I am a Marine, and even I still ask myself that question. It is not a question you can answer, until the time arrives. I have saved countless lives, but I did it not because I was courageous, I did it because I was afraid.
I am usually good at stressful and tough situations. I believe in helping and doing what needs to be done in certain situations. I would be happy in a world when we don't understand this question as there wouldn't be soldiers, war or crime. But in this world I would definitely help to anyone in need.
I don't know! I can understand how someone would freeze up.I would hope,at least, to be a source of comfort but I just don't know. Fear can be crippling!
Even though I was in service at the end of viet nam and during the gulf war I have never had to face the enemy. I was in traning units both times. I cannot say what my ewactions would acctually be, but I hope it would bring honor of my flag and my Country, and My Constitution.
War is hell and emotions run wild although I'm crazy so it's hard to know until your faced with that decision. It would depend on who the enemy is and what you believe to be right
I would help, I have no doubt....things have happened in my life that have easily pointed me to that conclusion. I was meant to be strong so others wouldnt have to. It's too bad we couldn't just handle wars through MMA fights or something....the whole my piece of land is getting old
I remember that scene. I would probably jump in and stop the enemy if I had to kill him. The killing part might be just a little harder than the jumping-in.
How do I know that? I once had to jump in and help a woman after I caught a man, who had forced his way into her car, with both hands locked around her throat. I rushed up to the passenger side (that's the side he was on), raised my fist, pounded on the window, and roared at him, "GET OUT OF THAT CAR! NOW!" And when he didn't stop what he was doing, I tried the door. Simplest thing in the world. Of course the door was open; that's how he'd gotten in.
I swung it wide. He got out. I ended up with the door between us, so he couldn't get his hands around *my* throat.
And--I swear I can remember it as if it were only yesterday--he positively *whined.* He said, "Hey, you, she done me wrong."
The girl screamed again, so I looked the man in the eye, and said, "Go on!"
He turned tail and ran like a rabbit.
And the next thing I knew, I had my arms full of 110 pounds of warm, quivering woman.
The rest is a little anticlimactic. I had a steady girl at the time, and the reason I was in that parking garage was that I was preparing to take off--to get my eyes examined! Bottom line: three of us drove out to my eye appointment, so w...
I remember that scene. I would probably jump in and stop the enemy if I had to kill him. The killing part might be just a little harder than the jumping-in.
How do I know that? I once had to jump in and help a woman after I caught a man, who had forced his way into her car, with both hands locked around her throat. I rushed up to the passenger side (that's the side he was on), raised my fist, pounded on the window, and roared at him, "GET OUT OF THAT CAR! NOW!" And when he didn't stop what he was doing, I tried the door. Simplest thing in the world. Of course the door was open; that's how he'd gotten in.
I swung it wide. He got out. I ended up with the door between us, so he couldn't get his hands around *my* throat.
And--I swear I can remember it as if it were only yesterday--he positively *whined.* He said, "Hey, you, she done me wrong."
The girl screamed again, so I looked the man in the eye, and said, "Go on!"
He turned tail and ran like a rabbit.
And the next thing I knew, I had my arms full of 110 pounds of warm, quivering woman.
The rest is a little anticlimactic. I had a steady girl at the time, and the reason I was in that parking garage was that I was preparing to take off--to get my eyes examined! Bottom line: three of us drove out to my eye appointment, so while my then-girlfriend took this woman to Emergency for a good looking-over, I took the eye test, and passed. Of course, the eye test included the adrenaline drops, so my girlfriend drove from then on. We dropped the other girl off, and went out to dinner to unwind.
The next day, I told my story to my managers and fellow sales assistants. The lead manager was too shocked for words. The "support manager" warned me that I could have gotten killed; I told him that I took a calculated risk, and I wasn't. (The support man then got on the phone to the parking-garage management and basically bawled them out for letting a thing like this happen.) The third-in-command manager boasted that he would have decked the guy, and I told *him*, "You don't know, and can't know, what you would do in a scrap like that until you've been there." He took the point. The other guys said, "We have a real hero with us!" The ladies in the office, after the support manager took them aside to tell them what went down and lay down a new "escort rule"...well, I had to remind them that I was "spoken for."
