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speedsix wrote:...last I checked, that qualifies as "down here"...it sure ain't "up there"...

Thank You! I appreciate the compliment. We moved to Texas when I was ten years old and now I am 51. I am probably more Texan than Kentuckian.

LOL... I was actually born in Kentucky.

yogihat wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote: While we never know what is what these days when spotting two people in a confrontation, something in me just won't let me do the yankee thing and walk off.

I'm a Yankee and don't take kindly to your reference Sir (Yankee born but raised by a Mother from Tennessee)

Given the mentioned situation I probably would have jumped right in to help before reading this thread. Now I have much more to consider. Great points made by all. I do believe in helping if I can but also know that being armed takes more consideration with every situation now.

Obviously, your mother raised you to overcome your origin of birth. My hat is off to her.

tallmike wrote:

Even if the situation made me feel compelled to get involved, I would NOT have helped to hold the guy there until cops arrived. Once I got him to stop harming the security guard I would have backed off and let him run - if that was what he chose to do.

I would do the same thing if I were in a place and it was getting robbed. As long as the BG's were not harming anyone and leaving, we would be good.

There was a time when I would have immediately assumed the woman deserved assistance when struggling with a man. Times have changed and women are at times tougher than most men. I would have probably called a cop and made the comment that the police are on the way. Then I would have stood off to the side in case the guy started beating her down. I would have intervened verbally at first, and then in a most dangerous manner if he failed to stop pounding her. No way I could have walked off like I did not care!

While we never know what is what these days when spotting two people in a confrontation, something in me just won't let me do the yankee thing and walk off. My first thought is never to jump in, but instead to observe from a defensive position and assertain what is going on, while calling the police on my cell phone. No need to get involved unless someone is about to be seriously hurt or killed.