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In reply to the discussion: Man left (wounded) fiance & kids at Aurora theater and drove away. Web is beating him up. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)That's what some of the posters don't seem to get.
Your mother acted cowardly, by definition. You maybe understand her actions, forgive her for them. And maybe other mothers would have reacted the same way. But none of that changes the fact that if you fail to behave courageously in the face of danger, that is by definition cowardly.
Of course, there may be a difference between your mother's behavior and this guy's. He actually was holding the baby, and he put the baby down to be either shot or stomped on by others in the theater (because the baby was crying, which he feared would draw the shooter's attention to himself), with no regard for the baby or anyone but himself. He had the power to save the baby. It's possible your mother was not in a position to save you or do much about the situation, except to get out of it and yell for you to do the same. That is a big difference, if that was the case.
But glad the shark didn't eat you.