That was twenty-seven years ago. That's as close as I've gotten to jumping into the middle of a life-threatening altercation. You may judge what I might have done in combat.
In an emergency most people react to the situation and help without thinking. You never quite know until you are tested and you just jump in. You see it every day on the news. People pulling victims out of burning cars, sometimes a group. working together.I imagine soldiers are the same and most do what they have to do without thought.
I have been in emergency situations where I did my best to help without even thinking of
myself or the peril. I mean you cannot stand there and watch someone (anyone) bleed to death and walk away knowing you could have done something. But then a person never truly knows what they will do in an emergency situation until faced with it. I would feel a strong need to help a comrade soldier.!
I do not believe that this makes you a hero. It just makes you human. I have been known
to just vanish after a helpful deed.
I gave ya a rave for having the guts to admit that you are a C,O. It takes a lot to tell people some thing that labels you such a low life! Whether you believe in war or not when your countries liberty is at stake you have to fight!
Yeah but why the hell should someone pick on another country in the first place? Just because I'm a C.O dosen't mean I want to get nuked the hell out of by another country! I object to ALL war, and if someone needs my help I will help them, If I happened to pass a soldier bleeding to death I'd take him in and nurse his wounds, I didn't say I'd chicken out! I'm sorry for stating my opinion, and yes I do see the irony in a conciencous objector having to fight against another sodahead member in order just to state one opinion. Also, I guess I'm fighting for my freedom of speech here. I just don't like war after seeing the destruction it can do. Thank you for being mature.
Ok I see your point you will help defend your country in any way that is very safe and you wouldn't chicken out you would nurse the men that defend your right to be a C.O.
Oh and you don't have to fight me to be a C.O. I put my time in to give you that right! And your little picture that could be your home town if you don't help to defend it!
Ahh I see now it makes sense Great Britain The country that is making sure the muslims have a place to stay!
Ok I see your point you will help defend your country in any way that is very safe and you wouldn't chicken out you would nurse the men that defend your right to be a C.O.
Oh and you don't have to fight me to be a C.O. I put my time in to give you that right! And your little picture that could be your home town if you don't help to defend it!
Ahh I see now it makes sense Great Britain The country that is making sure the muslims have a place to stay!
Soooooo, you're bashing great britain, basically? And the entire mulsim community despite the fact that the majority aren't terrorists or even extremists? I get it now, sorry I wasted my time on you. You did win a medal for your effort, though, the "first ever troll I've encountered" badge, I hope you feel honoured! :P
Bashing Great Britain? NOPE as a matter of fact in the past Britain has produced some of the most honered and bravest of the worlds warriors
currently it seems that they have allowed their country to be over run with Muslim extremists and those that hide their cowardice behind terms like C.O. I think that anyone should have the right to object to their country invading anothers land but to refuse to defend your family and country on moral grounds is an oxymoron. Here is an award for you!
Okay, I get the point, this arguement is going nowhere. I'm going to tell you a story, once, my dog fell into the freezing river and couldn't get out, so I jumped in afterwards and saved her life, and whenever someone has picked on my family I've stood up for them. I'm sorry if you think I'm cowardly and unpatriotic, I love my country (England) and wouldn't want to see it get damaged, but I'm also upset how much the muslim community has been discriminated against just because of several bomb-crazed nutjobs. Also, most of England is anti-war, I object to ALL forms of war, I don't like conflict, hence why I want to resolve this arguement peacefully. Also, I thought this topic was just a general question, I haven't seen saving private ryan and was unable to load the youtube clip due to internet problems. I also like America and all other countries, and I respect that everyone around the globe has diffrent views. I believe this whole mess started over some misunderstanding, you're an ex army sergent with fierce loyalty for your rights, I'm someone who is anti-war, I am also fiercly loyal towards my rights. I recently saw a sodahead who posted a question, "why can't we all just get along?" and THAT'S what I also ask here and worldwide. Maybe, as someone who has experienced war firs...
