People get hurt. People get sick. The medical profession is supposed to help those people. But then, anyone able to do so should help others, like the woman in the picture. But doctors are expected to do more. Supposedly, doctors take the headline as part of their oath as a medical doctor.

Considering how many MDs participate in such activities as induced abortions, vaccine injections of dubious merit (or proven dangerous), and many other highly suspect actions, prescriptions, and recommendations, we wonder about the entire profession. (We know that there are many doctors who do value life and health. We are not condemning them all.)

But government officials, who need to understand and apply the oaths of office they take, really need to add this phrase to their solemn promises and their practice. We submit that overall, governments increasingly do harm to many people, starting with their own citizens.

Regarding those things, Rob Morse makes some very good points in his brief discussion, which we present here:

Lots of us live in large cities. Those cities have police chiefs who are appointed by the mayor and confirmed by a city council. Those chiefs tell us to be a good witness if we see a crime. The thought is that a criminal might take someone’s property and property can be replaced. Recently, we’ve seen young women stabbed, beaten, and set on fire by repeat criminals. In one case, the criminal in Chicago had been arrested 72 times before he set a female train passenger on fire. Another man in Chicago has a habit of knockout-punching random women on the street. He has been arrested over 20 times and is still on the streets. That means that witnesses don’t matter since judges put criminals back on the street.

So, if you see this happen in front of you, then what do you do? In most cases, you are as stuck as the victim.

I’m almost 70 years old. I’m not going to go hand to hand with a crazy young man. Many of these horrible crimes occur in gun free zones in Democrat controlled cities. I have taken quite a few first-aid classes, and the first thing we are always told is to make sure the scene is safe for you before you give aid to someone else. If the attacker is standing there, what are you going to do? You could give the attacker verbal orders to leave. If he doesn’t leave, it is a tough legal case for you to claim the right to use lethal force so you could render aid to an innocent victim. You might take that legal risk for a family member, but would you take it for a stranger?

We are talking about at least a half-million dollars to defend yourself in court in a democrat controlled city. In New York City, a 67 year old man was given four years in prison for defending himself from a habitual criminal. The defender’s crime was that he didn’t get a carry permit in New York City. Let us point out that it is still a fiction that he might get a concealed carry permit in New York City.

Politics is real and that is why you must care about it. We have to pass through blue states even if we don’t live there. God help you if you do.

Rob’s point is very well taken: we need to be concerned about how we must prepare to help others.

Imagine if the good Samaritan of Jesus’ parable had tried to help the man while his attackers were still present. And imagine if he ran the risk of the priest or the Levite ratting him out to Herod’s (or Roman) bully-boys.

At the same time, we believe that the example Jesus gave to answer the question, “who is my neighbor” would be a man willing to take risks to help. Not just a family member or fellow member of his synagogue, but a stranger who needed help badly.

Courage is virtue. And yes, (for those who believe in God), cowardice is a sin. We must be bold and confront evil when the stakes are high – whether the evil is a madman on his own or a madman in a government uniform or “a suit” in business or government.