03lab:

I may be wrong, but to the best of my knowledge, the only one you are obligated to help is a peace officer asking for assistance; unless of course you were on the Jerry Sienfeld show, in which case you get a year in jail for not helping.

I do not condemn anyones benevolent actions, and I greatly admire people like Mother Teresa for the saints that they are. My concern is that if we can get people to understand that help will not always be there for whatever reason (not just people like me who would refuse for reasons already stated.), but also because help can not always be there, and even when it is, it may not have what you need.

I have no animosity for people who have different viewpoints because as I have stated before, you don't learn anything from people that agree with you, and I might see a viewpoint which I had never considered when dealing with people who disagree with me. General Patton had it right!

Bountyhunter