Yorkers! [[SarcasmMode "Oh, we've seen it all." "Oh no, a 600 foot worm, save us, Mr. Black man!"]]. Now I come in, I ask you nicely to move to the next car, and y'all just sit there like...
2	->(''realizing he's carried on too long, J neuralyzes them again'')
3	->'''J:''' Thank you for participating in our drill. Hopefully, you've enjoyed our new smaller, more energy efficient subway cars. Watch your step. You will have a nice evening.
4	->(''neuralyzes the train conductor as he walks past, without even bothering to give him a new memory'')
5	-->-- ''Film/MenInBlackII''
6
7	->''Statement: Apathy is death.''
8	--> -- '''[[KillerRobot HK-47]]''', ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''
9
10	->''"Welcome to our town, stranger. The king has been poisoned, the well is contaminated, the princess has been kidnapped, the drawbridge is broken, the fields are overrun with wolves, we lost contact with the monastery, the merchants are all squabbling about something, the dock workers are rioting, the inn is infested with rats, there are undead in the graveyard, one of the ships is under quarantine, there's a curse on the temple, several town guards are taking bribes, an evil mage has been kidnapping young women, a supply shipment is over a week late, the Duke hasn't been acting like himself lately, a bad minstrel is annoying people in the town square, goblins have moved into our sprawling sewer system, widow Creekjoint has lost her cat, a priceless artifact has gone missing, and we've got an entrenched criminal organization that we're all too chickenshit to fight. If you could fix all that we'd be much obliged."''
11	--> -- '''Shamus Young''', [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/6876-Experienced-Points-But-I-LIKE-this-Cliche.2 Experienced Points]]
12
13	->''Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?\
14	Can he walk at all? Or if he moves will he fall?\
15	...Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head?\
16	We'll just pass him there. [[TemptingFate Why should we even care?!]]''
17	--> -- ''Music/BlackSabbath'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MII3ns2KTBc&feature=related "Iron Man"]]
18
19	->''The crowd had gathered there to watch him fall, to watch their hopes destroyed.''
20	->''They watched them beat him, they watched them break him, they watched his last defense deployed.''
21	->''There was not a man among them who would let himself be heard.''
22	->''But from the crowd, from their collective fear, arose these broken words:''
23	->''We are the dead.''
24	--> -- ''Music/TheProtomen'', "Hope Rides Alone"
25
26	->'''Jack''': [after Paul thanks him for shooting footage of the genocide] I think if people see this footage, they'll say, "Oh, my God, that's horrible." And then, they'll go on eating their dinners.
27	-->--''Film/HotelRwanda''
28
29	->''Don't like Darktown? Die, and make room.''
30	-->-- '''NPC''' after yet another bloody melee, ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''
31
32	->''And as things fell apart''
33	->''Nobody paid much attention''
34	-->-- '''Music/TalkingHeads''', "Nothing But Flowers"
35
36	->''"What the American public doesn't know is what makes them the American public."''
37	-->-- '''Ray Zalinsky''', ''Film/TommyBoy''
38
39	->''Wazzat? The water's running bloody red? Eh, stuff happens. You here to buy weapons or gab?''
40	-->-- The weapons shopkeeper after the Amor river apparently turns to blood, ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI''
41
42	->'''Trunks''': ''Over the next thirteen years the Androids would destroy small town after small town, working their way up. Maybe that's why we reacted the way we did.''\
43	''[radio station broadcasts upbeat report on a town being destroyed]''
44	-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged: The History of Trunks''
45
46	->''Five years ago, I lost 30,000 men in the blink of an eye... and the world just fucking watched.''
47	-->-- '''General Shepherd''', ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2''
48
49	->'''DJ:''' Newsflash! In a daring raid, Delgado Fitzhugh and Garfield Cooper SEIZED Radio Cascara, and urged the people to take to the streets! ''(looks out the window with binoculars)'' They didn't.
