2007-05-22 07:59:39 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
dependz on da circumstances- i wud call you a coward and a pr*ick :)
2007-05-22 10:03:08 · answer #1 · answered by i am hated 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the circumstances:-
If they were drowning just a few feet away from you in a swimming pool and you deliberately ignored them and let them drown then you're a coward (to put it politely).
If they were drowning in a raging flood or tidal wave where you would be putting yourself in considerable danger if you attempted to rescue them then you may be considered to be a sensible person. The first rule of rescue is not to put yourself in danger as that is counterproductive.
It would also depend on the type of medal in swimming you had... I have a certificate that says I can swim 25 yards but that would hardly qualify me as a lifeguard.
2007-05-22 08:02:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Frightened. A lot of people with the correct skills freeze when faced with a situation they were hoping never to face. Coward is such a strong negative word......Soldiers freeze or Police Officers freeze on duty. It is just listening to your fright and flight instinct that we all have. It is there for a reason...it's called self preservation. If you did watch someone drown, so long as you weren't smiling and clapping, you would be forgiven for not reacting because you froze in the moment!
2007-05-22 08:06:03 · answer #3 · answered by Confuzzled 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends if you tried or not.If you held back because you were frightened I would call you a coward. On the other hand if you tried to rescue the person but the conditions or the tide or whatever were too difficult I would call you a hero.There is a world of difference between the two.
2007-05-22 08:07:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I live at the seaside and we do have very rough tides and over the years a lot of people have drowned, many through no fault of there own but many through stupidity like not heeding the warnings and a lot of people have drowned trying to save them and i nearly joined them so now to be perfectly honest i would think twice before jumping in to a really rough sea to save someone but there again we would have to wait and see. so i would not judge you.
2007-05-22 08:20:11 · answer #5 · answered by Alec S 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It all depends on why you did not save the drowning person.
If you were not physically capable of rescuing the person at the time, you would not be culpable.
If you were physically able, but attempting a rescue would have endangered your own life, you would be more culpable.
If you were phsically able and attempting the rescue would not have endangered your life, your culpability would be even more.
I would not call you anything. I would be too busy grieving over the loss of life.
2007-05-22 08:04:52 · answer #6 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Either a very small child that was given a medal for something, had no idea what to do, so cried...OR perhaps the water was too cold to comfortably go in. IN any event, had you saved the person, you probably would have been sued for bruising their neck in the rescue...so I would call you above average in intelligence.
2007-05-22 08:05:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you did everything you could do to save that person, but that person kept jumping back in the water after being repeatedly taken to dry land until he or she drowned, what would you call that person?
2007-05-22 08:07:08 · answer #8 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wise, if you had no experience in rescue work.
A murderer, if your medal in swimming included liveguard training.
Far too often untrained people attempt to render aid to a drowning victim and the situation became a double casualty.
2007-05-22 08:06:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you licensed to save someone who is drowning? If not, then you are smart. You can get sued for saving someone if you don't know what you are doing. Sad, but true. If you are licensed, then you broke the law by not helping. This is also sad, but true. You can actually get fined if you refuse to help and could have. Guess it's a double edged sword!
2007-05-22 08:05:08 · answer #10 · answered by odd duck 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I suppose that depends heavily on circumstance. Could you have gotten to them? Did you see it in time? Were you injured yourself? A lot of circumstances can affect these things, and it's always important to remember that your safety overrides the safety of another swimmer-- the last thing we need when someone is drowning is two people drowning.
2007-05-22 08:03:39 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