On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:39 AM, rachel <[email protected]> wrote:
> > And yes, we know he shouldn't have left it there. This is Obs, after all. This is an interesting phenomena - the blame myself game - especially with the OBS qualifier. I have payed it too. How far do we go before we start laying the blame where the blame should be laid? I am not sure where that is but it starts from the top down I think with Mr Showerhead himself and the failed government and the poor economic situation down to the lack of policing and corruption and the highest levels in the Police and governments. I think ourselves are low down on the list. After all I think we have stopped laying the blame for rape on the rape victim so why do we blame ourselves first. I think we agree that rape is never the victims fault so why are you at fault and to blame for leaving your table unattended for 5 minutes. I blame some degenerate criminal not you. You were not asking for your table to be stolen despite what you and others may think. I think we need to change our mind sets a bit. We are not to blame for crime - unless we let people get away with it by not reporting it and following up. Yes we know that there is a likely hood of stuff going missing in a minute and we should probably be more careful - but to blame ourselves for the crime when it goes missing? Just some thoughts. Trev -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room ---------------------------------------------- 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 For all emergencies please dial 10111 ---------------------------------------------- ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en
