I stick up for anyone I feel isn't getting a fair hearing, friends or strangers even when it puts me in the firing line.
If there is one thing I can't stand it's someone being shouted down or ganged up on.
I have stuck up for friends who were in the wrong but trying to apologise.
I have had stand up shouting matches with a bunch of thugs picking on a bystander.
I've stood up to a drunk guy threatening his girlfriend on a train.
And I talked down a severely mentally ill guy who was holding our bus up by threAtening the driver and passengers.
Like fight or flight, you either have it in you to take up situation or you don't.
Not everyone can think with a clear head when confrontation is involved.
What's more, interference isn't always received with gratitude especially in domestic situations so u have to tread carefully.