Its a "holy crap" sensation that comes over you when you
  realize, "Oh, *I'm* that somebody else!" - that's when your
  conscience and sense of civic responsibility kicks in hardcore.
  "Am I my brother's keeper?" is one of the earliest questions in
  the Bible, and it's one ppl answer every day. Oftentimes, alas,
  the answer is "no, I am not." "