[hoosierham]

He DARED to take action himself instead of waiting quietly while the professionals dealt with the matter in accordance with their training and departmentally approved procedures.

We cannot have people thinking for themselves , or WORSE, acting on their own iniative without department approval.

Why if this sort of thing were allowed, next ordinary people might resist criminals with force. And if they are successful in dealing with robbers and rapists, the people might become emboldened to question excessive taxation and governmental intrusion ; so you see, we CANNOT have ordinary civilians trying to save their own lives or property.

[Fraulein]

Good post.

[Fraulein]

The guy just lost everything he owned, except for his dog, and now the government wants him to give them money (for failing to save his dog).

They may also put this guy in jail. I'm sure we will all be sleeping safer at night. /sarcasm

[Mulder]

We cannot have people thinking for themselves , or WORSE, acting on their own iniative without department approval.

A have a friend who helped put out a fire after a helicopter crash many years ago. Once the FD arrived, the fire was more or less under control, but they weren't too happy about one of the serfs doing their job.

So the head honcho asked my friend to fill out a bunch of paperwork. He told the fire chief that if he had to fill out the paperwork, he wouldn't put out a fire in the future under similar circumstances. The chief thought about it, and decided this made sense so he dropped the issue, and let well enough alone.

At least back then, they had a little common sense.

[Terriergal]

:-)