[Wastedyouth]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Geez... children getting run over, men getting in fistfights at hockey games, warzones and IED's, short skirts... The world is a dangerous place. You gotta take precautions, and while you are totally not to blame if someone commits a crime against you, you kind of do have yourself to blame sometimes. It's all about precautions.

I know all about precautions. I got mugged once and the son of a bitch hit me in the head with a brick and stole my watch. I'll admit I had a few drinks that night, I was wearing a nice watch, and I walked home alone. I'm not saying it was my fault - obviously I didn't commit any crime and a crime was committed against me by a criminal - but really, I didn't need to be out having drinks, and I have a clock on my phone so I didn't even need to be wearing that watch. Not my fault at all, but if I wasn't wearing that watch, I wouldn't have been mugged, so kind of my fault, I guess. I woke up in the hospital with a concussion and the first thing I thought was "that's it, no more watches for me". I haven't worn a watch since, and I haven't been mugged since, so...

Although, I have heard some left-wing politically correct nonsense about watch theft being more about just being able to tell time, so who knows? Maybe he would have mugged me anyway, even if I was just wearing a digital?

Awesome. Double thanks!