Predator Moved Into Our Neighborhood - Page 5

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

I don't own mace.

I don't own pepper spray.

I don't own a stun gun.

Why?

I refuse to live in fear, and to be dictated by it.

I refuse to be afraid of my own shadow.

I open my windows on warm nights for freash air.

In the day time, my door is often open.

My neighbors and I all look out for each other, and know each other, and will often hang out, outside conversing.

I.

Refuse.

To.

Live.

In.

Fear

And

Paranoia.

aprilskies · ‎03-09-2010

This is unnerving for sure, but the funny part is everyone is so focused on s.predators but murderers and brutal people can be living right next to you and you would not know it. You have to be aware regardless of who you might find on a registry.

I, too, refuse to live in fear.

Puzzle Piece · ‎06-29-2010

@Plaid Pants2 We shouldn't live in fear but we can be smarter about how we live today. It's okay to have items to defend yourself or to ward off the assaulters. Nothing unnatural about that.

Sorry that @Frosted Cake had this happen but like another poster mentioned, you'd be surprised to know that so many criminal sorts are living around you. I live in a suburb and the teens and young people are the ones in trouble as well as the illegal immigrants. I don't know why the s8xual criminals aren't dealt with differently. They don't belong living alongside others in society. Period. They are wired differently and laws need to be made to put them down in my opinion.

Never Forget the Native American Indian Holocaust

Marp · ‎03-09-2010

@Puzzle Piece wrote:
@Plaid Pants2 We shouldn't live in fear but we can be smarter about how we live today. It's okay to have items to defend yourself or to ward off the assaulters. Nothing unnatural about that.
Sorry that @Frosted Cake had this happen but like another poster mentioned, you'd be surprised to know that so many criminal sorts are living around you. I live in a suburb and the teens and young people are the ones in trouble as well as the illegal immigrants. I don't know why the s8xual criminals aren't dealt with differently. They don't belong living alongside others in society. Period. They are wired differently and laws need to be made to put them down in my opinion.

A lot of people, even people that post on this board, are "wired differently". Should they too be put down because they are different?

What is good for the goose today will also be good for the gander tomorrow.

aprilskies · ‎03-09-2010

@Marp wrote:
@Puzzle Piece wrote:
@Plaid Pants2 We shouldn't live in fear but we can be smarter about how we live today. It's okay to have items to defend yourself or to ward off the assaulters. Nothing unnatural about that.
Sorry that @Frosted Cake had this happen but like another poster mentioned, you'd be surprised to know that so many criminal sorts are living around you. I live in a suburb and the teens and young people are the ones in trouble as well as the illegal immigrants. I don't know why the s8xual criminals aren't dealt with differently. They don't belong living alongside others in society. Period. They are wired differently and laws need to be made to put them down in my opinion.

A lot of people, even people that post on this board, are "wired differently". Should they too be put down because they are different?

I agree, that was a harsh statement. Some people are on this registry that don't deserve to be. Not everyone in this category is a predator either. We put people in "boxes" because it is easy, but it is not always fair. Everything isn't black and white.

CrazyDaisy · ‎03-20-2010

As an eye opener, where I work we get 2 -3 notifications each week. There is a homeless shelter across the street and when they leave prison they end up there.

Someday, when scientists discover the center of the Universe....some people will be disappointed it is not them.

Vickiv · ‎06-15-2015

It is such a shame. You live in a decent neighborhood go to work try to be a good person now you have someone like this near you you've got to keep your doors locked, take pepper spray if you walk, putting up security cameras, spend money on a security system and do everything else to make you feel safe in and around your home. While you're at it you might want to get four dogs to bark and act like they're going to tear someone apart. What a world I guess this is what you call the new normal. I know if I was in your situation I would be worried that I'd probably do all the above. It's not fair that you have to change your lifestyle for someone who doesn't care about nothing or nobody.

dex · ‎03-09-2010

I used to say that but after a neighbor and her guests were held at gunpoint by a unknown person....I lock everything and even during the day.

dex · ‎03-09-2010

@Plaid Pants2 I like precautions but I wouldn't say that I live in fear...just not taking risks.

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

Scary - so if possible find out what kinds of predatory behavior. You say adult women, but women he knew somehow or just strangers who were "convenient." It's that last category that I find scariest.

A few years back I got new neighbors in a condo abutting mine. A few weeks after their arrival, we received a notice he was a registered sex predator. That could have been horrifying and on a moral level, it was. On a safety level, it was meaningless - he was in his late 80's and the offense had occurred years and years ago and the victim as far as we ever found out was a child he knew. Because the couple was estranged from family, I always felt he must have preyed on a family member. At the time, we had no children in our area; he was not a frightening presence given what we knew.