I want to offer a contrarian take on this story: BLAME THE WOMAN MOM

[DavidNRockies]

I’m going to humbly refer you to a response I made to – gulp – Octopus:

Why are Christian Bookstores Allowed to Ban Books?

In theory, people should have the right to offend without the fear of violence as a consequence. In theory, I should be able to walk anywhere in the world, at any time – day or night – inebriated, and wearing my jewel-encrusted Rolex on my arm and my $3,400 Nikon DSLR around my neck, without fear that harm or crime might befall me. In theory, I should be able to produce craven images of another religion’s prophets without fear of violent retribution. In a very, very, absurdly narrow and acade…

I want to live in an infinitely better world than the one we currently live in, and I’ll work hard to help us get there.

But logical consistency requires that I not adamantly deny the reality of the world I do live in.

Nobody anywhere, ever, should be decapitated for drawing images of Muslim deities. Nobody should ever be shot/have their child killed for flipping the bird on a freeway.

And I’ll crack a cold one when we get there.

But we aren’t there.

@Little_Nemo

If your local traffic has reached the point that you can realistically assume you might get shot by another drive, then the reasonable response is you shouldn’t be driving a car at all.

I disagree. I think there are no end of things you can do and not do that will minimize your risk in these situations apart from never leaving the house.