PeterLucas wrote:

> Janet Baraclough > wrote in
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>> There was nothing idiotic in his behaviour; nothing to warrant talk
>>of violence against him or any talk about your husband exacting
>>revenge for a completely innocent harmless non-event. You're doing
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>>daughter no favours if she acquires a fearful mindset which
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>>harbours irrational imaginings of physical retribution and violence,
>>portraying even her own father in that light.
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>>It's just as important for future safety and good health, to learn to
>>keep matters in proportion rather than dwell on dark fantasies.
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> Janet....... the most telling comment that Kathleen made was that her
> daughter (obviously not a child) saw this person coming towards her and
> felt threatened enough to back away.
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And he continued to approach. He recognized her but she didn't know him
from Adam. I don't know how much time Janet spends around teenage girls
but their personal bubble tends to be fairly large when it comes to
strange men, which I regard as a good thing. You want to put their
hackles up, insist on trying to stand too close. Her behavior was
entirely appropriate, and his was remarkably clueless, especially as the
father of two girls.


> In skydiving circles there is a saying... "When in doubt, whip it out."
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> Talking about deploying your reserve parachute.
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> Kathleens daughter saw a situation she wasn't at all comfortable with,
> she reacted.
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> Full marks to her.
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> As for "dark fantasies"...... start reading the news from around the
> world, love, and wake up to yourself.
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> Go to YouTube and look at the shit that is going on in there.
> Look at the headlines from your own country.
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> Take off your rose coloured glasses.
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