Can you get arrested or put in jail for watching a fight?
like the other people have said it depends on how bad the fight gets but also if other people jump in then they can try to charge the people there for instigating a riot due to the fact that other people would not have join if they were not their to watch the fight. More than likely if the cops want to be pricks they will hit you up with a loitering ticket.
Your opinion on the Good Samaritan Law. Are you pro or con?
Many people tend to confuse good samaritan law with duty to rescue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_res... http:////en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Sama... No law says a person has to risk putting himself in harm's way to save another person, but for the love of God, how much does it take to pull out your cellphone and dial 911 when you pass a car that's on fire by the side of the road? I can't believe people would actually think it unreasonable for the law to expect people to do that. It's understandable that people may not wish to get involved in other people's problems, but when you see another individual in a situation where they're not just in trouble, but their DEATH is likely imminent, why should you be entitled to just go on your way as if you didn't see a thing? That's NOT "being a jerk", as one poster put it, that's being less than human, and under the law, it should be considered depraved indifference.You see another person in trouble, know that person is in trouble and don't do ANYTHING but continue on your merry way, saying "oh well, it's nothing to do with me," you are every bit as responsible for the outcome of what happens to that person as anyone.
Given that the Good Samaritan was likely a pagan and a polytheist, was he saved?
Jesus held up the Good Samaritan as an exemplar of what it means to love your neighbor (Luke 10:25-37). However, Samaritans were notorious for mixing Hebrew faith with paganism. Samaritan religion was syncretistic: “National groups worshiped the Hebrew god, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought” (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans... Was the Good Samaritan, likely a pagan and polytheist, saved to live forever in heaven with God?
Is it against the law to NOT save someone's life?
In most states you have no legal duty to act. This means that you can literally watch someone drown and just stand there doing nothing, or see someone being murdered and just walk the other way. It's cold, and it's happened, but it's legal in most jurisdictions. A couple of states, Minnesota and Vermont, have what is known as "Good Samaritan Laws" on their books. The first thing that these laws do is to shield you from liability if you come to someone's aid and they suffer an injury as a result. For example, if I don't know how to perform CPR, but I try to give you CPR anyways to save your life and end up breaking your ribs and puncturing your lung, you can't sue me. The other thing that these laws do is to require a person to render aid IF they are able AND may safely do so. This can simply mean that I must call 911 if a phone is nearby. No one is required to place themselves in danger to render aid to another person. There are some additional requirements as well. If someone starts to give AID, they must continue to give aid until professional help arrives. Also, these laws only apply if there is an element of imminent danger to your life. If your life is not in immediate danger, I am not required to help. If I DO help even though your life is not in danger, and I injure you as a result, you may still be able to sue me....you ungrateful jerk.
Would you be charged if you killed someone after doing CPR?
If the patient legitimately requires CPR, absolutely not. There has NEVER been a successful lawsuit against someone who performed CPR on someone who needed it. You will NEVER do more harm than good. You're doing CPR because they are dead. They cannot become more dead, YOU cannot make them more dead. If you do nothing, they have absolutely NO chance of survival and will 100% die. The worst you may do is break a rib, but this is extremely common regardless of if you've never performed CPR or have done it hundreds of times. Some CPR is better than no CPR. Even bad CPR is better than no CPR. To further my point, when you call 911 because someone is not breathing and you believe they are dead, even if you have no idea how to do CPR, the dispatcher is going to tell you over the phone to place your hands in the center of the chest and do 600 compressions. And no one is there to tell you if you're doing it correctly or not. You're doing something, and that's all that matters. There is now something called Hands-Only CPR and it is highly promoted by the AHA. Hands-Only CPR can be performed by anyone - kids, adults, trained personnel, or people who have never stepped foot in a CPR class. It has two steps. If the patient is not breathing: 1. Call 911 2. Push hard and fast in the center of the chest That's it. You do not breathe for the person, you do not check for a pulse, and you do not take a break from compressions (unless you become exhausted). Research now shows that there is far more importance in not stopping compressions than there is to breathe. The thought process is that the body already has enough oxygen, and even as you're doing compressions, you're also circulating oxygen and keeping the body oxygenated. Here's the website: http://handsonlycpr.org/ There's also something called the Good Samaritan Law, which helps to protect you when you are trying to help someone else in need. Unless you do something completely negligent (e.g. stick a pen in someones throat because they "need to breathe", perform CPR on someone who is yelling at you to stop, you get the idea), you're protected, even if you are not certified.
Why do they end up in jail in the end of Seinfeld?
The finale received mixed reviews from both critics and fans of the show. The actual finale poked fun at the many rumors that were circulating, seeming to move into several supposed plots before settling on its true storyline—a lengthy trial in which Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer are prosecuted for violating a "Good Samaritan law" and are sentenced to jail. A Good Samaritan law as featured in the May 1998 series finale shows four main characters were all prosecuted and sentenced to one year in jail for making fun of (rather than helping) a fat man who was getting robbed at gunpoint. In reality, while Massachusetts (where the fictional crime was committed) does have a law requiring passersby to report a crime in progress, the most stringent punishment the characters could have suffered under those circumstances would have been a $500–2,500 fine (assuming they were prosecuted under state law); in addition, the phrase "good Samaritan law," when used in Massachusetts, refers only to the civil law definition and does not have any actual relevance to the law under which Jerry Seinfeld and his friends were prosecuted (which would be considered a duty to rescue). ..Edit: Remember Seinfeld is "The show about nothing"... :)