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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In college in the 90s we did "take back the night" marches and safe spaces and all that, but I was never duped that the world is actually safe..since Chandra Levy [b]I haven't walked alone in a park and certainly wouldn't do errands after dark OR early morning. [/b]The current system/and changemakers don't "care" about crime victims. Not only are they not proactive, but not even reactive. Be wise and look out for Numero uno.[/quote]

You’re insane. [/quote]
It’s so insane that every university in the country has emergency phones all over campus and night time escort services?

If you don’t have access to an emergency phone or a night time escort, then avoiding walking alone at night time in areas where crime is a concern makes total sense.

What doesn’t make sense is to have so little regard for public safety.[/quote]

Don't really see why it matters to you if I don't take any extra precautions for my own safety, though. In the (very unlikely) event that I'm mugged, how does that make your life worse?[/quote]
On the one level, it does matter because we should all have an interest in keeping our community safe. If we stop being concerned for others safety and only our own, that’s not conducive to building a strong community.

In terms of your specific question, what I would in turn ask is if your focus is individualized, why do you feel it’s necessary to antagonize others who make a different choice?[/quote]

I'm the PP your directly responding to but was not the PP who said it was insane to take precautions -- I think it's fine for others to make different choices. Just didn't particularly like the implication upthread that it's somehow insane if I don't suddenly start changing my own behavior.[/quote]

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