Outsider:  It's sad to see a post which assigns blame to the victims for daring to step up to defend two young girls who were being menaced by a ranting, unbalanced man.   "it would probably been better to ignore him or report him to police to be taken care of - just a cell phone call away."  Yes, indeed, just sit back, let the man continue his hateful tirade, and hope he doesn't physically harm the girls he's accosting.  Amazing, sir, that you could say such a thing.  If I'm ever in the place these men found themselves, I hope I have the courage they showed.  "silencing the insane carries risk,."  

BTW: From all accounts we're not talking about a mentally ill individual simply ranting to himself.  This was a man directly accosting two helpless young girls.  I hope you see the difference.  Gary Crum