[Brother Leon]

I took Taxis everywhere when I was in Beirut. It's essentially the way to get around if you aren't driving as there isn't Buses/Trains etc. Anyone blaming her for doing that is being foolish. Yeah, it may have been back in 2013, but I felt safe throughout my stay there and considering she lived there then it's safe to say she felt the same. It's just a terrible incident that could happen anywhere.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

I took Taxis everywhere when I was in Beirut. It's essentially the way to get around if you aren't driving as there isn't Buses/Trains etc. Anyone blaming her for doing that is being foolish. Yeah, it may have been back in 2013, but I felt safe throughout my stay there and considering she lived there then it's safe to say she felt the same. It's just a terrible incident that could happen anywhere.

you are a man are you not?

[Brother Leon]

Originally Posted by Isaiah 7:14

you are a man are you not?

Point being? I could easily have been mugged as a tourist etc. Should she blamed then for being a woman?

Your victim blaming is embarrassing.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

Point being? I could easily have been mugged as a tourist etc. Should she blamed then for being a woman?

Your victim blaming is embarrassing.

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.

[Crimson Dynamo]

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.

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

[Cherie]

If this was an Uber, we need to know what the company is doing about vetting its drivers and doing checks, this seems to be a recurrent theme? not sure if that will be classed as company blaming

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Candy Cane

If this was an Uber, we need to know what the company is doing about vetting its drivers and doing checks, this seems to be a recurrent theme? not sure if that will be classed as company blaming

Just heard on the news that the Euro courts have decided they are a transport company (cab firm) and not a digital service.

and guess what, as a digital service (what they wanted) they would not have to provide all the proper security checks a cab firm has to..

vile money grabbing scumbags

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Isaiah 7:14

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

Difference being Maddie was the victim not her parents. No one has ever blamed Maddie ....the victim. Also, most people believe that there was no abduction because the only physical proof in that case point towards her parents........

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

Point being? I could easily have been mugged as a tourist etc. Should she blamed then for being a woman?

Your victim blaming is embarrassing.

You were not mugged and she wasnt either. If you have a point to make make it and leave the school ground stuff for chat and games.