[Leaning Right]

And had he done anything and all was OK, he`d have been hung out to dry...

You're so right. But in sad situations like this one, it's probably better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.

[headstamp 2]

Yes, drop a dime from a pay phone and let the chips fall where they may.

[nomad]

When`s the last time you saw a working payphone? I`ve heard that in all of North Eastern Ohio there are only two payphones and they are way south of Akron in Amish country, and only because they fought to keep them!

[beaversmom]

I think you are assuming he knew something was wrong. If I’m coming and going and hear a baby cry, I’m not going to automatically assume 911 needs to be called. We don’t know that the baby was crying continuously. It doesn’t say he could hear him while in his apartment. I don’t blame him, but I imagine there will be people that do as modern society always wants to find someone to lay blame on.

[knarf]

Both of my girls, when young, were told very emphatically ... THAT was a scream you never use unless you are in trouble .... DO YOU UNDERSTAND ??!

(meekly) yes, sir

They got the message and because parents are scared to death of parenting, our kids grow up to be adults with a few bricks missing from their structure.

I am very attuned to something sounding out ... a noise in the car, f'rinsatnce, but I don't think there is a sense of what (sounds) right or wrong, so there is no way to compare / contrast

We ARE in need of psychotherapy, folks ... our brains' wiring is copper in a fiber world