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It's laudable to stop violence, but "lainly tell them "give me a hand". That gets the ball rolling." is pretty tough. People have lots of reasons to not get i
by CalRobert 7y ago
It's laudable to stop violence, but
"lainly tell them "give me a hand". That gets the ball rolling."
is pretty tough. People have lots of reasons to not get involved in physical altercations and plenty of them are valid, so you're putting a pretty big burden on them.
- Tharkun 7y agoSure. But standing around, mouth agape, while a barkeep is getting harrassed by a drunk angrily swiging a bottle at their face is placing a pretty big burden on everyone else. "See something, say something" is the least anyone can do. Of course, don't put yourself at risk unless you have to. But if there's a chance you can do some good, you should at least try. As a victim of assault, getting physically injured sucks, but seeing a bunch of people around you refusing to help, that's pretty damaging to your view on humanity. Insult to injury, I guess you could say.
- CalRobert 7y ago"But if there's a chance you can do some good, you should at least try." Totally, I'm just saying that it's an important consideration before ordering a stranger to jump in.