What would you have done?

So there i was, walking down Oxford street this afternoon when i noticed a commotion outside a sports shop. I was confronted by a large crowd looking on as a tubby white man (plus bike helmet) was lying on the floor holding on to the leg of a black man for dear life. The man on the floor had blood pouring out of his mouth but that seemed to be about it whilst the man he was holding was trying his hardest to get away with his two mates shouting at him to get away and leg it basically. Someone was already on the phone to the police and the crowd seemed to suggest that the man on the floor had been the victim of an attack.

Here's what happened next,

I threw my full can of coke i'd just purchased at the fleeing black man and in true Crocodile Dundee stylie it hit him square on the head to rapturous applause which i duly soaked up whilst standing with one foot on his head and posing for the many tourists that had appeared to take photos....

Or at least that's what happened in my head, in reality i took one look at the tubby biker, decided he'd live. Then I took another look at his attacker and his two mates, weighed up my options and duly sauntered off on my merry way, in one piece, to the sound of several police sirens blazing....

So i was just wondering giving the number of so called 'Have a go Heroes' getting shot/stabbed etc. these days if anyone would of acted differently?

P.S I only included the race of the people involved as I felt it might sway some peoples decision, rightly or wrongly..

id jump in with both feet!!!!! really gets me how some people can just ignore it because it aint happening to them but if the boot was on the other foot they would expect help !!! no wonder these people get away with it because they stick together and we dont

Originally Posted by leemole

id jump in with both feet!!!!! really gets me how some people can just ignore it because it aint happening to them but if the boot was on the other foot they would expect help !!! no wonder these people get away with it because they stick together and we dont

Fair one, if i'd of been there from the beginning maybe it would of been different, i felt a bit bad for immediately assuming it was the black guys fault.

Originally Posted by leemole

id jump in with both feet!!!!! really gets me how some people can just ignore it because it aint happening to them but if the boot was on the other foot they would expect help !!! no wonder these people get away with it because they stick together and we dont

and you end up stabbed, shot, wife/kids/family left to mourn your loss. and was it worth giving your life for?

yeah i would prob jump to the same conclusion and be wrong but i just seem to go for it. I once stopped 2 youths tryin to break into a car one had a screwdriver but i picked up a beer bottle and told em to get HOOKED!! it could have turned nasty but hey. I hate theives

Originally Posted by keithd

and you end up stabbed, shot, wife/kids/family left to mourn your loss. and was it worth giving your life for?

im only 21 so i dont really think like that. Why people moan about it but wont stand up to it is beyond me !!!

[Lissa]

I wouldn't risk my own safety for a stranger I'm afraid, but if it was someone I knew I'd be in like Flynn regardless of potential circumstances.

I'm good at kneecaps, me

Originally Posted by Lissa

I wouldn't risk my own safety for a stranger I'm afraid, but if it was someone I knew I'd be in like Flynn regardless of potential circumstances.

I'm good at kneecaps, me

*takes mental note to to upset lissa, especially if he's not wearing knee sliders*

You can't possibly have known who was at fault, so you couldn't really do anything.

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by Warthog

You can't possibly have known who was at fault, so you couldn't really do anything.

What he said.

And i'd also probably be feeling the same way you are now and posting a thread like this too,lol.

Sometimes its hard to know if you did right without a few opinions to make you feel a little better.

Oh and btw, in my mind i wouldnt have thrown a can at him...simply spun a web using it to flun him at his fleeing mates, knocking them over and tied them all up in more webbing and handed them to the ...... to ratpturous applause from the bystanders and lots of ladies whispering "i love you Spiderman" to themselves as i swing off into the sunset.