Quote:That's a very nice summary, but it doesn't answer my somewhat tongue in cheek inquiry.

 

You can be negligent and fail to act to a certain standard of care and not be criminally responsible for whatever damages arose.  You may, however, be held civilly liable due to a failure to act to a certain standard of care and the resulting damages that can be proven to have a proximate link to the failure to act to the standard of care.

 

If your silence on the matter is to be taken as he had no legal duty, either criminally or civilly, to intervene and break up a fight, then I presume your stance is he had a moral obligation to do so.

 

Is that fair?