Okay, I get the point, this arguement is going nowhere. I'm going to tell you a story, once, my dog fell into the freezing river and couldn't get out, so I jumped in afterwards and saved her life, and whenever someone has picked on my family I've stood up for them. I'm sorry if you think I'm cowardly and unpatriotic, I love my country (England) and wouldn't want to see it get damaged, but I'm also upset how much the muslim community has been discriminated against just because of several bomb-crazed nutjobs. Also, most of England is anti-war, I object to ALL forms of war, I don't like conflict, hence why I want to resolve this arguement peacefully. Also, I thought this topic was just a general question, I haven't seen saving private ryan and was unable to load the youtube clip due to internet problems. I also like America and all other countries, and I respect that everyone around the globe has diffrent views. I believe this whole mess started over some misunderstanding, you're an ex army sergent with fierce loyalty for your rights, I'm someone who is anti-war, I am also fiercly loyal towards my rights. I recently saw a sodahead who posted a question, "why can't we all just get along?" and THAT'S what I also ask here and worldwide. Maybe, as someone who has experienced war first hand, you should be able to tell younger generations the horrors of war and why we should encourage peace and understanding between fellow humans. I believe more in the ways of the Dalai lama, that we should encourage peace, I think it's possible, it may also be possible that I got conciencous objector and anti-war mixed up, because I hate to argue, and I hate causing more hatred. I'm not surrendering, sergent, I'm going to open up a peace treaty, because none of us are winning, this could carry on, or we could stop it now like sensible and rational adults, whaddaya say? This is sodahead, everyone's got an opinion, it dosen't mean we have to fight over it, okay? Becuase I'm pretty sure if we met in the REAL world, circumstances would be different and wires wouldn't get crossed like this.
Thankyou if you took the time to read this carefully.
O.K. with me I don't mean to intimidate I guess that I have just seen so much violence in my life that running from it doesn't compute that doesn't make me right just programed to fight! My view on Muslims is that they are a dangerous disease mainly because the prime directive of Islam is that if the enemy will not accept and join us they must die and Muslims can not choose and pick what part they believe so no matter how friendly they seem if pushed for an answer they will tell you if their spiritual leader tells them you must die you will die! I do respect you and your opinion even though we are miles apart on our beliefs ya know I had a man in my outfit that sat and stared at the sun and burnt his eyes out just so that he wouldn't have to go to Nam I felt bad that he dishonored himself but it was his life Good talking with you take care!
A note to my soda head friends I did not realize that I was talking to a young lady and I took this arguement way to far I apologized to her! She has every right to feel how ever she likes!
Hey it's no prob! I probably shouldn't have called you a troll, soz, that might have been a bit harsh! Seeing that you were an army sergent I thought you would have seen lots of violence and really scary stuff which is why I posted the message, but at fist I thought you were just one of those guys who just randomly picks fights because it's the internet and sometimes that happens (trolls). I think I'm possibly living in an age where I wish we could all live peacefully together, because whatever race you're in or colour or religion, we should all be able to just get along. I just strongly disagree with war and I don't want to provoke it, it damages people and also animals (yeah, I'm a bit of an eco geek). I believe in standing up for the little guy because I've always kinda felt like the little guy myself, and I've always considered myself an extemely nervous person, but for some weird reason that's actually made me braver and stand up for people more, but I wont tell u my whole life story lol! I guess seeing the horrors of war in the media cuts me up inside and I will never understand "why" it is that way.
Just an interesting fact, there are alot of female army cadets who are real arse-kickers. There was once one that sunk several german subs all by herself, I read it in a ...
