On 01/05/2012 16:47, Neil J. McRae wrote:
> I wonder how people would cope with that response if you saw someone
> being mugged but did nothing about it? Doesn't bode well for us all
> does it! :)
You are aware, I assume, that there is no legal obligation on the part
of an innocent by-stander to intervene in these circumstances either?
Of course, most people think intervening in muggings is a morally
admirable thing to do (apart from the police, who tend to take a view of
"have-a-go-heroes" that ranges from sceptical to outright hostile), but
somehow we have maintained this lack of a duty to intervene at common
law since, quite literally, time immemorial.
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