So many people think it's someone else's responsibility to keep them safe. But that's not the case.
Antivirus software is there to keep us from catching something on the Internet as we browse and click and select. It's supposed to protect us from the malicious software that goofball teenagers and adults let loose on the Internet. Or worse criminals that sit in a room all day and send things out that they're not supposed to send and hope that somebody clicks it so that their little software bought can invade my system and send them important data that will allow them to steal all my money or steal all my information.
Systems like LifeLock and Norton 360 that scan for illegal credit card use or identity theft or that sort of thing. Those are out there and we lean on them heavily to keep us safe. If we can afford to pay the price. Or choose to pay it.
So many people think that the police are there to protect. Which they are up to a point. But more often than not the police are there to come in after something happens and write up a report, give suggestions on cleaning up the mess, and then look for people that may have perpetrated a crime. Their prevention efforts are more at the show of force or show of presence efforts.
Gangs provide a level of supposed safety but at a higher cost. Pay them enough money and they'll use criminal efforts to chase off other criminals so they can protect their income stream. Or if you're part of the gain or family then you get protected but if you're not yet taken advantage of.
It even extends into the air over our heads. Aircraft are now being flown with automatic systems that when activated will fly the aircraft to the nearest airport and landed automatically because the aircraft senses that something is wrong or the buttons were pressed to trigger this system that is designed to supposedly keep the aircraft and passengers quote unquote safe is triggered.
Whatever happened to being responsible for yourself and your own safety?
I was taught that it's a dangerous world and you need to be careful. You need to make choices that will not result in you being taken advantage of or stolen from. Don't go to places where you might fall into a trap. If you have to go to places like that go armed or go with the group so that you're prepared for any danger that may present itself.
I always marvel at the stories of women that walked around in bikinis that get shocked when men grab them and take advantage of them stripping off their thin little piece of cotton and spandex to rate them when they went into a secluded area where there was no protection and no visibility to what was happening. I'm not saying it's the woman's fault when that happens, but I'm saying that they may not have made the best choices to be safe.
I remember reading a book set in the old West and the United States of America. There was a man making his way through different towns. When he would go into a new town and would ride up to the local saloon or gathering place he would always ride his horse up to the place where you tied them and then he would make a point of getting off of the horse on the side away from where the majority of people were. The author wrote that the character did this so that in case there was shooting the horse would be between him and the majority of people that were shooting at him.
I took that thinking to heart and I try to be careful in whatever I get involved in. Not always successful, but I have not had any major incidents in my life where I have been taken advantage of or had violence committed against me. I had a few times where it got close! I remember one time when I was walking with my girlfriend at the time now my wife on a public street away from most people. These two punks on a motorcycle road bias in the opposite direction and were laughing at us and pointing. So I raise my hand up flipping them off with my middle finger. They turn their motorcycle around and zoomed up on us, through the motorcycle to the ground and hop off of it as they did. Through their helmets on the ground and threatened to beat me up. While I was scared and concern for my girlfriends safety I looked at them and asked him how old they were. What does that have to do with anything? I told him that if we were gonna fight and they were under age they were both going to go to the hospital and I was gonna make sure that it was worth me going to jail and so I was gonna mess him up pretty bad. That shot them and they backed off and got on their motorcycle and left. I was so scared! But I kept myself and my girlfriend safe. And we went along with the our walk and I didn't flip anybody else off that day.
I just wish more people would stop trying to take advantage by bringing lawsuits and accusing and blaming others for the way they feel and take responsibility for themselves and their own safety. If you don't like something don't look. If you're offended by something get away from it. You don't have any right to make me change what I'm doing or what I'm saying. And if you don't feel safe you probably shouldn't be where you're at. If you suffer from anxiety attacks I feel bad for you.
I trust in God for my safety. And also trust in the judgment that I have and that I've learned through reading, learning from others, and experience. I hope you take responsibility for your safety as seriously as I take responsibility for my safety.
