"If we choose not to get involved...then we are as guilty as those who are the cause".

Or something like that ^^^

I heard this quote once and it made me think long and hard.

There are certain times when I would physically get involved and then there are times when I would call for help for the person in harms way. But, I would NEVER not do anything! That's just me...that's how I am made and it reflects my upbringing (my Mom was a big buttinski too...lol!).

I consider myself rather diplomatic when it comes to confrontation and so I could probably "talk down" a potentially volatile situation if I caught it at the right moment. I also consider myself a good "reader" of people and I would know instictively if I should intervene personally or call for help.

I'm not a big person and so I have learned to use brains in place of brawn to defuse many a situation.

For example...Did you know that you can calm down an out of control drunk significantly if you whisper to them? I used to tend bar and have used this tool several times to get someone to let me call them a cab and go home. Now, we could have tossed said "drunken asshole" out of the bar by the seat of his pants...but instead, I whispered my intentions of aide and the results are astonishing!

Mr. Lixy knows this "buttinski" trait about me and has, on several occasions, rolled his eyes and murmured "OMG...here she goes again". But I know he agrees that we would feel like pond scum if we had turned our back on some of the situations that I choose to get us involved in.

Even if it's just a phone call to the authorities...I know I've done something to aide my fellow man! Makes me sleep better at night!

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~Thomas Dewar~