Two sides... (Score 1)

My gut reaction was that they should have put out the fire anyway. Then I started thinking about it and no matter what they guy says at the moment, when you flood his house and ruin something or other potentially you could be opened up to a lawsuit because "officially" you weren't contracted to put out the fire. It is extremely stupid, but that's the society that we've built here. I would argue that as friends and neighbors we should do everything we can in this situation to help out, but you can't today. Too many people will look for the easiest scapegoat to unload their problems on. The conservative says, he didn't pay, he doesn't get the service. The liberal says, society should provide for it no matter what. Then the liberal sues society for any unfortunate outcome. Our society is in a lose lose situation on this one.