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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Hum, well maybe if there were people constantly saying talking about how bad it makes them feel after losing their pet to a fire when someone else talks about how everyone should have a fire alarm and how talking about fire alarms is blaming the victim, then you would feel differently.
All sorts of bad things happen to people and frequent its because of nothing they did. There are people who study for years and years and have special training to help such people deal with the aftermath. They are called psychologist, psychiatrist and councilors. I leave such topics in their hands.
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You keep bringing up the fire alarm, but I'm still not seeing a strong connection. I know you are not victim blaming anyone who loses their house (or pets) in a fire because they do not have a working fire alarm, I never said or insinuated this. Having a fire alarm is a good, preventative measure for obvious reasons.
The issue is that with some of your posts, and the articles you are linking to on victims are off-base, however, since most victims of those crimes mentioned don't even happen in the circumstances the so-called experts keep warning people about. The tips on them not attracting attention to become a victim in the first place does fall under victim blaming with the way these articles are written.
What does some of the articles I quoted even mean? How does someone appear tougher than they are in order not to attract attention if they are walking the streets? And now wearing too many layers of clothing is a bad thing that may attract rapists, too? This is a change from the past where we were told too provocative of clothing was the attraction. What do you think women should wear to avoid an attack as a preventative measure?
I'm genuinely curious, not just debating here. Do you agree with all the tips the articles were giving as being effective?