Would you try to be a hero?

i almost killed someone before that tried that. depends if they're a nice mugger or an *******
 
Would this work here?

Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner.

But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening took an unexpected turn.

He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.

"He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, 'Here you go,'" Diaz says.

As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, "Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you're going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm."

The would-be robber looked at his would-be victim, "like what's going on here?" Diaz says. "He asked me, 'Why are you doing this?'"

Diaz replied: "If you're willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then I guess you must really need the money. I mean, all I wanted to do was get dinner and if you really want to join me ... hey, you're more than welcome.

"You know, I just felt maybe he really needs help," Diaz says.

Diaz says he and the teen went into the diner and sat in a booth.

"The manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi," Diaz says. "The kid was like, 'You know everybody here. Do you own this place?'"

"No, I just eat here a lot," Diaz says he told the teen. "He says, 'But you're even nice to the dishwasher.'"

Diaz replied, "Well, haven't you been taught you should be nice to everybody?"

"Yea, but I didn't think people actually behaved that way," the teen said.

Diaz asked him what he wanted out of life. "He just had almost a sad face," Diaz says.

The teen couldn't answer Diaz — or he didn't want to.

When the bill arrived, Diaz told the teen, "Look, I guess you're going to have to pay for this bill 'cause you have my money and I can't pay for this. So if you give me my wallet back, I'll gladly treat you."

The teen "didn't even think about it" and returned the wallet, Diaz says. "I gave him $20 ... I figure maybe it'll help him. I don't know."

Diaz says he asked for something in return — the teen's knife — "and he gave it to me."

Afterward, when Diaz told his mother what happened, she said, "You're the type of kid that if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch."

"I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It's as simple as it gets in this complicated world."
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Some guy tried to mug me once with a knife, he ended up in hospital and I ended up on ARV's after a tip-off from his attending doctor... keep that in mind if you decide to whack the scum.
 
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Ill use my mother in law as cover and then sprint like a bat outta hell.
 
Met this chick at a bus-stop once. We took a walk in town and this dude runs past and grabs her necklace. The hero in me kicked in (U should have seen this chick) and I give chase. Guy goes around a corner and pulls out a knife and I was like, I just met this biatch - Fsk that !!

Obviously I told her I couldn't catch up.
 
The prudent thing to do would be to not resist, give him all he wants .. but then afterwards track him down and kill his family and family's family Charles Bronson vigilante style.

But that's just me .. :twisted:
 
TJ99 said:
Knowing myself, I'd probably do something stupid. I see thieves who think they are entitled to take whatever few things I have away from me as the scum of the earth. I only feel massive hate in such a situation, my usual calm and common sense take a back seat.
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It's damn hard to control the red mist when confronted with injustice.

I got out of my car at Christmas time to confront a bloke who was driving very erratically and became dangerous to us with his behaviour. My wife had initially gestured at him about what tf he was doing (she was driving), but when we stopped at the lights he jumped out of his car and started gesturing at my wife to come ahead and fight. He stood screaming at the front of our car so I jumped out full of red mist and I squared up to the guy. He kept on shouting 'my name is Mohamed' over and over in my face while I was inviting him to hit me. Luckily, he backed off shouting still 'my name is Mohamed'

Yes, it was odd.

Thing is, my wife was distraught and she ended up quite traumatised for a few days at what 'could' have happened. He was obviously out of his box on something and all it needed was a gun or a knife in his pocket and I was severely injured or dead. Easy enough to happen in SA I guess, and on a convertible Merc with a GP plate at Christmas time in Hermanus, it has to be expected I suppose :whistle:

Point is, don't do it kids. Bravado is gonna end up killing you and in the end it's others who suffer after you're gone. Give them what they want and continue to live.
 
rofl DrYes :p

I know i would freeze even though i am a big fella (not muscular mind you).

I too imagine that if someone came into the house that i would use all my strength to kick their @rse but in reality i can't :(.

Nice story above there, how do you speak to someone if they a foreigner? We have people from around Africa you might come accross. That fellow above was just lucky they both spoke good english.
 
Adrenaline is a funny thing.

Sometimes it makes you feel strong. Other times it you feel like jelly.
 
