Drive or Die — Walking is Unsafe?
Remember my after school learning site? That place is only 3/4 mi or 1.21 km and is completely within walking distance of my home.
This begs question: why do I not walk between these places?
In sentence: Parents are concerned about my safety.
Clarification: This path would require me to pass by signs of places which reside close to fast main road and I could be "run over" (even though I am not on the road) or kidnapped/shot (People will decide to shoot or abduct some kid in front of a barely-vacant public facility in a low-crime area).
This is absurdly disappointing and terrifying reality: there could be anyone willing to inflict harm upon others.
Well, here is different situation that happened bit after midnight:
I asked my parents if I could walk to house of someone who we were visiting for "party" of sorts and they agreed because it was in our neighborhood.
Then we were going to return and I was planning on walking back but my parents told me to get in car. I tried and failed to convince them otherwise.
Their primary concern was kidnapping.
I somewhat get kidnapping on a busy road, but in neighborhood?
Okay, I take that back --- that entirely makes more sense. On roadside in broad light of day, people can see you; at midnight in lonely neighborhood, this will go entirely unnoticed.
People have such lack of fulfillment in their lives that they will go around to find innocent people to steal and do other horrible and criminal things (either "obscene" or violent [murderous] crimes)?
It disgusts me that in this time period people still cannot engage themselves without resorting to harming others.
My lackluster excuse for vacant, expressionless online manifestation of hope and sympathy that clearly pales in comparison to real suffering goes to everyone that has been affected by any sort of crime or kidnapping, especially those closest to it and those in mourning.
We hope this has meaning to someone and is not in vain.
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