Re: What would you have done?
Hi Cocktail.
I appreciate you views. That’s why I opened this thread. I wasn’t sure if what I did was 100% correct.
Actually, I don’t think that I’m “high all mighty”, nor am I “uber modern” and I wouldn’t consider myself a “gori wannabe” either.
Yes, I did stop the mom from hitting her kid again, if that’s considered rescuing, so be it. All he wanted was ice cream, like every other child. ![]()
I don’t think I was poking my nose in anyone’s personal or private business because she was acting a fool in public. But you’re right. It wasn’t my job to do so, but as a human, I felt sympathy for the poor kid.
Maybe her kid is a brat, maybe she’s a drug addict, maybe he hits her. There are a lot of maybes… And you’re absolutely right, there is no way that a stranger would “really” know. But I didn’t act on those maybes. I acted on what I saw and heard.
Throwing a poor kid around and calling him names like he’s an animal is not right.. At all. If someone considers their child a “pareshani”, then that’s a problem all on it’s own.
But again, thank you for your opinion. ![]()