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Even though your door is open, it doesn't give the thief the right to go in your house and touch your stuff, but if you do and this is the outcome, you can only blame yourself for not taking "Personal responsibility" and locking the door in the first place
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Bob, I find this attitude perplexing and frankly offensive.
you can only blame yourself...? Really? I can only blame myself.
.. I cannot understand this point of view. Would it be ok with you if the thief took just a little bit of the blame?
This kind of shifting of the moral responsibility for the actions of criminals is causing deep social problems. If a person drives drunk, sue the bar who sold him the drink. The drunk is the victim of the bar, not the perpetrator. If the thief steals opportunitistically, blame the victim for not taking better care of their belongings. Why is it ok for an airline to put in it's terms and conditions do not place anything valuable in your bag? It is practically an admission that they are knowingly employing thieves and are unwilling to do anything about it. Incidently, I made no distinction between the thieving TSA employees and the thieving airline ones. My point is this: when theft occurs, a crime has been committed. When a crime is reported, at least you should expect some even cursory investigation should be initiated. Apparently, in the US, stealing people's belongings whilst in the care of the airline are exempt from the law. In this case, if the thief works for the TSA or airline they are exempt and the victim is to blame. That is a sorry state of affairs.