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

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**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-offer-a-contrarian-take-on-this-story-blame-the-woman-mom/942686/136 "2021-05-24T13:27:12Z")

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

> [@Why are Christian Bookstores Allowed to Ban Books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christian-bookstores-allowed-to-ban-books/937271/536):
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> 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](#):
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> 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.

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