" Even mundane events can be enough to cast doubt on its own moral courage. Mobilise the media reports of brutal attacks in public places, the courage of the citizens, or they are intimidated by the first right? I fear the latter is true.
was a small, fortunately harmless incident to me a few days the opportunity to check on myself. On the way back from work I got into a sparsely occupied subway car. After I had set myself, I noticed a near fläzenden young man, his legs for granted - had stretched across the seat, said he supports himself with his shoes on the back - it seemed to me, almost ostentatiously.
My first impulse was to him politely to DC input to take down the legs. Finally, there will soon be sitting for other people. But I wanted to really risk of being molested by him they may take? What would I do? Klein added, or to get involved in a verbal fight? And now I inevitably came the reports of recent times in the sense that seemingly trivial events from brute force attacks followed. What if it had been based on this young man with his provocative behavior to leave out his aggression on someone?
The thought to have deterred me from such a far-fetched eventuality annoyed me again so much that now I almost certainly would have said something. But there came a new doubt in me. Maybe I'd do with my involvement, only a fool? Finally, the other passengers seemed the behavior of the young man so as not to disturb it. They did anyway as if they did not see it. Will I grow older as the embittered order fetishists and principles rider who can bring even by the smallest of infractions in the public out of the socket?
While I wrestled with me still so I had to - no was allowed to get off, me and my escape the situation. Outside, but I felt bad when I had it in projective Timidity unacceptable that someone brazenly violated my privacy. For the subway, which I use and I sit on the bench is, but somehow my personal area of life. I could not convince myself that I would be determined in a really serious situation to be less timid. "
Quote:" The world "" My week "by Richard Herzinger, 16.10.2009
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