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1. Mixed up feelings

   ...but not on my part! Some think "people are inherently evil" and another "people generally want to do good". What about me? I would like to be helpful but not to a terrorist! Would I ask someone to do something like this for me, in good faith? I doubt it! Unless I knew that person. Why? The trust factor! If someone asked to watch something valuable like that I would be suspicious because I don't find it likely when there's no acquaintance. No chance. I might be abetting a fool -- or a terrorist. That's not being responsible, friendly or in any way wise.

   3 months, 4 weeks ago In response to Table Guardians

2. Not so easy

   I'm in shock since I read the posts before me. So many of them say that everyone should do what they "think" they would have done themselves, as if everybody was alike. Just recently, the incident of a man being run over in plain daylight made the news because nobody would go to his aid, and why? I think it's because the laws have intimidated us all! Defenders are liable for suit even by criminals and by victims we defend! And then, the system barely penalizes perpetrators! The so-called hero did what he felt he had to do, think it over, considered the alternatives and observed the hoodlum, to arrive at his own conclusion. I didn't see so many people who would have backed him up if he had decided to take action, but I saw people involved in their own worlds. The hoodlum saw the main character making a phone call...what would have come of it if he also heard the accusation? Being larger than the perpetrator and seeing the event as it unfolded, I too, might have reacted instantaneously. But, knowing the effects of some of the drugs that drive people to this kind of acts, I also know size doesn't mean much. Even a gun might not have, unless you were fully prepared to use it. No, it's not so easy. Besides, it's absurd to compare the September eleven situation to this one, when the worst consequences might be identity theft, IF you think about it, like the so-called hero did. I think that because of his observation, he was able to conclude that there was no imminent threat and he would be able to reason with the hoodlum to recover the purse and its contents without endangering anyone else or himself. Been there, done it all, not so happy with all the outcomes. Watch it again, read the news, and think it over, it's not so easy.

   3 months, 4 weeks ago In response to Transit

Define what responsibility means to you.