http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...ies-beach-family/story-fni6uo1m-1226947101288
The guy saw three young men upturning bins, told them off, and in response they nearly killed him, attacked his property, and have terrorised him and his family.
He was only trying to do the right thing, and certainly did not deserve to be assaulted, but he also demonstrated a severe failure to think before acting. Things could have much worse: He could have been killed, his family could have been seriously hurt, and his house and property could have suffered much greater damage.
What makes the case more absurd is that Ransome's life, and the wellbeing of his family, is worth far more than a few wheelie bins. He wasn't even coming to an assault victim's defence.
Apart from the sheer pointlessness of the violence, the case illustrates a point: intervening in crime can carry a high risk of harm to oneself. Sometimes all one can reasonably do is call the police from a safe distance.
I think cases like this provide some perspective on the recent "What do you do about [crime]" threads. Keep others out of harm's way whenever you can do so safely, but don't intervene in a crime in progress or imminent crime unless you are prepared for things to turn very ugly for you.
Unless you're Hickdive, who has a bat cape and rocket car, and therefore is fully equipped to deal with all violent criminals.
A CHRISTIES Beach family is living in dread after a father-of-three’s head was repeatedly stomped on and a large rock was thrown through their front window in a series of senseless attacks.
Doctors told Shane Ransome he was lucky to survive the brutal attack when three men set on him outside his Eliza*beth Rd home on May 22.
Mr Ransome, 47, was putting out his rubbish at night when he made a comment to three men who were upturning his neighbours’ bins.
The guy saw three young men upturning bins, told them off, and in response they nearly killed him, attacked his property, and have terrorised him and his family.
He was only trying to do the right thing, and certainly did not deserve to be assaulted, but he also demonstrated a severe failure to think before acting. Things could have much worse: He could have been killed, his family could have been seriously hurt, and his house and property could have suffered much greater damage.
What makes the case more absurd is that Ransome's life, and the wellbeing of his family, is worth far more than a few wheelie bins. He wasn't even coming to an assault victim's defence.
Apart from the sheer pointlessness of the violence, the case illustrates a point: intervening in crime can carry a high risk of harm to oneself. Sometimes all one can reasonably do is call the police from a safe distance.
I think cases like this provide some perspective on the recent "What do you do about [crime]" threads. Keep others out of harm's way whenever you can do so safely, but don't intervene in a crime in progress or imminent crime unless you are prepared for things to turn very ugly for you.
Unless you're Hickdive, who has a bat cape and rocket car, and therefore is fully equipped to deal with all violent criminals.