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octarineblues · 3 months ago

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just found out lots of countries do not have duty to rescue laws???

i've seen ppl mentioning good samaritan laws and i assumed they were essentially synonyms but?? no?? good samaritan laws protect those who provide assistance, duty to rescue laws oblige ppl to provide assistance (to the best of their abilities and while remaining safe) and the legal protection to those providing help is the natural extension of that

i'm so sorry but thats fucked up, everybody deserves to live in a country where if you collapse on the street or are in a car accident others are obliged to help. what do you mean theres countries where that doesnt happen. what do you mean i now live in one of such countries.

#england doesnt have duty to rescue law???#i live here now!! would greatly prefer if duty to rescue was the law jfc #like #everybody has that moral responsibility anyway #but like. trying to figure out what it means about a country if thats not codified.#what the fuuuck #sorry ive been thinking about this for at least an hour and i cannot take it anymore #so you get a post #arghhh #and it all was further spread to other countries by the uk #the good samaritan law stemming from english common law #that is #but like. do you truly want your citizens to not help each other?? do you just leave a person in need hanging??#do they just assume everybody will provide assistance cause thats the moral thing to do?#(i hope thats the reason)#screaming internally #ok im done #octarine talks

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