I wanted to ask a question that has always been something I have always asked myself since being young and based on my own experiences in the past.
If you saw a wrong being done with your own eye to another person as to inflict Pain or suffering would you confront, report it or walk away and ignore it?
At what point would you think “ let sleeping dogs lie”?
All through my life I have confronted if I felt I can handle the situation by not putting my personal safety at risk by this I mean I won’t be left maimed or killed.
If I felt there was a personal injury risk I would report and follow this up finding out what had been done.
I could never ignore it and let sleeping dogs lie.
This reason for this is rather selfish. I couldn’t live with my own conscience and the humanity I feel towards other. I couldn’t risk destroying myself.
After recent revelations wrongs can’t be put right now but it has left me questioning how people live with themselves. What make them decide not to do anything?
Time and time I have come up with this question and can never find the answers and it has often left me with a feeling of where is the humanity, conscience within.
Is there some driving force greater than humanity or conscience that I have not yet discovered?
Only I keep searching for it, whatever it might be.
Can others help me out to understand it please?
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Can you let sleeping dogs lie?
For me the answer is yes and no, the variables are too wide, it would really depend on my circumstances at the time.
Does any of us know if we would have given our lives had we been guards at a Nazi Death camp, would we have said "no I will not kill these jews" I am sure we would all like to think we would, but we will never know if our own lives are on the line when it comes to intervening.
You know a friend is being physically abused by his/her partner but that when the times are good with them they are very happy, do you intervene ? it is so difficult to know what to do for the best.
You see some guy beating up on a girl in the street or vice versa, do you intervene ? call the police ? close the curtains, truth is you will never really know the consequenes of the decision you make or what the outcome would have been if you had chosen a different conclusion.
You see a teenager being bullied by a group of lads or girls, you intervene, recent history shows us that many that do die for their beliefs when they do take what we think is the right action and intervene.
Recently about 2am someone was banging on my front door, I looked out of an upstairs windon and saw a woman who asked to be let in saying her bf was going to hit her, I saw no sign of him, I phoned the Police and told her they were on their way, the bf had appeared accross the street so I decided to let her in, when I opened the front door it wasn't just the woman ........ she had a baby in her arms and 2 very small children with her, we got them all inside, made some drinks for the kids and awaited the Police arrival, which was quite prompt.
The Police got a quick run down on the situation then went off to find the bf, leaving the family in our care, about half an hour later they came back to say they had arrested the bf and made arrangements to get the family back to their home.
It all went well this time and I have heard nothing from the family or the bf, but it could have gone so badly too.
I was glad I was able to help this time, but I do have to consider the safety of my own family at such times.
Does any of us know if we would have given our lives had we been guards at a Nazi Death camp, would we have said "no I will not kill these jews" I am sure we would all like to think we would, but we will never know if our own lives are on the line when it comes to intervening.
You know a friend is being physically abused by his/her partner but that when the times are good with them they are very happy, do you intervene ? it is so difficult to know what to do for the best.
You see some guy beating up on a girl in the street or vice versa, do you intervene ? call the police ? close the curtains, truth is you will never really know the consequenes of the decision you make or what the outcome would have been if you had chosen a different conclusion.
You see a teenager being bullied by a group of lads or girls, you intervene, recent history shows us that many that do die for their beliefs when they do take what we think is the right action and intervene.
Recently about 2am someone was banging on my front door, I looked out of an upstairs windon and saw a woman who asked to be let in saying her bf was going to hit her, I saw no sign of him, I phoned the Police and told her they were on their way, the bf had appeared accross the street so I decided to let her in, when I opened the front door it wasn't just the woman ........ she had a baby in her arms and 2 very small children with her, we got them all inside, made some drinks for the kids and awaited the Police arrival, which was quite prompt.
The Police got a quick run down on the situation then went off to find the bf, leaving the family in our care, about half an hour later they came back to say they had arrested the bf and made arrangements to get the family back to their home.
It all went well this time and I have heard nothing from the family or the bf, but it could have gone so badly too.
I was glad I was able to help this time, but I do have to consider the safety of my own family at such times.
