Double Standards

[Joel]

Where's the huge difference? Both incidents involved extremely dangerous people. (Who, quite frankly, should always be dealt with by cops, because unfortunately, your average citizen generally doesn't come equipped with the skills or tools to defeat said people in a battle, and it'd be preferable if no civilians got themselves killed as martyrs.)

Eh. I don't think verbally intervening when some guys are harassing women is the same sort of implied danger as an active armed robbery with a gun.

Ah, but they do.

And this is what is called benevolent sexism/racism. "Look, she's a woman/migrant, but she can act as heroically as any German man!". The implication is that A did something extraordinary that goes against her nature, while B just did his duty.

Still nobody has addressed that in 2009 a white guy in his 50's, a CFO of a large corporation (Dominik Brunner) was given the same award as the woman in "Case A" for intervening (and being killed) when some teenagers were picking on school kids. If I'm supposed to believe that Case A only got publicity and the award because she was a migrant woman, it's pretty suspect that a white male CFO in his 50's got the same award. If we're supposing there's a liberal "double standard", being Dominik Brunner would be pretty much the worst combination of demographics there is, yet he received the same Order of Merit.

 

[Carbonox]

Eh. I don't think verbally intervening when some guys are catcalling/harassing women is the same sort of implied danger as an active armed robber with a gun.

It still doesn't take much to assume that a bunch of harassing guys could easily turn the incident into violence, if someone were to intervene. I sure wouldn't - an anonymous call to the police would not only leave my conscience clear, but it'd also potentially save a life.

 

[Joel]

It still doesn't take much to assume that a bunch of harassing guys could easily turn the incident into violence, if someone were to intervene. I sure wouldn't - an anonymous call to the police would not only leave my conscience clear, but it'd also potentially save a life.

Absolutely, but I don't think I'd feel my life was in danger. I certainly would fear for my life if I tried to wrestle a gun out of someone's hand. I'd do the same (call the police) as you, but if I decided to step in I don't think I'd expect a couple teenagers to kill me outside a McDonalds as much as I'd expect an armed robber to kill me.

 

[ClydeYellow]

Still nobody has addressed that in 2009 a white guy in his 50's, a CFO of a large corporation (Dominik Brunner) was given the same award as the woman in "Case A" for intervening (and being killed) when some teenagers were picking on school kids. If I'm supposed to believe that Case A only got publicity and the award because she was a migrant woman, it's pretty suspect that a white male CFO in his 50's got the same award. If we're supposing there's a liberal "double standard", being Dominik Brunner would be pretty much the worst combination of demographics there is, yet he received the same Order of Merit.

If that's the case, consider my statement invalid, as it was based on my current knowledge of the events; I have to admit, I didn't bother to verify if the bias perceived by OP effectively existed and was measurable.

Still, if such a bias existed, it could be chalked up to benevolent discrimination (unless the competent authority had put in place a policy of positive discrimination, which is a different thing altogether - but I doubt that's the case).