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 By Judy Ramsook Mar. 16, 2006 We heard all the lectures when we were growing up. You know the ones. The don’t talk to strangers, approach a stranger who seems lost variety. Those who heeded the advice ended up on the safe path, but just like there are exceptions to every rule and cause, so are there exceptions to this one as well. Those kids who did not heed the advice doled out by their elders ended up on another path, but for the most part, most of us got the stranger/danger lesson down so well, that it created a sort of paranoia. One does not need to go very far to witness such paranoia either. A simple trip down to the nearest retail outlet or grocery store will suffice. There you are, standing in the aisle of a store when suddenly, a shopper who is a good fifteen or twenty feet away from you feels the need to guard her child or toddler or even tell him or her in quite a loud voice to stay close to her or not to wander off. Something which can offend a sensitive person who is not even remotely associated with any such wrong doings. So, the sensitive person moves along to another aisle in the store and the same thing occurs again, at which point it truly dawns on you how paranoid some people are of any stranger they happen to encounter. While all this paranoia with the stranger/danger is taking place, what about those who are familiar to us? My father, a retired court prosecutor warned me that the people who are most likely to do the maximum amount of damage to you will be some one you know, or some one who knows you. Random acts of crimes are few. So while we are preoccupied with guarding against that stranger, we must also guard against those familiar to us as well. Those familiar faces could be a neighbour, friend of a friend and so on, but as one begins to ponder such things, one might also wonder, if we cannot trust a stranger or a familiar face, will the paranoia ever end? For no matter how much we try to separate ourselves from the bad elements of society, those elements can still find you. You could be living in the best neighbourhood with the guard at the gate, but there might come a time when you might find yourself all alone and it is at this time more paranoia sets in because you are all alone. The stranger who does not know you will have to get to know you in order to hurt you, which means some level of stalking on the stranger’s part might be involved. As for the person who already knows you and wants to hurt you, you can be easy prey because that trust with that familiar person is an existing condition. I guess all we can do is be careful no matter what, even if it means being alert and on your guard when in the company of that familiar person or a stranger. ------------ About the author Judy Ramsook: My first book titled: "Karen's Adventure" which is about two young girls who go in search of their missing parents, is now available. I was born and raised in Trinidad & Tobago, then in the mid eighties I came to the US where I attended San Antonio College and The University Of Texas At San Antonio. Visit: http://www.authorsden.com/judyramsook www.publishedauthors.net/g2rdy Email: j2rdy@hotmail.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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