Good Samaritan thoughts

On another note,
had a fantastic bible class on Wednesday by Brother Tim Colliver. He started by helping us understand the implications of touching a half dead or dead man for each of the parties involved.
The Jews listening to Christ would have been waiting for Christ to say that the hero who came along was an Israelite, and would have been very shocked to hear that it was a Samaritan. They had got to the point in their laws (aural, I think) where they had defined neighbour as fellow Jew so that they really didn't have to help Samaritans or anyone who wasn't one of themselves at all.
The most interesting point for me came right at the end. The Lawyer was after a good debate and so would have been annoyed when Christ took him right back to scripture to answer his question. He then weasles round the answer, and asks more about the only thing that could possibly delve into further. 'Who is my neighbour?'
Christ had answered that you had to give your all to serve the Lord; -
heart= thoughts or feelings
soul = breath of God in us
strength = focus or might
mind = understanding.

But who are our neighbours? Are we looking out for our neighbours to see who we can help, or are we philosophically explaining that that person couldn't possibly be our neighbour? Our neighbour is the person we loathe the most. The person whose morals aren't scriptual. Are we doing our best to be neighbour to these people, or are we shunning them?

We are the half dead man, and the priest and levite have passed on before with the Law. Christ has given up everything to save us from our dying state.... do we want to be saved? What is our response?