On Being a Hero
Last weekend, Nate went to Minneapolis. Some guy was evidently handing out business cards advertising himself as an "everyday super-hero." He would just go around and try to do genuinely nice and helpful things for everyone; his mantra was something to the effect of: "if everyone was an everyday super-hero, we wouldn't need policemen
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Ive heard from different sources that its generally not a good idea to stop unless it appears that there is immediate danger to the people involved. This means evidence of a fire or a rollover case. Police have said that stopping can just clutter up the roads and cause more potential collisions, especially in one of the city's busier intersections.
I believe the fundamental flaw though, not the "me" attitude, but the general laziness of the population. The real flaw is the apathy of people; the "somebody else will deal with it" idea.
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