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Have you ever saved someone s life?
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:33 pm
by Eierdiebe
don't be too sure of that.
ever heard of the kitty genovese case?
Have you ever saved someone s life?
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:39 pm
by rocker654_Archive
Eierdiebe wrote:don't be too sure of that.
ever heard of the kitty genovese case?
Yup.
38 people did nothing to stop this woman from being murdered. Incredible.
Have you ever saved someone s life?
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:41 pm
by 242sumner
Eierdiebe wrote:
if you cut somebody's nose and ears off, for instance, you may as well finish the job).
Would you rather die than live without real ears?
Have you ever saved someone s life?
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:47 pm
by Marsupialized_Archive
ubercat wrote:I saved two people's lives. A co-worker at a radio station asked me if I could buy him a gun to kill his gf and her new bf with (after he closed the mic for a spot break). I went to the police, they gave me a gun to sell to him, we did the sting at the radio station, and I then suffered nearly 12 months of agony as inflicted by the local Public Defender and the atty's of the person who plotted the murders. They went through my garbage often, made false allegations against me that quickly materialized into charges of my own. Not to mention I was at my first radio gig in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin, trapped until the trial was over. They even attempted to use my medical records against me in an attempt to discredit me. It was hell. Seriously. I hired an atty and threatened a suit, which eventually stopped the direct intimidation.
Advise from me to you:
Do NOT ever, EVER, allow police to use your personal work, personal home, telephone, car - ANYTHING. Ever. It's like inviting a vampire to dinner (at yer house). For any reason. If you ever cooperate with police on something like this, don't open your personal life to them.
It was still worth doing, even though i never was thanked by the two people who's lifes I saved. The guy was one step away from killing these people, already hired the hit-man, and not a single thanks. People - gotta love `em.
you are a doof
Have you ever saved someone s life?
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:48 pm
by ctrl-s_Archive
Eierdiebe: Yeah. Point taken. I'll revise: almost anyone WHOM I KNOW PERSONALLY would've done the same, I'm sure. (I'm counting the denizens of this forum as "personally known to me.") There was a lot of publicity about the case, though thank god my name didn't get out in the media; still a degree of moral superiority was imputed to me by various parties just for being a not-totally-apathetic human being at a particular moment, which I found uncomfortable.
A person literally jumping in front of a train to rescue a stranger, though -- the physical selflessness and courage of that act amazes me.
Have you ever saved someone s life?
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:05 am
by Eierdiebe
242sumner wrote:Eierdiebe wrote:
if you cut somebody's nose and ears off, for instance, you may as well finish the job).
Would you rather die than live without real ears?
if i didn't have to go to work and mix with pleasant society, i could definitely live without real ears. it would be a tolerable fate, especially if i could live in a castle or creaky mansion and have someone make me sandwiches.
Have you ever saved someone s life?
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:12 am
by Christopher J McGarvey_Archive
Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:I have never been a DJ so I guess the answer is no.
Despite my very bad joke, I want to say yes.
Time will tell.
Have you ever saved someone s life?
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:15 am
by Eierdiebe
ctrl-s wrote:still a degree of moral superiority was imputed to me by various parties just for being a not-totally-apathetic human being at a particular moment, which I found uncomfortable.
that may seem ridiculous to you but in a way it's understandable: a lot of people spend much of their lives wondering how they'd act in such a situation, so it comes as a relief whenever someone, anyone actually does the right thing.
Have you ever saved someone s life?
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:34 am
by Infidelity_Archive
I gave an old woman CPR on the street after she collapsed and she came just before the ambulance arrived. They took her to the hospital and she was ok.
Took ages to get the taste of old person out of my mouth.
Have you ever saved someone s life?
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:25 am
by ctrl-s_Archive
Infidelity wrote:I gave an old woman CPR on the street after she collapsed and she came just before the ambulance arrived.
So you give
really good CPR, is what you're saying here.
hehe
Seriously: well done. Why the hell have I not already learned CPR? Why hasn't everyone in the world over the age of 12?