So it’s actually a lot closer to this. His failure to stop the random burglar at the store led to Uncle Ben dying.
Yes, but as you yourself note:
A police officer is like “hey mister, all you had to do was trip them for me”
Spider-Man could have stopped him with negligible cost to himself.
“We shouldn’t help others out” is a very niche view in the US to the point of basically being a weakman argument,
But it’s not “we shouldn’t help others out”. It’s “we are not obligated to help others out”. That’s very different.
Yes, but as you yourself note:
Spider-Man could have stopped him with negligible cost to himself.
But it’s not “we shouldn’t help others out”. It’s “we are not obligated to help others out”. That’s very different.