Dribble
Well-Known Member
Again, you're calling it a 'some blokes' when by the sound of it, it was a carriage full of pissed up football fans and as such I would say you're understating the alleged situation to underpin your point of view. Two blokes, some blokes is one thing, a carriage full of pissed up football fans is something completely different.If I was in a bank with a sawn off shotgun in my face, I wouldn't do anything the bank can afford to lose a few quid and the two scenarios are nothing alike.
If I was on a train and some blokes were banging on a door to get to a 14 year old kid (which is what has been alleged) then I would step in, not because I'm some sort of hardman or hero. quite the opposite i'm a total shithouse, but because I couldn't just sit there watching some poor kid who cant defend himself getting abused. If you saw an old lady getting her handbag snatched walking down the road would you just walk on by and pretend you didn't see anything?
Like I say, we wont agree on this. I've been brought up differently, I couldn't just walk on by and pretend nothing has happened. But then again, I've not got kids or anything so taking a bit of a kicking to try to protect a child, I've only got myself to think about.
In terms of the old lady being mugged, if I could apprehend the culprit then I'd probably do so, but to be honest doing so would come second to helping the old lady in the first place. Neither is the right or wrong course of action, its just a choice one would have to make in a split second but if you're asking if I'd just walk past and ignore her then that is a firm no. What would be a better analogy would be if it was an old lady being abused by people in a group of 30-40 pissed up football fans, then I probably wouldn't intervene, but I'd wait until the situation had dissipated and then assist her.
I remember getting into trouble as a youngster because of someone verbally starting on me, and I'll always remember my mother saying 'Son, it was just words and those words won't break your bones. Now look at the trouble you're in because of words.' I'm not condoning racist taunts in any way shape or form, but experience has taught me there isn't a one-size-fits all reaction to every situation. Each situation you find yourself in has to be weighed up on their individual merits and for me shoving a camera in the faces of a carriage full of pissed up football fans isn't a very bright idea imo.