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In reply to the discussion: Man left (wounded) fiance & kids at Aurora theater and drove away. Web is beating him up. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Of course not. But even if 20 other people had done that, they ALL would have acted cowardly. It doesn't make it brave or not cowardly if others do it, too.
Doesn't matter why he did it. All that matters is that at his core, he is a coward, pure and simple. He threw down a crying baby because, as he put it, he was afraid the crying would draw the attention of the shooter to himself, so he put the baby down on the ground (to be shot or trompled to death), so he could more easily run to save himself. That is how a coward acts.
Thank goodness most people aren't that cowardly, when faced with danger....as we saw in the reactions by the others in the theater and in other life threatening situations. There are heroes among us. This guy isn't one of 'em. Not too many people would be able to put a baby in death's way to save his/her own skin.