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Originally Posted by MGlitch
Both of these are examples of fighting the symptom rather than the cause.
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Yes. Like the common cold, there is currently no perfect cure for other people sometimes being assholes.
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Originally Posted by MGlitch
Instead of focusing on reducing the power of words we should focus on the people inflicting damage with those words.
Instead of saying ‘well you did this what did you expect was going to happen’ we should focus on the people who actually made whatever happen.
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(Firstly, that isn't what I said, or anything like it, so please don't put fake quotes around it)
No, we should do both.
It is good to try to make neighbourhoods safer.
In the meantime, it is good not to walk through bad neighbourhoods at night.
Both of these things are true, and ignoring that is nonsensical.
It is good to try to raise the standards of all drivers.
In the meantime, I'll practice what I was taught on defensive driving courses to reduce the chances that I have an accident caused by a bad driver. The accident wouldn't be my fault, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't try to avoid it in the first place.