Would you do it??

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

In some respects, one could argue that the bravest decision would be to say no.

You could! But an enduring fact of human nature is that whatever the situation, there will always be someone who won't consider the outcome & risk all in an attempt at saving another life regardless.

[cashman]

Well done Dave, must agree wi yeh though yeh are stupid, anyone that seeks me out when yer oer here proves me point.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

You could! But an enduring fact of human nature is that whatever the situation, there will always be someone who won't consider the outcome & risk all in an attempt at saving another life regardless.

Very true Dave,I act very impulsively and irrationally when under pressure

[westendlass]

Reading this thread has brought back a memory that I'd almost forgotten. About twenty odd years ago me and some of my family had gone for a walk over what we used to call the dairy fields (behind what used to be Daisy Dairy at West End) to the lodge. My brother suddenly got frantic pointing to the water where we could see his terrier was tangled in the reeds and couldn't get out. Rather than let him jump in (he's very asthmatic) my mum calmly stripped down and swam right across the disgusting lodge and untangled the dog, saving its life (and probably my brothers too, if he'd gone in). She hardly mentioned it too. She would have been in her early fifties then! How brave is that? Nearly gave my dad a heart attack though who was on a nearby pen when someone ran across the field shouting 'mum's in the water.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Impulse isn't always irrational.
Sometimes we measure the event in a split second and do what we think is the right thing.
When things go wrong, it is because all of the information was not evident to us...and you can only make decisions on the evidence you can see.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by westendlass

Reading this thread has brought back a memory that I'd almost forgotten. About twenty odd years ago me and some of my family had gone for a walk over what we used to call the dairy fields (behind what used to be Daisy Dairy at West End) to the lodge. My brother suddenly got frantic pointing to the water where we could see his terrier was tangled in the reeds and couldn't get out. Rather than let him jump in (he's very asthmatic) my mum calmly stripped down and swam right across the disgusting lodge and untangled the dog, saving its life (and probably my brothers too, if he'd gone in). She hardly mentioned it too. She would have been in her early fifties then! How brave is that? Nearly gave my dad a heart attack though who was on a nearby pen when someone ran across the field shouting 'mum's in the water.

I know the lodge well westendlass,I use to fish there. Did it use to be a skatepark or something??
I think this from the Comments in the news article best sums it up:
"Compassion is compassion, whether it's aimed at a human being or an animal, and is to be applauded either way".
Unfortunately it seems to be an alien concept to some folk.
Thumbs up to your mum

[Margaret Pilkington]

Compassion is a bit like style......'you've either got or you haven't got style' goes the line from an old song.(Sammy Cahn, I think)
Compassion is like that...if you haven't got it then you can't buy it and it can't be taught.
It has to be felt. It comes from the heart.