Personally I'd go further then just persuasion. I have no problem looking at the situation another person is in and deciding for myself that they are acting u

Personally I'd go further then just persuasion. I have no problem looking at the situation another person is in and deciding for myself that they are acting unreasonably and taking action. Grandma in hospice receiving only palliative care? Go for it Grandma - I'll hold your hand. Teenager suffering from a horrible case of ennui? I'm hiding the bullets to your gun so well that Sherlock Holmes couldn't find them.