Code of Honor (Honesty), point value?

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

With his super senses, why should he ignore the suffering of others?
It's pretty gruesome to imagine a superman that just ignores all the crime.

If you want to dedicate your life to emergency response, become an EMT or firefighter or something. If you specifically want to do first response to violent and criminal incidents, join the police.

I'm not saying that I, personally, believe that official governmental authority automatically makes things safer, more effective or less prone to abuse. But then, I'm clearly not Honest, as I don't make much of an effort to obey laws I disagree with.

The reality is that there are widely different legal standards in most modern countries for bystanders who react in an emergency to prevent tragedy vs. any persons who deliberately seek out situations where they are able to use rescue or crime-fighting methods that otherwise would be illegal.

The clear trend is to require that anyone who plans for such activity be certified, accountable, subject to standards and practises, equipped accordingly, regulated and authorised. And there are cogent arguments to be made for that point of view, as most people who decide to dress funny and beat up poor minorities are more likely to be the inheritors of the Ku Klux Klan than they are to be Batman or Superman.