# Hospitality or Death? Guys asks for shelter from snowstorm?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospitality-or-death-guys-asks-for-shelter-from-snowstorm/631731>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 17, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospitality-or-death-guys-asks-for-shelter-from-snowstorm/631731 "2012-08-17T00:50:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grim\_Render](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@Grim\_Render](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grim_Render)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospitality-or-death-guys-asks-for-shelter-from-snowstorm/631731/62 "2012-11-06T18:15:30Z")

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> [@handsomeharry](#):
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> I think your post was wrong from the get-go. You started by implying that the assumption was that ‘everyone you meet’ is a murderer.

Almost:

> [@Blake](#):
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> Once you consider that, the idea that an 80 year old Granny might have to let a dozen large men into her house in the middle of the night becomes ludicrous.

> [@grude](#):
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> no one could fault a single woman for being nervous about letting in a large man who looks like he is in a biker gang.

> [@Blake](#):
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> Kinda hard to see how it could \*not \*be a grave risk. Letting a complete stranger into your house with your family while you are all asleep is about as grave a risk as it’s possible to imagine.

> [@GusNSpot](#):
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> If I am in my truck, you will ride in the back.  
> In the car, you will ride in the front seat beside me or if the Wx is too bad to be in the back. Both cases one hand will be holding my personal handgun. It will be obvious & you will be told in advance.

I was saying that a number of people seem to have an abject terror of other people. Which is so far out of proportion to the actual risk that it becomes a significant problem, both to society and to the people who are so fearful.

It is interesting to note, though, that opinions seem very different among people who live in more extreme environments, where this kind of thing is a real risk.

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