I'm sorry to hear that alot of the time the wrong person does end up injured or worse however alot of the time it's better for a woman to step in as they're more likely to be able to diffuse the situation. Men (no offence to 99% of people on this board) tend to make things worse!

I still stand by the fact that anyone who steps into a probably booze fuelled situation without training in how to help (ie the police) and without knowing the context of what has occurred previously is taking a very big risk.

Its not about not caring or not wanting to help its about common sense - and at the end of the day what help are you going to be to anyone if you have been stabbed/beaten up etc etc yourself, and you just make the job for the professionals even harder when they arrive.

Its a sad fact of life, that sometimes its better to walk away man woman, whatever.

I understand where your coming from, but i still think its best to leave them to it. Especially as it seams everyday some poor sod has been stabbed, slashed, shot, over almost nothing.

It will be "ban central" in both forums, it seems bith sets if fans target the other as neither can have a pop at Saints at the minute, although you have actually beaten them since Take That reformed.

ive read all the posts following this , and most seem to agree with me.

however......theres always going to be someone ( like yourself), who has to interfere ( do gooders i call em).

do what others have suggested....get proffessional help, but walk away , or one day you may get caught up in summat you cant handle.

like the 2 wire players should have walked away and left it.

no iam sorry never walk away thats why this country is in a mess to many people walking away.

Its not about walking away its about being sensible and getting proper help not jumping in feet first and possibly a) making the situation worse and b) risking your life.

You can't help anyone when your dead is a sad but true way to look at it.

How often do we hear about "have a go heros" ending up being the victim of there wish to be able to change things? Is it really worth that risk? I am all for calling for help (and in most town centres at night as much use as they may or may not be bouncers and/or police are never really going to be that far away!) and offering help if its safe to do so but especially in booze fuelled events the risks are massive.

Perhaps you would like to see the scars i got when i did not walk away?

In the event that I was in need of help if this scenario came up, I would hate to think that people would just walk past and leave me in the sh11t.

Speaking from personal experience (and i was on a jury in a murder case along these lines too) its a very hard call.. I hope i never have to make the decision again, and i hope that if i'm in the poop someone would help me...