Hey it's no prob! I probably shouldn't have called you a troll, soz, that might have been a bit harsh! Seeing that you were an army sergent I thought you would have seen lots of violence and really scary stuff which is why I posted the message, but at fist I thought you were just one of those guys who just randomly picks fights because it's the internet and sometimes that happens (trolls). I think I'm possibly living in an age where I wish we could all live peacefully together, because whatever race you're in or colour or religion, we should all be able to just get along. I just strongly disagree with war and I don't want to provoke it, it damages people and also animals (yeah, I'm a bit of an eco geek). I believe in standing up for the little guy because I've always kinda felt like the little guy myself, and I've always considered myself an extemely nervous person, but for some weird reason that's actually made me braver and stand up for people more, but I wont tell u my whole life story lol! I guess seeing the horrors of war in the media cuts me up inside and I will never understand "why" it is that way.
Just an interesting fact, there are alot of female army cadets who are real arse-kickers. There was once one that sunk several german subs all by herself, I read it in a history book. I'm not joining the army though, I've already set out a career path, but will help the world in my own way. Not everyone can join the army.
The honest answer is no one knows unless you've been there. However, I'd like to think I know myself well enough by now to say 'yes', without hesitation.
all of us would want to help, but if we happen to freeze, its not voluntary..
How do I know that? I once had to jump in and help a woman after I caught a man, who had forced his way into her car, with both hands locked around her throat. I rushed up to the passenger side (that's the side he was on), raised my fist, pounded on the window, and roared at him, "GET OUT OF THAT CAR! NOW!" And when he didn't stop what he was doing, I tried the door. Simplest thing in the world. Of course the door was open; that's how he'd gotten in.
I swung it wide. He got out. I ended up with the door between us, so he couldn't get his hands around *my* throat.
And--I swear I can remember it as if it were only yesterday--he positively *whined.* He said, "Hey, you, she done me wrong."
The girl screamed again, so I looked the man in the eye, and said, "Go on!"
He turned tail and ran like a rabbit.
And the next thing I knew, I had my arms full of 110 pounds of warm, quivering woman.
The rest is a little anticlimactic. I had a steady girl at the time, and the reason I was in that parking garage was that I was preparing to take off--to get my eyes examined! Bottom line: three of us drove out to my eye appointment, so w...
How do I know that? I once had to jump in and help a woman after I caught a man, who had forced his way into her car, with both hands locked around her throat. I rushed up to the passenger side (that's the side he was on), raised my fist, pounded on the window, and roared at him, "GET OUT OF THAT CAR! NOW!" And when he didn't stop what he was doing, I tried the door. Simplest thing in the world. Of course the door was open; that's how he'd gotten in.
I swung it wide. He got out. I ended up with the door between us, so he couldn't get his hands around *my* throat.
And--I swear I can remember it as if it were only yesterday--he positively *whined.* He said, "Hey, you, she done me wrong."
The girl screamed again, so I looked the man in the eye, and said, "Go on!"
He turned tail and ran like a rabbit.
And the next thing I knew, I had my arms full of 110 pounds of warm, quivering woman.
The rest is a little anticlimactic. I had a steady girl at the time, and the reason I was in that parking garage was that I was preparing to take off--to get my eyes examined! Bottom line: three of us drove out to my eye appointment, so while my then-girlfriend took this woman to Emergency for a good looking-over, I took the eye test, and passed. Of course, the eye test included the adrenaline drops, so my girlfriend drove from then on. We dropped the other girl off, and went out to dinner to unwind.
The next day, I told my story to my managers and fellow sales assistants. The lead manager was too shocked for words. The "support manager" warned me that I could have gotten killed; I told him that I took a calculated risk, and I wasn't. (The support man then got on the phone to the parking-garage management and basically bawled them out for letting a thing like this happen.) The third-in-command manager boasted that he would have decked the guy, and I told *him*, "You don't know, and can't know, what you would do in a scrap like that until you've been there." He took the point. The other guys said, "We have a real hero with us!" The ladies in the office, after the support manager took them aside to tell them what went down and lay down a new "escort rule"...well, I had to remind them that I was "spoken for."
