- Nov 24, 2008
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I do find it interesting we hardly hear this when someone is randomly bashed.
Not sure whether or not that is the case, but I would say that they too have obligation to take necessary precautions to keep themselves safe (well, maybe not an obligation - they can do whatever they want - but there are situations that they can put themselves in that will increase the risk).
A good example - when I was living in London, my brother and one of his friends came over to visit. We were all out drinking one night and I piked it pretty early, but they kicked on. The pub was only a 20-25 minute walk from home, but I told them that there had been quite a bit of violence in that area recently, so it would be best if they got a taxi home. They didn't. They decided to walk home and got jumped by a group of 6 or 7 people and were bashed and robbed.
In the morning I saw them and asked what happened. They told me and I let them know how stupid they were (victim blaming on my part, for sure). They put themselves in a position of increased risk - it certainly wasn't their fault that a group of dickheads bashed them, but they could have done more to protect themselves.