50	-->-- ''Film/{{Water 1985}}''
51
52	->''Hyrule Castle Town, it has recently had a... well, Hyrule Castle, for a start, [[SinisterGeometry has recently had some weird... pyramid... put around it]]. Do any of the Hyrule... do any of the people of Hyrule Castle Town give a shit? I mean, they don't! Why don't they give a shit? Why don't they care immensely about how... (tries to grab a cannon ball mechanism) come on... I need to... grab the thing... OK... (back to the topic) why don't they care about this weird pyramid thing being around their... uh.. their... you know, the-the main attraction of Hyrule Castle is the castle itself; the town is just the extra thing at the end. Why aren't they confused and scared and, you know, really concerned that there is this strange... pyramid? [[SkewedPriorities But they're really scared and confused when they see a wolf go around.]] I mean, it's realism, really; it's the idea that you can't just [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent change from human to wolf]] without people being confused. But surely they'd also be confused by this very strange thing which has happened to their Hyrule Castle.''
53	-->--'''LetsPlay/RabbidLuigi''', during his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess [[UpdatedRerelease HD]]'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVYl-4ro83o Part 31]], ''Glorious Food'')
54
55	->''Out there is our home.'' Home, ''AUTO. And it's in trouble. I can't just sit here and do nothing. That's all I've ever done! That's all'' anyone ''on this blasted ship has ever done.'' Nothing!
56	-->-- '''The Captain''', ''WesternAnimation/WallE''
57
58	->''Half of the people are stoned\
59	And the other half are waiting for the next election.\
60	Half of the people are drowned\
61	And the other half are swimming in the wrong direction.''
62	-->-- ''Theatre/{{Mass}}'' (special lyric by Music/PaulSimon)
63
64	->"Because I will not stand idly by and watch as good people, decent people are harmed by actions not of their own doing!" he was surprised at the emotion in his own voice, and struggled to dim it, "It is not cowardice that is the bane of mankind! It is not hatred! It is not fear! It is apathy! It is standing by and doing nothing while others are hurting! It is watching people, good people suffer and having the power to help them but choosing not to! That is apathy, and it nearly destroyed us all! I have had enough of it in the world! I have had enough of it in my life!"
65	-->--'''Minato Arisato'''. ''Fanfic/ADemonAmongDevils''
66
67	->"Certainly is a comment on our society isn't it, [[AllPartOfTheShow they all think he's part of the show,]] [[BystanderSyndrome or they don't wanna get involved.]] It's strange isn't it, [[WeirdnessCensor how people manage to ignore those things they can't understand.]]"
68	-->--'''Jack [=McGee=]''' on the Hulk. ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977''
69
70	->'''Unionist:''' You can't do that! The public won't stand for it!
71	->'''MP:''' You know, I'd like to agree with you. But I think you'll find that the public couldn't care less.
72	-->-- ''For the Greater Good'' (1991)
73
74	->'''Bystander 1:''' Oh my god, he's assaulting that girl!
75	->'''Bystander 2:''' Let's just stand here and watch!
76	-->--''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''
77
78	->''At the time, I hadn't seen any of my fellow Chinese in a long time, but one day some of them showed up in a slide. One, with his hands tied behind him, was in the middle of the picture; the others were gathered around him. Physically, they were as strong and healthy as anyone could ask, but their expressions revealed all too clearly that spiritually they were calloused and numb. According to the caption, the Chinese whose hands were bound had been spying on the [[UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun Japanese military]] for the UsefulNotes/{{Russians\|WithRifles}}. He was about to be decapitated as a 'public example.' The other Chinese gathered around him had come to enjoy the spectacle.''
79	-->--'''Creator/LuXun''' about a picture taken during the UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar
80
81	->Listen, everyone. The world's ending... again. Go home. School's canceled anyway.
82	-->--'''Coach Lawrence''', ''WesternAnimation/Wizards2020''
83
84	->'''"I don’t do politics' Well baby, [[RussianReversal politics is going to do you, regardless]]."''
85	-->-- '''Nina Turner'''

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