Good Samaritans

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  1. GrumpyCabbie

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    #1 GrumpyCabbie, Jul 21, 2011
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    There are and there are more than we think there are.
     
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    of course, the samaritans and the jews hated each other.
     
    #3 bisco, Jul 21, 2011
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    I was expecting better of you Mr Bisco :rolleyes: which is why this post wasn't in the House of Politics.
     
    #5 GrumpyCabbie, Jul 22, 2011
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    He said 'good' samaritans...and yes. There are still quite a few left in the world.
    The bad ones just make more money for the news media..... :)
     
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    Well.....who here would NOT have done the same?
     
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    Correct... there is good in all of us just waiting to come out.
     
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    my point is that the man who saved the child did not hate him (most likely) so you can't put it in the same category as the samaritan parable. sometimes, the truth hurts.
     
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    So if one of your friends plunged towards and then ultimately off the Yosemite Vernal Falls would you have been a good samaritan?

    Yosemite waterfall deaths: Witness watched in horror as three were swept away - latimes.com

    That Bibee was instinctively going to be a good samaritan, but his friend Amanda Lee wouldn't let him. Good for both him and her.
     
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    i would have advised them not to go past the ropes, then i would have gone looking for ranger jones.
     
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    The bicyclist proved to be a true hero. He wasn't in it for the publicity and was gone as soon as the job was done. He didn't need to be famous he just wanted to save the child.
     
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    And you'd agree more if you saw the river. It's about 8 foot deep at the sides and about 50 foot across and flows quite fast.

    Anyhow, update as he did come forward - but only after a hunt for him, though he still didn't want his picture taking.

    Local paper making a meal of the story;

    Heroes tell of River Ouse baby rescue in York (From York Press)
     
    #15 GrumpyCabbie, Jul 23, 2011
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    You would almost say angelic.
     
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    Those who cannot not swim? I'm not saying they wouldn't have jumped in or done something. I'm just saying they probably wouldn't have saved the baby.
     
    #17 Trebuchet, Jul 24, 2011
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    The price of fame can be tragic -
    Remember the 1987 "Baby Jessica (McClure) story that went around much of the English speaking world? ... the story of the 18 month old girl that fell into a well casing about 8" wide ... taking 2-1/2 days for fire fighters to rescue her? Anyone remember the sad commentary 9 years later, regarding one of the primary fire fighter/rescuers?
    Well of Darkness : People.com
    For many, the worst part of fame is coping when it's gone.
     
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