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I'd say that they are equally great, I'd feel that I was every bit as bad as someone who hurt my friends if I just stepped aside and let him do it instead of defending my friends.
I would, however, say that there is no sin in standing aside and avoiding injury to let someone take money or jewelry for example, but standing aside to let someone hurt someone else is something different.
Except of course in "hopeless" situations(One man against 20 gang members armed with guns who are out to hurt his friend.) in such cases standing aside would probably be best since it will then result in one less person being injured, and not standing aside would result in one more person getting injured and the situation not being improved one bit.
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