KittyDeVille -> RE: Doing the right thing... (6/5/2013 7:10:21 PM)
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Ok, I try to understand what you are saying. Hard time with it tho. From the day I went clubbing, going to a bar and went home round 4-am-ish, I biked alone. Nothing ever happened. I told this a gf once, and she thought I was insane, putting myself at risk. I just stated that the street is also mine, and I should be able to use it, whenever and how late I wanted, without being harassed. We argued somewhat more, till I said I would ask a wise friend of mine, what he thought of the whole subject. He stated: Yes, you should be able to bike in the city at any given time, without getting harassed. And yes, nobody is allowed to harm you. This is what the world should be, safe. But it isnt. I said :..I just kick everybody who wants to harass me in the groin or launch my x-inch heel into the skull. He told me, how do you know you will react that way ? Ever happend to you before or could you just freeze of fear, and what if it would be more people than 1 ? When putting yourself at risk, you must consider the negative consequences. If the consequence could give you too much pain, distress or other not so nice stuff, then you are willing to live with , you shouldnt be doing it. Since that statement being made by that wise friend. I always consider the possible negative outcome. I dont want to traumatize myself, so I make choices, not always the choices I want to make, but the one that is safest. This above has not much to do with this topic, or has all to do with it. It is just how you look at it.
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