Ye I guess its one of those things that would happen so fast you would just react instinctively, some people are lucky enough to have some form of self defense training, which could just save your life. Or make you so cocky you could lose it. I remember about 2 years ago my brother rudely gestured a reckless driver who was trying to show off his ST to his buddies in the backseat. The guy in the passenger seat was having none of it and after following us to the KFC drive through climbed out and marched towards us hurling abuse and gesturing that a beating was about to be laid down. My bro is a 4th dan and I knew he'd only hurt the fellow, so stupid me jumped out, got between them to break it up, big angry guy threw a right which hit me straight in the forehead lol. That's when I reacted and put him down with a jab and a liver shot. Ever since, my bro refers to me as egg head cos off the 2 eggs the dudes knuckles left on my forehead.
 
astro250 said:
My bro is a 4th dan and I knew he'd only hurt the fellow, so stupid me jumped out, got between them to break it up, big angry guy threw a right which hit me straight in the forehead lol. That's when I reacted and put him down with a jab and a liver shot. Ever since, my bro refers to me as egg head cos off the 2 eggs the dudes knuckles left on my forehead.
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I'm a dip-**** regarding physical prowess although my brother is a scizophrenic psychopath who has been a nightclub bouncer you wouldn't want to meet eyes with. He hasn't been doing that job for years although his demeanour hasn't changed. He has "given back" (with interest) knives to plenty of trouble makers. I would feel quite safe with him around.

The thing is with defending against a person with a melee weapon ... you must not hold back. If you hold back you will get hurt ... terribly. The more you put into you initial reaction, the more you will get out.

Of course there's the chance that the attacker will be faster than you. But if you have the element of surprise through whatever means ... then you have the advantage and have to be committed to your reaction. You will win.
 
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I keep a stun gun in my bag, so I will pretend to get my wallet and stun him and run like hell.
 
I'd like to say that I will "bek@rk" myself in this situation.
But I saw myself on some play back of CCTV footage where I was confronted with gangsters with knifes. I saw myself and colleuges fight and won, but couldn't remember 3/4 of the stuff I did there. Maybe the adrenilin rush that takes over and the brain just goes to auto pilot. It's freaky watching something like that afterwards and then you notice that what felt like 3 seconds is taking like 2 minutes to play off.
 
Only fight them if you have the upper hand.

It's not worth fighting someone with a knife (or anything they can stab with) because you could lose your life.

It's just not worth dying for money and a cell phone, even if it is some fancy smartphone.

Me... I never carry weapons and I'm not trained at fighting. I'm not big or very strong either, so I'd have to keep my anger in check and try not to fight them. It's not easy to be rational in a situation like that though, when you're mad you may think you're tougher than you really are.
 
Nicci said:
I keep a stun gun in my bag, so I will pretend to get my wallet and stun him and run like hell.
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What if he wants your whole handbag? Or your body? What's plan B?

beans100 said:
I'd like to say that I will "bek@rk" myself in this situation.
But I saw myself on some play back of CCTV footage where I was confronted with gangsters with knifes. I saw myself and colleuges fight and won, but couldn't remember 3/4 of the stuff I did there. Maybe the adrenilin rush that takes over and the brain just goes to auto pilot. It's freaky watching something like that afterwards and then you notice that what felt like 3 seconds is taking like 2 minutes to play off.
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Adrenalin does some very funny things to you - tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, loss of fine motor control. The lack of these contribute to a very different memory of events than that which actually occurred
 
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I've been mugged twice. First time was by a guy with a knife less than 100 meters from my house.

Second time was by a guy who just used pure intimidation. I started giving him a bit of **** when he first approached me and started hassling me, but then I looked into his eyes and realised he was on something. I only had R30 on me, so I was thought to myself "Is getting into a fight with a drug addict worth R30?" I just gave him the cash.
 
Nicci said:
I keep a stun gun in my bag, so I will pretend to get my wallet and stun him and run like hell.
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useless! muggers take the whole bag, they don't wait around for someone to scratch inside! the stun gun/pepper spray needs to be on a loop around your wrist, where it can actually be used.

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i once got held up by two guys late at night in cambridge (east london). i was using a borrowed cellphone and had R20 in my wallet. and i just wasn't in the mood. one guy had a big knife, the other a gun. so i started scolding them, asking them why they were throwing their lives away on petty crime and that i would not give them the phone because it wasn't mine, and that there was only R20 in my wallet anyway and that i wasn't going to go through the hassle of replacing my cards. they just stared at me. then i turned tail and ran (handguns are tough to aim at anything over 5m).
 
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