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He didn't do anything that should couldn't have done herself. Not everyone would think to try what he did but if she had done it, it would have been more likely

• lolc 10y ago
  Yes, that would have been even better. It would be nice if every person had the resolve to react like this. "She didn't do anything to defuse the situation" implies that she could have handled the situation better. As per the story she was shocked, intimidated, and looking for somebody to help her. It's not her duty to "defuse the situation". She was not the one escalating it in the first place.
  • johnchristopher 10y ago
    No, no. I don't think or know if she could have reacted differently when the aggression happened. That's another part of the story. The 'not defusing the situation' is about how she came back to someone asking to 'fix it'. That's when escalation happened. That someone being under the influence of drugs at that moment made another bad move by 'trying something' which escalated the situation one more step. Don't play stupid in that kind of situation: a knife can be pulled out really fast and the thugs could have left the place the same way but with one seriously wounded person. And for what ? For seeking revenge by shaming of fighting the guys (that was a possibility on the mind of the author, he states getting beaten happened once and he turned out okay, whatever) for damage already done.