Good wise sumation Glenn.
Does your conscience care about whether you are going to disrupt your family's life for a stranger?
I have thought alot of these situations. I honestly don't think I could live with myself if one or multiple innocent people die at the hand of an evil person and I turned an eye so I could stay safe instead of doing something about it. For me to coddle myself or my family while a mother and child are killed doesn't seem right. I don't think my wife, my God, or my conscience would approve.
I would hope a MAN would indanger himself to intervene if it were my daughter, wife or mother in peril. I think thats a man's job.
Obviously I would weigh the situation. I am not saying every situation is worth me putting my life on the line. Gang bangers fighting each other - their on their own.
I just can't stand how far to the 'not get involved' most people are on TFL.
A situation gets posted like - "A bg walks into a restaurant and pulls a gun and tells everyone to give him their wallets - what would you do?" Most replies on TFL quickly say:
** do nothing
** give bg your wallet
** crawl out the back door
** be a good witness to the crime and do nothing
** run and call 911
** do nothing unless the bg shoots someone
I'm not trying to be Rambo or Steven Segal, but I don't understand why
men that are carrying a firearm that they are trained to use, have the first instinct to cower, run, flee and do nothing. It's maddening. Lable me John Wayne if you want, but at this stage in my life (38 with 5 kids), I am more inclined to quickly analyze the situation and get involved if needed. Not look for the quickest way to exit and stay safe when someone else's life might be in danger.
Most people on TFL label someone that is willing to endanger themselves to get involved a "John Wayne". Why not call someone who's first instinct is to crawl out a back door or run and call 911 a "coward"?
To each his own...