randombloke Wro Well done to Sam but do you really think sainsburys will give a dam for what he did for them? No doubt the police will want to speak to him too for assaulting the thug. Get well soon. ------------------------------------------------------- > I do despair when I read people moralising about > things like this. Fathers of small children who > wouldn't thank him for getting killed? Why didn't > he get stuck in a bit earlier? PLEASE do me a > favour. > > What matters here is that a vile, violent thug > assaulted a man (Sam)doing his job. That he was > beaten to the ground and then kicked in the head > shows what a thug the man was. Hopefully Sam is > ok, and suffered no lasting damage. Sam may have > been foolhardy but he had noble intentions and > acted with courage and selflessness. Absolutely > Sainsburys should have more than one guard but 99% > of the time they don't need them, this was the 1% > when they did. I'm no expert but I suspect that we > all have our own way of dealing with these sort of > things in the heat of the moment. I've stood by > and watched in the past and I've also chased after > and apprehended a thief when my girlfriends > handbag was snatched. I'd hope if I saw someone > being viciously assaulted I'd have the balls to > intervene and stop it happening. I don't have > small children, I have a grown up one but I'd > still want to look him in the eye and be able to > say I did something and didn't stand back, I think > he'd respect me more if I did. I'd hope he'd > intervene too. > > There's a story sbout Nikita Kruschev addressing a > meeting and a lone voice said "You saw what Stalin > was doing, why didn't you try to stop him?", > Kruschev quietly asked, "Who said that?" to which > there was a resounding silence. "So, now you know > why"was his withering response.