baldeagle wrote:That's your modern understanding of your duty. It wasn't that way when the country was founded.MeMelYup wrote:A person has the duty to protect themselves and family. The police do not have that duty, their duty is to the community. My neighbor does not have a duty to protect me or my family. My neighbors have a duty to themselves and their families, and if I need assistance they may help, but are not obligated to. If I see that a neighbor needs help I may help them, but I am not obligated to protect them.
I'm raising two teenage boys to be young men full of character and honor. If I turned my back on a neighbor in need I would not be able to look my sons or my wife in the face.