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Originally Posted by rcentros
...I watch videos of stores being looted (and sometimes burned) in broad daylight — which is almost a norm now.
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Oh come on. Yes, it grinds your gears when you see it on the news. But to say it is the norm now? Get real.
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...I don't remember ever reading about carjackers forcing old people out of their cars and sometimes killing them (again in broad daylight).
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Here you go:
Carjacking Victimization, 1995–2021 (this is from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. A boring government group):
Fun anecdote: The other day we watched the Brady Bunch Movie from 1995 with my 12 year old. The car jacking scene linked below baffled her. She had no idea what that was or what was happening. In 1995 it was mainstream enough to be used as a joke in the movie.
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I know that people, when I was a kid, weren't afraid all the time — most of them didn't even lock their doors.
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Yes. Because the news was a loss leader that was only on a couple of times a day instead of competing 24 hour news channels sensationalizing everything to raise ad revenue.
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If you had 10 and 12 year-old kids now, would you let them hitchike?
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Hell no. Because like my parents and grandparents I have common sense. If I would have hitchhiked as a kid I'd still have trouble sitting down today from when my mom would have found out.