Originally Posted by Helmet Head
Privately, I would take full responsibilty (I should have had better locks, better alarm system, a house sitter, etc.). ORIGINAL: Thieves are predictable, like red light runners, drunk drivers, and loose boulders.
REWRITE FOR CLARIFICATION: That someone might try to break into your house when you're on vacation is predictable, so we should prepare for it. It is predictable like the fact that someone might run a red light, that some drivers are drunk, that some boulders are loose. It is our choice whether to take full responsibility to be prepared for these events.
ORIGINAL: Blaming the thief is like blaming the boulder. There is no point.
Better?
Then I guess we shouldn't bother prosecuting the burglar, because you won't press charges...there is no point.
Seriously HH, you picked a bad example here. I don't care how much you prepare not to have your house, or anything else broken into...if someone is determined to do so, they will. That's a hard, cold fact, whether you want to accept it or not.
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