Crab:
I'm not condoning someone breaking the law several times. Hypothetical 'what ifs' don't wash I'm afraid - we can all dream up various weird circumstances to support our arguments but human nature has a way of interfering doesn't it? Our instinct to help those in distress can sometimes over-ride common sense can't it? You say yourself that someone bending the rules can still be applauded occasionally, so sometimes it is excusable isn't it? With human beings these things are never completely black or white and I think we should not be too swift to publicly condemn people for their humanity to those in distress, even if some of us might think their actions 'foolhardy'. There but for the grace of God etc. eh?
Last edited by FD2; 2nd Jan 2016 at 00:25.
Reason: to change something wot I wrote