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After having a similar childhood, I concluded criminals normally avoid targeting small children - I haven't been mugged until becoming a teenager.
by qwerty456127 2y ago
After having a similar childhood, I concluded criminals normally avoid targeting small children - I haven't been mugged until becoming a teenager.
- SoftTalker 2y agoSmall children don't normally carry anything of much value.
- Aeolun 2y agoNintendo Switch? I’m more inclined to believe that most criminals don’t entirely lose their sense of shame.
- eru 2y agoThe Switch is cheap.
- qwerty456127 2y agoNot as cheap as a life of a stranger in a big city.
- eru 2y agoYes, much, much, much cheaper than the life of a kid. Used electronics don't sell for much these days, especially the Switch which barely hits around 300 USD new. And then you have to find a fence, and potentially deal with serial numbers being tracked (especially when it comes to violent crime against children, even lethargic police spring into action).
- eru 2y agoYes, and also just as scarcely any a robber wants to become a murderer, similarly people will shy away from violence against kids. Both for moral reasons, but also because the penalties are tougher. (And not just the legal penalties. I would assume you also run a higher risk of a bystander rushing in and becoming hero. And of your prison mates later ganging up on you. People _love_ children, not just their own, and many would gladly give their lives for them.)
- ofrzeta 2y agoBack then that might have been the case. Now they might carry a high-end iPhone.
- bobthepanda 2y agoThat can get remotely locked and declared lost, so really just a paperweight if it gets stolen.