inspirational, but not always the case.
A drowning person may end up drowning his rescuers just simply trying to stay breathing. Thought provoking nonetheless though. Thanks for the post
A friend of mine teaches martial arts, and his story is that one of his students was once attacked by someone. The student easily beats the attacker and drops them time after time. After beating the would-be mugger multiple times, he turns around to leave and the mugger pulls a knife out and stabs the student in the back, causing wounds that led to death. What I was taught was to finish the job that you start. If you're going to have to fight, then win. Knock them out, take out their wallet and car keys and throw them in different directions as far as you can, and get the hell out of there immediately because good guy or not, victim or not, the police would go harder on you because you won the fight.
Still, the highest level that a martial artist could hope to attain would be to turn an enemy into a friend without the need for a battle in the first place. I'd love to reach that rank some day.