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If you don't wantto have your car stolen it's common sense to not own a car. If you don't want your money to be stolen it's common sense to be broke. If you don
by cmsj 12y ago
If you don't wantto have your car stolen it's common sense to not own a car. If you don't want your money to be stolen it's common sense to be broke. If you don't want your kids to be kidnapped it's common sense to remain childless. If you don't want to be murdered it's common sense to commit suicide.
Of course people should be aware of risks and manage them appropriately, but it's also possible to not blame them for the abuse of others.
- probably_wrong 12y ago> If you don't want to be murdered it's common sense to commit suicide. I really dislike this line of thought, because I think it boils the issue down to black and white, all or nothing. "... it's common sense to commit suicide" makes no sense, of course, but how about "... it's common sense not to walk alone at night in a high-crime area"? I don't believe for a second that she "deserved what she got". But I don't think "do not put naked pictures on the internet" is bad advice either, specially considering the (very) large number of cases in which women's pictures were stolen. Is there really no possibility for a middle ground?
- icebraining 12y agoIt's not that it's bad advice. It's that it's not a good response in this case, because it sounds like blaming the victim, which is unfortunately all too common. There's a time and place for such advice, and this isn't it, in my opinion.
- huehue 12y agoYou are comparing mundane things with posting nudes on the net.