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Originally Posted by jefelump
and then tell your neighbor, "sorry dude, I saw the guys rob your house, and I could have stopped them, but I decided to let them get away." So the next time those guys return to the neighborhood and choose MY house to rob while I'm not home, what incentive will my neighbor have to help me out? None. He'll return the same favor of just watching and letting the criminals get away.
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My neighbor is Hindu, so she probably believes that if I let the thieves go, karma would protect my house and punish them for stealing from her...
(but I guess everyone has a different method for dealing with adversity...)