Mitch, I read what I write. Do you? Sorry you have a chip on your shoulder about anyone taking charge for a dangerous situation and not just sitting on their thumbs waiting for the cops.
Thanks for calling me an idiot for your thinking I'm not able to comprehend I'm an idiot. And also calling me an (idiot) savant. And saying I am a vigilante superiority complexed dancer. And a morbid opportunist seeking wannabe hero. And saying my attitude is internet only based. And assuming when I acted I did so in a reckless attitude "coming at them", "intent on confronting them", "yelling at them". All these are your words.
I have always avoided trouble. I never take law enforcement into my own hands. But I refuse to let the innocent and weak suffer from the malice or stupidity of others. I am generally unaware of the code and letter of laws, but know right from wrong. And I act as a caring human would, not what the law dictates.
In total agreement with you I feel it is right to discourage other's taking the law into their own hands. I feel it is right to discourage vigilante behavior. But, I also feel it is wrong to encourage others to not act when action is clearly needed. To sit and watch. To record on a cell phone.
I feel bullying activity to try to convince them to stop acting in good conscious is not right. Calling names and trying to put others down who try to make the world a more compassionate, thoughtful, and safer place is similar to bullying activity.
I gave 3 examples of behavior in my recent life that you consider taking the law into my own hands. Let me tell you the outcomes. Tooting my own superiority vigilante idiot savant morbid opportunistic hero dancer yelling and waving horn and using the "I" word till its exhausted, LOL
1. I / we pulled the keys out of a mexican mafia guy's ignition as he attempted to flee with his infant daughter, who he had lost custody of and had never met, into Mexico, 1 mile away. Me and my best friend prevented him from taking the child. The other 50 diners at Denny's watched him take the child from a high chair, forcefully, push and yell at the mother, threaten Denny's workers, and throw the child into his vehicle. He made lots of threats, including with a weapon. Ultimately he left without the child, but with his keys, and his gun before the law arrived. The officer who responded thanked us. Mom was happy too.
2. I forced an elderly driver off the road. I saw him a half hour earlier driving 20 mph in the middle lane in 70 mph traffic. I made a pit stop. I got back on the road and saw him again 10 miles down the road. There were 2 accidents in his wake from other drivers hitting each other avoiding him. I gently forced him onto the shoulder. 6 other cars lined up behind us. He was incoherent, low blood sugar. We gave him juice and water. Cops showed up 5 minutes later. He slightly recovered. Paramedics showed up 10 minutes later. They gave him an IV, an injection, said he was critically low, near death and whisked him off to the hospital. The responding officer and the other witnesses who pulled over thanked me for taking action.
3. I prevented a drunk driver from driving into urban Phoenix. One who had driven 30 miles causing mayhem on rural roads. Without force, without drama, without a gun being pulled, or a fist fight, or even a scratch on our cars. No one got hurt. She didn't kill anyone that day. Despite driving 100 mph half passed out and slumped through red lights in Scottsdale. Maybe a 3rd DUI conviction will help her think straight about her actions. I was thanked by all parties for my actions, especially the ones too afraid to act who were recording video and calling 911. Everyone, except the drunk, validated my actions.
So, call me what you will. Yes, it bothers me that we don't see eye to eye on this, cause I feel I have very valid points under my palm tree. I know I did what was called for, what felt right, to me. Despite what thinly veiled insults you choose to toss my way I won't change my way of thinking. In fact, I may be a tad bit more afraid to act based on this conversation. Which is why I won't be checking this thread from here forward, cause we could just go on and on and on like I am now. But, I'm always open to a good conversation over a beer (I'll buy!) AFTER a good day of riding. But random insults in person will be met by me walking out and leaving you to pay the tab.
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