[QUOTE="worlock77"][QUOTE="CreasianDevaili"] I said my perspective however, not in reality. I can at the very least understand that not all of the facts have been properly given and in light of that I base the judgement on perspective, given the information at hand. Yet if it did happen that fast and he made no attempt to grab her or push her out of the way then I'd have to remain at my judgement. Can you really say I am entirely incorrect if that is the case? Self preservation is important and maybe he just didn't care about her that much? Which case there would be no real desire to place her life above his own, and his actions make perfect sense. CreasianDevaili
You make it sound as if he callously said "screw you b*tch, you're on your own" then walked off. The dude had, what, maybe one second to react, if that. In a situation that happens that quickly you're pretty much operating on pure reflex, higher thought processes don't really come into play.
EXACTLY. That is my entire point. We are talking instincts and processing immediate danger and the body reacting. However we also have many documented cases where such situations, in a blink of an eye, have had people instead do what this guy did not. Same thing with a house fire. I think we both understand just how hot furniture can get, let alone a house.Yet people have rushed back inside and died trying to save their loved ones. When your skin is melting as you just get into the doorway instincts are in full swing. Same with people using their bodies as shield for their passengers when for a split second they register a car is about to hit them. So why do some people in a split second protect someone and others protect themselves?
No, we're not talking about instincts, we're talking about reflex. They are not necessarily the same thing. And frankly speaking it's quite pretentious of you to pronounce that this kid is a bad person based on no more than this article, and an extremely f*cked up situation. I'd like to see how you react in the same situation. Maybe we can judge you to be a piece of sh*t when you don't move exactly as we think you should.
Also a house fire is a bad example to prove your point. House fires don't happen in the blink of an eye. A person has time to think, time to consider their actions.
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