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Zaphod42 · 51-55, M
I've never not felt safe. The only reason things seem so much more dangerous now than they did 30 years ago is that everyone has a camera now and things that would never have gotten reported back then are blown way out of proportion now. For that reason I've stopped watching the news, and life is all groovy ;-)
Tminus6453 · M
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Mamapolo2016 · F
@Tminus6453 It's a propaganda campaign. I really don't know what's driving it - but I'm persuaded that's what it is.
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
@Mamapolo2016 It pleases me that more and more people are seeing this everyday.....
Mamapolo2016 · F
@SumKindaMunster A combination of propaganda and Schadenfreude.
Mamapolo2016 · F
CopperCicada · M
@Mamapolo2016 The question was an affective one. Do you "feel safe". There is more to that than violent crime statistics.
An example...
A few years back we got a death threat. The police were scheduled to come out and take a statement. They apologized for being late.
Why were they late? They had spent the whole morning taking reports of threats. Students on students. Students on staff. Staff on staff.
Are people being mowed down, beaten up, maimed? No.
But such shenanigans impact the affective sense of safety.
An example...
A few years back we got a death threat. The police were scheduled to come out and take a statement. They apologized for being late.
Why were they late? They had spent the whole morning taking reports of threats. Students on students. Students on staff. Staff on staff.
Are people being mowed down, beaten up, maimed? No.
But such shenanigans impact the affective sense of safety.
Mamapolo2016 · F
@CopperCicada It just seemed to me (I should have known better) that offering some facts might change the perception. However, if a child is convinced there's a monster in the closet, showing them there isn't has no effect.
CopperCicada · M
@Mamapolo2016 I don't think I'm disagreeing with you.
I said I don't particularly worry about violent crime. And that's despite having experienced it. Why? Precisely because of what you show above.
I did say I have concern about being harmed by people in my circle. Some in my circle do give me pause for concern. And that is just prudence and caution. I don't think that's "seeing a monster in a closet".
If a violent drunk doesn't give me pause for concern-- I'm not taking personal responsibility. Same for a spouse abuser. Guy who is just reckless with guns or tools. And so on.
I said I don't particularly worry about violent crime. And that's despite having experienced it. Why? Precisely because of what you show above.
I did say I have concern about being harmed by people in my circle. Some in my circle do give me pause for concern. And that is just prudence and caution. I don't think that's "seeing a monster in a closet".
If a violent drunk doesn't give me pause for concern-- I'm not taking personal responsibility. Same for a spouse abuser. Guy who is just reckless with guns or tools. And so on.
Mamapolo2016 · F
I feel safe. I've traveled most of this country alone, had car trouble, was helped by strangers. I've been lost in places considered dangerous and while I felt uneasy sometimes, had only one briefly scary moment but it wasn't even a close call.
If I was in any country on earth I would try to exercise common sense, but no more here than anywhere else - indeed I feel safer here than I would many places.
We are being duped by 24/7 news outlets - when it bleeds, it leads, who do their best to scare us to death. It's nonsense.
If I was in any country on earth I would try to exercise common sense, but no more here than anywhere else - indeed I feel safer here than I would many places.
We are being duped by 24/7 news outlets - when it bleeds, it leads, who do their best to scare us to death. It's nonsense.
smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F
CopperCicada · M
@Insomniac100 why do you say that?
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@Insomniac100 wtf is weird about the South
CopperCicada · M
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
@Recluse with guns and now a divided country it seems like it wouldn’t be the safest place
TheProphet · M
Fun707 · 51-55, M
Yes