[ SECRET POST #2520 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2520 ⌋

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Comments

Re: It's the little things.....

[(Anonymous)]

Are you completely unfamiliar with crime? Home invasion? Burglary? Trespassing?

Re: It's the little things.....

[fingalsanteater]

Some people live in places where you don't need to lock you door because those things are very unlikely to happen. Just because something is an "alien" concept doesn't mean they are stupid.

Re: It's the little things.....

[(Anonymous)]

Just because someone lives in a place where they don't experience crime doesn't mean no one experiences crime, and if the concept is that alien to them (never watched the news I assume?), well...

Re: It's the little things.....

[(Anonymous)]

Do they also live in a place where there are no crime stories either on the news, the internet, books, TV or movies? I don't live in a place where people die from earthquakes, but people would probably think I'm a little dumb if I went "Wait, do people actually die from earthquakes?"

Re: It's the little things.....

[kamino_neko]

I'm perfectly familiar with crime.

Including actual knowledge of what kinds of crimes are committed in what kinds of situations, and I have first-hand experience at how lousy the standard front door is for keeping out somebody who's determined to get in.

Locking your door when you're home for fear of crime is like always carrying an umbrella for fear of a random meteor strike - it's inadequate protection against something that's not particularly likely in the first place.

Re: It's the little things.....

[(Anonymous)]

That's not a very good analogy. Locking your door does deter crime. Maybe not the kind of crime where an axe murderer is determined to chop you into pieces to feed you to the hogs, but it's certainly very useful against burglary and home invasion where people are looking for easy targets such as homes with unlocked front doors.

As for "not particularly likely in the first place"... you do realize that not everyone lives in a low crime area, right?

Re: It's the little things.....

[fingalsanteater]

People are mostly looking for homes/cars that are unoccupied at the time. Both times my house was broken into, the door was locked and the door was kicked in. The same with everyone I know. My brother stopped locking his car because he was tired of replacing the window broken by people looking for something to steal.

If someone wants in a locked place, they'll find a way in. It's more likely that you being there will deter someone more than locking your door will.

Re: It's the little things.....

[kamino_neko]

it's certainly very useful against burglary and home invasion where people are looking for easy targets such as homes with unlocked front doors.

Unlocked front doors - AND NOBODY AWAKE INSIDE. The minute there is somebody who can defend the property inside, it stops being an easy target. This is why locking your door is a good idea when you're out, or when you're asleep.

And, no, not everybody lives in a low crime area.

But that's not even vaguely relevant to what I'm saying.

Not all crimes are equally likely - crimes committed against occupied houses or the people within, by people not legitimately in the house are vanishingly rare.

By far, the crimes a person is most likely to be a victim of in their own home are domestic abuse, and acquaintance rape - ie, they're going to be victimized by the people they live with, or let in themselves.

Even in high crime areas.

ESPECIALLY in the areas with the highest crime rates in North America, the Canadian territories. Isolated Northern settlements with sky-high alcoholism rates, and resulting high rates of domestic abuse. (Yes, not urban areas. Surprise, surprise.)