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[quote=WCTMAN,252387]I would have no hesitation in stepping in.  I have already done so on 3 comparatively minor incidents here in Xi'An.  By minor I mean no weapons were visible.

In the first case, I stopped a guy who was beating his wife.  My friends were shocked, and told me later that a street beating like this was none of my business.  That explains why nobody did anything.  I didn't have to do anything physical either;  I just shoved the guy away from his wife, who was down on the ground, and let him know ( in English, lol ) that he can fight with me if he wants to. He didn't.

On the second occasion, another Canadian and I came across a large crowd of people watching a heated argument between a couple of street vendors.  When one grabbed a nearby chair and charged his opponent, my pal and I got involved.  The locals, to their credit, jumped in too ( but only after a couple of lao wai did ).  The fight was over before it really started.

The third one involved a two on one beating that began across the street from where I was sitting with some friends.  There were plenty of bystanders right there, but NOBODY did anything to help this guy who was getting the crap kicked out of him.  As soon as I yelled out and began to cross the street ( it was late at night ), the fight ended as the two guys who were doing the kicking took off.

The point I am trying to make is that intervention often serves as a complete distraction.  The attacker does not know if one or ten people are going to get involved.  Fleeing the scene becomes first priority.  And that serves to stop the attack.

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