What do you think you would do?

@SW-User I am trying to understand what is happening in the Ukraine. Most people just want to argue. So I thought this would be a good way to better understand how people would actually feel if it was them.
Thank you for commenting.

As a parent..I think it is hard to not react for the here and now. My child is in danger now I will act now to protect them. @Dainbramadge

@SW-User hey that is a good point.
I wasn't thinking about that option.
Thank you for your input. Just using this to try to understand what's going on in the Ukraine.

@Dainbramadge The law cares and one wants to avoid incarceration. This scenario definitely meets the criteria for the use of deadly force .

@TexChik I just thought of this. You realize I wasn't calling you an old lady right? LOL

@Dainbramadge 😂

@Darksideinthenight2 hes just lucky. He didnt know what a shitty driver he was messing with. There is no way im letting some fool in my vehicle to do whatever he wants.

@Dainbramadge Cool

@Dainbramadge right, but your acct would be open anyway. it'd be too suspicious if it didn't.

@BlueVeins yeah I'm sure you would have to go back during business hours and reactivate your account after something like that.

@Coralmist I personally think they have chosen to fight and to attempt to keep their cash.
That is why I was using this example. Are people just cheering the Ukraine on in hopes that they win an unwinnable war or do they actually think they have a chance.

@Dainbramadge Yes I think thats the mentality of the nation as a whole, we are fighting, youre not just taking. Its tough, now theres many variables that Im hearing, that Russia morale is low, ( soldiers. ) That the sanctions are beginning to have effect , and that they didnt expect them to stay and fight. But, on the other hand, I dont "know"...I do think they're outnumbered, and by weapons. I wonder too what others are viewing or believing about Ukraine. I truly hope it ends soon...kids lives now are at stake, and civilians killed...what will other nations DO?

@Coralmist to cut right to the Bone, that is where I am at. If everyone is so damn concerned about what happens in the Ukraine then why isn't anyone doing anything real.
That is why I asked this question. To see what the mentality of most people would be if they were in the Ukraine shoes.

@ChiefWalksWith40oz that's a great response. Very honest as well.
Thank you for this.

@LunarOrbit that's a very honest answer thank you.

@Thevy29 My mind tells me I had no choice, but emotionally I couldn't help but think a "real" man would have fought.

@ChipmunkErnie No, a real man was SMART, intuitive, and that was you.🦋

@ChipmunkErnie like I said I feel for you. Real men dig their own Graves often.
There is absolutely no shame in living to fight another day.
The only thing I can think of is the phrase a man's got to do what a man's got to do.
Everyday you wake up is a day that you earned by acting like you did.
Thanks for your honest comment.

@DragonFruit thank you for such an honest answer.
I think anyone in their right mind would.

@Dainbramadge I don't actually have kids but yeah for their safety I wouldn't mind losing money but if it was just me against a thief I'd fight and I'd kill.

@Lostpoet you know what's funny is this started out to see a more simplified answer about what is going on in the Ukraine.
But after reading some of these answers I do have to wonder what I would do. The kids would make a huge difference I would hope. But like I have said in a few other of these comments I am kind of notorious for doing the exact wrong thing at the exact wrong time. LOL

@Dainbramadge Lol. Same

@Dainbramadge Fight. Never anything less

@SW-User thank you for your honesty.

@Dainbramadge You're welcome

@Dainbramadge If I am a woman with kids, RUN. If I am a single man, or if I knew how to fight and I had a weapon, I would stay and fight...just as the Ukrainian men are doing.

@4meAndyou I wasn't trying to start an argument. Just trying to understand.
To be truthful I don't even know what I would do at the ATM. I kind of have a history of doing extremely stupid s*** at extremely bad times.
I don't think Russia is just over there shooting everyone indiscriminately that you describe in your instance. I'm not saying they're not bombing places and killing kids and women. But overall it just keeps escalating.
I just think the Ukraine should be thinking about the people that are needlessly dying trying to keep the cash they just got out of the ATM.
Just my way of trying to simplify it so I can better understand it.

@Dainbramadge I watch video from Ukraine every single day, so, respectfully, I must say that you are not correct when you don't think Russians are over there shooting everyone indiscriminately.

I watched an father and his son go back to their home to try to get their dog, and the Russians opened fire on their car. The father fell down in the street, and died in his son's arms.

I watched and heard an elderly woman screaming as she sat in her parked car at the side of the road, and a Russian tank deliberately turned so that it could run over her car.

I learned that the Russians opened fire on a car carrying an American journalist, killing the journalist inside.

@SW-User thank you for your honest comment.

@WhateverWorks thank you for being honest.
Sometimes it's hard to imagine yourself in a situation like that honestly.
Yes protecting your children would always come before self preservation.

@Keepitsimple you know it does seem like those drive up ATMs are a really good idea.

@Dainbramadge I actually just switched banks because of this. All the drive up ATM’s were being closed around me due to branches being consolidated so I went elsewhere. My safety and convenience is paramount, not my loyalty, lol.

@Keepitsimple that makes perfect sense.

@tallpowerhouseblonde Why be a hero over some change? Why risk your own life or your kids for that matter over a slim chance of being a bad ass mom?

@SW-User If I cannot get close I would not risk it.But if he is up close I can put him down fast.He will not see it coming, especially if I sink my very long fingernails into his eyes and blind him.

@InHeaven that is kind of where I am at as well.
I have a history of doing some pretty stupid stuff at stupid times. So I guess we would have to wait and see.
Thank you for your honest comment.

@Dainbramadge i'm too unpredictable 😄

@Entheesa that is a huge issue. What do you do when your kids are watching?
I could only hope I would make the right decision if I were in that position.

@Eddiesolds yeah right about having the kids there and thinking more clearly.
Thank you for your comment.

@Thevy29 absolutely. Thank you for your comment.

@Spoiledbrat it is kind of a hard question for people that honest with their selves.
And just using this to better understand the crap that's going on in the Ukraine right now.
Thank you for your honesty.

@Forgetmeknot LOL. I am kind of in that boat as well.
I know how I have acted in the past and I questioned my ability to make the right decision.
Thank you for being honest.

@wildbill83 let me share my thoughts about carrying firearms.
I think everybody should have one. That way some 90-year-old lady sees me getting mugged and she can drop the hammer on her ladysmith44 snub nose and bail me out. I'm not much of a quick draw. LOL

@Dainbramadge

@Stereoguy they took care of the homeless vets here and they all have housing now. There was one on this side of the city who was asking for donations, he had a job but it wasn’t enough to pay for rent & bills. Someone got him some help.

@SW-User but what about that stuff about learning to fight so you don't have to fight? LOL