It is precisely because most people nowadays think like this that crime is so bad.rp_photo wrote:
Her heart was in the right place, but the risk to reward ratio is very poor.
baldeagle wrote:She has a point.
I don't know if the following old wives tale is true, but it sounds reasonable. As a young child, I remember shopping in New York City with my Dad and seeing all sorts of merchandise displayed in front of storefronts on little tables & display racks. I saw gold chains sold by the inch, electronics, and postcards, etc. I asked my Dad why they're not afraid of people stealing the stuff because the merchandise is outside the store, it would be easier to shoplift. My Dad replied that nobody messes with Jews and Muslims because they have a great sense of solidarity. If you mess with one of them, you mess with all of them. If someone were to shoplift and run from one of the stores, the shop owner would cry out and all the shop owners would run to tackle the thief to retrieve the merchandise.
I think the biggest problem in modern life is anonymity with a resultant lack of solidarity and a lack of sense of obligation to help your fellow man. How many of you know your neighbors' names? What about your neighbor's neighbors? How long have you lived at your present address? I want to capture that sense of community that NYC Jews and Muslims have, so I recently knocked on all my neighbors' doors and introduced myself. It's only been 2 weeks and it already has paid off. I saw a dog running loose and I recognized it as my neighbor's dog so I grab it and kept it in my house until the neighbor lady returned home. Another neighbor said that if he ever saw my house being robbed, he'd shoot the perps for me. I went away on a short trip and the lady across the street from me checked my mail for me (stacks of unchecked mail is a tip off to robbers that you aren't home). I suggest that you introduce yourself to your neighbors, too.