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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
i think its quite unfair to say that LT is victim blaming.
At some point people have to be responsible for their own actions. If you are in a position where you could be vulnerable, you protect yourself as best you can. Its not her fault, and I would never blame her for the incident, but personal safety does require thought and action by each and every one of us. We cannot just assume someone else will look out for us.
If you are out on a motor cycle without a helmet and a car crashes into you, you blame the driver of the car, but you could have improved your chances of avoiding serious injury if you had worn a helmet.
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Indeed, hindsight is a grand thing of course but taking sensible precautions limits the opportunist.
What is ironic is the same people falling over themselves to shout "victim-blaming" are the same ones who decry the McCanns and have not once blamed the person who abducted Madeleine.
plus ca change