We need to stop blaming victims in bike theft!

Never a dull moment on EBR, I will plan a ride to BK for the impossible whopper and make sure to lock my bike against a handicap sign.
What did Bruce Lee say when he went to BK? Woppaaa!!!!
 
I have been holding off on stating the obvious. There are predators in the sea, on the savanna, back in the Jurassic, in the Bronx and in places such as pool halls. They know how to spot a mark, to smell one, it is what they do. Some con-artists know how to work a room or even an angry mob. At that level it is much more than larceny. Some kleptos are addicted to it. My job is to not behave like a mark.

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A guy went to a bar and started ordering shots. The b-tender asked him 'What are you celebrating?' My first BJ! I just can't get the taste out.
 
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Spotted at supermarket today:

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I know we're not blaming victims now. But pretty please, can't we blame this one just a teensy bit? Just this once?

At least the lock's doing it's job. From the throughly rusted gears and axle ends, looks like the wheel's been there for a long time.
 
kevinmccune said:
I agree 100% screw the bastards that go" now,now Man up". Thats like getting a traffic violation for someone else's screwup (BTDT). You have my sympathy nothing worse than a stinking" Theif. Seems at least 90% of the people I know seem to be capable of thievery of one type or the other.This is a sick society where others laugh at your misfortune.( Like Gillette said "screw em"- thats not the whole quote)
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There is such a thing as over dramatization. So, he got his bike stolen, he feels bad, we feel bad for him, he doesn't like us asking if it was locked up, and on, and on and on. The web seems to bring out the drama kings and queens and even feeds their drama and need for recognition.

Perhaps a Poor Baby will help?

Sorry, but my upbringing stressed soldiering on, not stopping for a pity party. Sorry for your loss, there. Now go buy another bike and a good lock and use both. And no, I do not support bike or any other kind of thievery, and I am not victim blaming.
 
The funniest part about this whole thread is it's not even about a pity party or anything like that but its what everyone focuses on because it's the easiest thing for them to understand and attack. It's about understanding what you mean when you ask questions. People pass judgment without even knowing they are passing judgment but for some reason they think "Well what's wrong with that?" well because we live in a society where we have to ALL get along. People tell me to suck it up and move on which is fair for them to say because that's how they feel, but by your own logic you are telling me I should do what you tell me to do and ignore what I want to do? Which is a bit hypocritical and you might want to get off the horse and realize the answer is somewhere in the middle. But this is how it works but you have such extremes of left and right on a subject that everyone has just stops listening. If that's you then really all you want to hear is your own voice to convince yourself of your own strawman arguments. I brought up a subject in a controversial way to incite emotion sure maybe it was on purpose maybe it was to slap my opinion to it. The problem is once we stop listening to one another we just get worse as a forum and a society. I could care less if you agree with me and to be honest if half these people on this thread I conversed with in real life and I said "hey comments like this are victim blaming" and instead of listening and understanding where I am coming from (This does NOT mean you have to agree), but that is too much to ask someone so deeply rooted in their own self-serving narcissism they can't even see they have lost touch with how to be just a decent human being. Instead they call you a snowflake for having any emotion that they believe is below them or that they would never feel. It's like the emotion cannot exist if they cannot understand why it exists, so you try to explain it but by doing so get called a snowflake again. It's a lose lose battle and people wonder why no one actually understands anything beyond their own nose, why relationships are failing at such an alarming rate.. Social media has destroyed our ability to have compassion and communicate or to explain emotions or feelings. And the loudest people on this thread are the issue because there is no way you are allowed to think differently then I believe the world should be. You must be the issue, I better put the world back into alignment with my ideals...

Meh all this thread has taught me is the world is turning into a place I no longer want to be a part of. Everyone is just out for themself and as long as they do a good deed once in a while they pat themselves on the back and call themselves one of the good guys! Maybe it was the point of this thread to know who those people are on this forum so just like in real life I can make decision to not have people like that around me. I will not be replying to any more comments about this thread unless it's a real question directed at me and is in a manor that is poised in a respectable manor.

The take away form this is you can still listen to someone that has a different view from you. It does not mean you agree with it but what might just happen is you might understand something that you never knew before and become a better person because of it. Happy Ridding all!!
 
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