That was twenty-seven years ago. That's as close as I've gotten to jumping into the middle of a life-threatening altercation. You may judge what I might have done in combat.
myself or the peril. I mean you cannot stand there and watch someone (anyone) bleed to death and walk away knowing you could have done something. But then a person never truly knows what they will do in an emergency situation until faced with it. I would feel a strong need to help a comrade soldier.!
I do not believe that this makes you a hero. It just makes you human. I have been known
to just vanish after a helpful deed.
Oh and you don't have to fight me to be a C.O. I put my time in to give you that right! And your little picture that could be your home town if you don't help to defend it!
Ahh I see now it makes sense Great Britain The country that is making sure the muslims have a place to stay!
Oh and you don't have to fight me to be a C.O. I put my time in to give you that right! And your little picture that could be your home town if you don't help to defend it!
Ahh I see now it makes sense Great Britain The country that is making sure the muslims have a place to stay!
currently it seems that they have allowed their country to be over run with Muslim extremists and those that hide their cowardice behind terms like C.O. I think that anyone should have the right to object to their country invading anothers land but to refuse to defend your family and country on moral grounds is an oxymoron. Here is an award for you!
I believe this whole mess started over some misunderstanding, you're an ex army sergent with fierce loyalty for your rights, I'm someone who is anti-war, I am also fiercly loyal towards my rights. I recently saw a sodahead who posted a question, "why can't we all just get along?" and THAT'S what I also ask here and worldwide. Maybe, as someone who has experienced war firs...
I believe this whole mess started over some misunderstanding, you're an ex army sergent with fierce loyalty for your rights, I'm someone who is anti-war, I am also fiercly loyal towards my rights. I recently saw a sodahead who posted a question, "why can't we all just get along?" and THAT'S what I also ask here and worldwide. Maybe, as someone who has experienced war first hand, you should be able to tell younger generations the horrors of war and why we should encourage peace and understanding between fellow humans.
I believe more in the ways of the Dalai lama, that we should encourage peace, I think it's possible, it may also be possible that I got conciencous objector and anti-war mixed up, because I hate to argue, and I hate causing more hatred. I'm not surrendering, sergent, I'm going to open up a peace treaty, because none of us are winning, this could carry on, or we could stop it now like sensible and rational adults, whaddaya say?
This is sodahead, everyone's got an opinion, it dosen't mean we have to fight over it, okay? Becuase I'm pretty sure if we met in the REAL world, circumstances would be different and wires wouldn't get crossed like this.
Thankyou if you took the time to read this carefully.
A note to my soda head friends I did not realize that I was talking to a young lady and I took this arguement way to far I apologized to her! She has every right to feel how ever she likes!
I think I'm possibly living in an age where I wish we could all live peacefully together, because whatever race you're in or colour or religion, we should all be able to just get along.
I just strongly disagree with war and I don't want to provoke it, it damages people and also animals (yeah, I'm a bit of an eco geek). I believe in standing up for the little guy because I've always kinda felt like the little guy myself, and I've always considered myself an extemely nervous person, but for some weird reason that's actually made me braver and stand up for people more, but I wont tell u my whole life story lol! I guess seeing the horrors of war in the media cuts me up inside and I will never understand "why" it is that way.
Just an interesting fact, there are alot of female army cadets who are real arse-kickers. There was once one that sunk several german subs all by herself, I read it in a ...
I think I'm possibly living in an age where I wish we could all live peacefully together, because whatever race you're in or colour or religion, we should all be able to just get along.
I just strongly disagree with war and I don't want to provoke it, it damages people and also animals (yeah, I'm a bit of an eco geek). I believe in standing up for the little guy because I've always kinda felt like the little guy myself, and I've always considered myself an extemely nervous person, but for some weird reason that's actually made me braver and stand up for people more, but I wont tell u my whole life story lol! I guess seeing the horrors of war in the media cuts me up inside and I will never understand "why" it is that way.
Just an interesting fact, there are alot of female army cadets who are real arse-kickers. There was once one that sunk several german subs all by herself, I read it in a history book. I'm not joining the army though, I've already set out a career path, but will help the world in my own way. Not everyone can join the army.