I am catching up, but I keep seeing this brought up. Do you run every time someone comes near? I was sitting with my little boy today while he caught a few pokemon today. I didn't realize that it was standard to run if someone was coming toward us. Good thing we didn't get kidnapped or else I guess everyone would be scrutinizing our choices.
Point is- it is unnatural to run unless there is clear and present danger. People don't just run at the sight if another human. That would be the weird behavior. My opinion. These girls did just what most of us would have done. Plus some additional that most would not have. I hate the posts that make it seem like they should have done something differently and they wouldn't have been hurt. Hindsight is 20/20
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May I just say, THANK YOU for saying this!
I recall thinking when I read the, "I would never do this or that", posts, or "I wish they had/ they should have, or their parents/guardians, should/shouldn't have"...Even when I read, Gavin De'beckers book ,"The Gift of Fear", while an exellant read, it left me thinking,"It's really just not practical or applicable in many situations.
Where I live, if I didn't...say... get on an elevator that had a lone, scetchy looking man on it, or used our Apt, laundry, gym, or walked to my car alone at night, or a million other scenarios... I might as well just quit living! I'd never get anywhere I needed to go.
The other night, at about 10pm, I went into the weight room in our building, to refill my laundry card. I needed some clothes washed for the morning, and it's the only place you can refill the card. There was a guy in there, alone, lifting, tatood, muscular...but I still went in, went to the machine and refilled my card. We made some pleasant small talk and I left. (The guy was a gentleman, made me feel comfortable, talked about his girlfriend having trouble with card machine and so on)...
Are we all supposed to huddle in fear, in our locked homes, and only go out with bullet proof vests and cc weapons?
I mean, you wouldn't drop off a naked 11yr old, to stroll through the combat Zone, at 3am. But letting a teen meet a friend for a hike, in an area they have played in forever, it NOT a "bad thing"! It's a GOOD thing!
LIVE FREE OR DIE. I refuse to imprisoned in a world of fear.