I was just highlighting the irony of e-kuls posts
He wants anarchy yet is terrified to go to the aid of a fellow human being in distress and wants to wait around for help to come that in his ideal world doesnt exist.
And he thinks he can cut it in a world like that.
You have no clue what you are talking about. I weigh up the option of helping someone against exposing myself to genuine unnecessary risk. I feel ZERO compulsion to play HERO at the expense of my own life. Let me tell you a recent incident that happened to me.
My partner and I were sitting in my parked car waiting for her daughter at the shops a few months ago, when suddenly, we seen a large fight break out, the few people that were around left the scene and nobody came to the aid of the one man getting the absolute shit beat out of him. I drive my car over to the scene, careful to avoid being detected by the gang of people beating the shit out of some dude. The very first thing I did was determine the level of threat to me, I considered it quite high, there were a lot of people involved in the confrontation, they were drunk and high and very agitated. The first thing I did was park my car inconspicuously but also in a position that allowed me to flee the scene had I become a target for the gang of thugs. I also made sure I had a weapon handy if needed. I then rang 000 (our version of 911) and began to relay what was happening, I then asked my partner to film the situation (but she was too panicky and couldn't find her phone). I carefully described the scene in detail to the operator, where we were, how many perpetrators, what had happened to the victim etc. The police arrived on the scene while I was still on the phone to the emergency operator.
I could have handled that situation in a million different ways, everyone else around at the time ignored it and looked the other way or fled the scene. I could have played the hero in a situation that I was ill prepared for and greatly outnumbered. Endangering both myself and of no help to the initial victim and more than likely been seriously injured. I don't feel a need to prove myself as macho, I am well aware of my strengths and my weaknesses. I have been in many fights, won some and lost some. I know I am bigger than average, quite strong and reasonably handy at defending myself in a one on one encounter. But having said that, I know I am not invincible or invulnerable. I am almost always prepared to fight a fair fight Mano-a-mano, but outside of a sporting event or martial arts centre, that option doesn't really present itself.
Anyway, so to answer your accusations, No, I wouldn't jeopardise my own safety to save a complete stranger, I will do what I can to help, but if that proves ineffective, I am more than prepared to walk away in the name of self preservation. And just to follow up, I had a detective recently visit my house for my testimony of the night my partner and I witnessed the beat-down.
And in an anarchistic world, if you were prepared to jeopardise your life going to the defence of strangers, you can rest assured you would be picked off very early. The very first thing the ruthless would exploit in such a world is the feelings of the compassionate.
