Boris Johnson: "If you see trouble walk away"

Mirror ^ | 3/07/2008 | Boris Johnson

[george76]

Boris Johnson urged people to walk away if they see a crime committed rather than risk their own lives.

The London mayor admitted he would tell his own children to "look after themselves" rather than play Good Samaritan to a victim.

"Everybody is shocked by the level of violence we are seeing, particularly towards young people, and we must all work as hard as we can to reverse this dreadful trend."

[i_dont_chat]

Ah, yes, the ostrich approach.

[mrs. a]

In this day and age, when every human who is no longer actively nursing at mama’s breast is yapping into a cell phone, shouldn’t he at least be urging them to SUMMON HELP IMMEDIATELY?

Seems like a pretty safe action to me...

[Crawdad]

The Morlocks’ main source of food is the Eloi, another race descended from humans that lives above ground. The Morlocks treat the Eloi as cattle, and the Eloi do not resist being captured.

[Fee]

Scene from the original Time Machine movie.

[hatfieldmccoy]

Wow, the Brits have been added to the European Union of the New Castrotti...just pathetic..

[montag813]

Are British males neutered at birth?

[Steely Tom]

The cutie in the yellow outfit is Yvette Mimeaux. Sort of a 1960’s version of Carla Bruni.

[razorback-bert]

[fieldmarshaldj]

That’s not Yvette, that’s an extra. Yvette’s floating in the river in the direction of where they’re gawking.

[Steely Tom]

That’s not Yvette, that’s an extra. Yvette’s floating in the river in the direction of where they’re gawking.

Yeah, you're right. I realized my mistake when I watched that part again on YouTube.

[Spktyr]

He’s got a point, though. Right now in the UK, if you try to help someone being assailed, you are likely to wind up in prison with a LONGER sentence than the assailants.

Nice, huh?

[ConservativeMind]

If you see trouble and can do so, beat the crud out of it and report them to the police.

[ConservativeMind]

The “Eloi” from “The Time Machine.”

[hsalaw]

"Everybody is shocked by the level of violence we are seeing, particularly towards young people, and we must all work as hard as we can to reverse this dreadful trend."

By running away? What a cowardly idiot.

[Clemenza]

Boris Vliet Johnson

[babygene]

isn’t that Haley mills?

[wastedyears]

Britain is dying.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*shudders*

[antiunion person]

If this moron was mayor of London during the late 30’s and early 40’s, and if the people now were back in time period, Hitler would have wiped out England. Brits used to have a set of balls and fight back. The English military used to feared by all just a hundred years ago. Now, they mind as well just union with France and just roll over and surrender.

[snugs]

Or dead.

From my own perspective and of course I cannot say this is what Boris was saying or thinking.

If I saw an attack take place I would try to get assistance to the victim in the way of the emergency services but it can sometimes be fool hardy to give physical assistance you are no good to help someone if you either badly injured or dead.

Though what I would add in most cases of crime of the nature that Boris is talking about why were you there in the first place.

Often it takes places in areas and places where I and my friends and family would not be in the first place. Most people in my experience of crime apart from when you are attacked in your own home are either with people or in areas that they should not have been and would have been advisable to avoid. Maybe this is partly what Boris was thinking about in his advice to his children.