Rachael's notebook entry: Apr 01, 2011 Recently there appears a weird phenomenon that people become more cautious when they meet strangers, let alone to help them, which is detrimental to those who are in urgent need of assistance, such as coming across robbery and calling for help but left unaided. This leads to the whole society being covered under an indifferent and helpless ambience. Now that it is so serious a problem, then it is mandatory for us to figure out its origin: why should it happen and prevail in the market. It seems to me that there are two main reasons as follows: First, people are withdrawn and tortured as the crime rate was increasingly soaring. They try all kinds of tactics to commit crime so that a majority of people choose to stay away from them instead of considering how to confront them in a more wise way. Second, the relations between a part of neighbors and even relatives have become downright evacuated in contrast to their highly improved life standards. There is a true story that tells about a family who did not know their neighbor was a group of robbers until the police came to knock at the door and probe into the matter. How ridiculous and pathetic! Then how can we solve this problem from top to bottom? Here are two suggestions of mine. First, it is of vital importance for the government to strengthen the law construction and propaganda of law awareness in order to teach people to take advantage of law weapon to protect their legal rights. Only if the awareness of law is rooted deeply into their heart can they release their burden to some extent and face strangers smartly and bravely. Second, it also needs our own efforts. Although it is not secure to easily believe in others or what other say, it is still improper to build a strong wall against each other. Nobody wants to be wrapped in a dark box. Then why not come out and try be treat others even strangers benignly?