Facts don't really care whether they trivialize or exaggerate an issue, Mark. But when you want to call in resources outside the neighborhood to fight a fire, isn't it pretty important to provide accurate information about the magnitude of the problem?

Unlike "social justice" theory, the Parable of The Good Samaritan was not told to address the problem of robbery and assault on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem. Jesus' point was not to raise awareness or get advocacy groups started. He was answering the question, "Who is my neighbor?". And the answer seems quite clear to me. It is the person in need and hurt that we encounter on the pathways of our lives. 

Jesus' life and teachings call us to self-sacrificing personal acts of love and mercy rather than self-empowering impersonal hand-wringing, seminars, advocacy and consciousness raising that provide moral thrills. Had Jesus suggested  a corporate policy/justice response to the situation, what would the impact have been?