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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Once again, if you don't want to take any number of experts advice on how to avoid crime, that is totally up to you. I'm sure you don't have a fire alarm in your house either because telling people to use a fire alarm is just blaming the victims of a fire. Nor, I'm sure do you lock your car because locking your car puts the blame on the victim of a car break in.
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These are not worthy comparisons to what the articles have stated. There is a difference between setting up fire alarms and locking doors versus advising someone not have a "weak look" when leaving their house, or saying that they could prevent rape if they only were able to fight hard enough and escape in time. Some of these things are outside a person's control, especially if taken by surprise.
I get some of the points of what you're saying with a few of your posts, but I'm bringing to mind these articles in particular you linked can be harmful to victims who have experienced these crimes. Being a victim of a crime, especially a violent one, cannot always be prevented - in fact, in a majority of cases with violent crime the person is taken by surprise through no fault of their own. The majority of violent crimes, especially with assault, are not with strangers in dark alleyways with fog and ominous shadows.