tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8677587014329595578..comments2024-03-28T11:30:46.101-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Victim Profiling...Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-41624044489255091232015-08-24T04:36:43.327-04:002015-08-24T04:36:43.327-04:00Annamarie, I accept your point and it is a difficu...Annamarie, I accept your point and it is a difficult subject to broach as, of course, only the man who murdered Karen is responsible for her death. Nobody else. But if twenty drunken Scottish crime writers had come round the corner while you were heart brokenly watching the meteor shower - you would have moved sharpish, I'm sure. <br />I recall a cop saying to me, having a dog like that doesn't mean you won't be broken into, but it will make a burglar choose an easier target. Same logic I supppose.Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-14851606927764892562015-08-24T04:30:37.675-04:002015-08-24T04:30:37.675-04:00Stan, I think for some people their 'Bad Luck&...Stan, I think for some people their 'Bad Luck' is hard wired, for some reason. In the UK there is a Tv programme filming the same people at 7 year intervals. They are now at 56 years of age and the ones who made bad choices at 14 and 21, are still doing it at 56. Others have been knocked down by fate, picked themselves up and carried on, vowing not to repeat that mistake. It's fascinating stuff for nosy folk like writers!Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-3551929227007775482015-08-22T02:15:50.011-04:002015-08-22T02:15:50.011-04:00Fascinating post, Caro. A lingering question I ha...Fascinating post, Caro. A lingering question I have is whether one can do something to change the 'luck' or more importantly the 'ill luck' someone else constantly experiences. Like somehow open their eyes to their self-damaging behaviours. I'm sure we all know people we'd like to help in that regard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-39484394060161759092015-08-21T23:28:05.423-04:002015-08-21T23:28:05.423-04:00I believe in being observant of your surroundings ...I believe in being observant of your surroundings at all times. Even in the shower. Especially when not alone. <br /><br />The world is a dangerous place, and if you want to go out and play in it, you must exercise diligence and common sense. Luck is when the safe doesn't fall on you. Foolishness is getting drunk or drugged and wandering about in strange locales alone. Male or female.<br /><br />On the JFK point, Jim Benn is substituting for Cara on Tuesday with an eyeopening expose on JFK's true PT 109 story, including the back story....no pun intended.<br /><br /><br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-77926698387185320422015-08-21T17:09:25.896-04:002015-08-21T17:09:25.896-04:00IMHO, EvKa's uncle was asking for it. But I R...IMHO, EvKa's uncle was asking for it. But I REFUSE to say the girl outside the nightclub deserved to be murdered. The murderer is to be blamed, NOT his victim. When I was sixteen years old, I was at my friends birthday party. I cannot remember what drove me outside, but something that happened at that party was breaking my teenage heart. As it happens, I wound up lying in the dark on her parents lawn, looking up at the stars. I did not learn until years later that what I saw was the Perseid meteor shower. I saw a score or more of shooting stars. Had the been in the 21st century and at a nightclub in Glasgow, I might have been dead. The killer would have been the monster, not me.<br /><br />Luck is another matter. I am a very lucky person, to my way of thinking. But there are a lot of people who would say I have been supremely unlucky lately. I had 38 years of a great marriage. My husband came down with Alzheimer's disease when he was only 67 and I was 63. Now I am married but I find myself alone. I prefer to think I was supremely lucky to have had the time great times I had. A lot of people never get five years of a great marriage, much less 38. Lucky me!!!<br />Perhaps luck, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-49684365115943527472015-08-21T16:04:38.613-04:002015-08-21T16:04:38.613-04:00Obviously, not all coins are minted equally, and s...Obviously, not all coins are minted equally, and some coins get put in glassine envelopes while others get put on railroad tracks. The number of variables is almost uncountable.<br /><br />However, in the "putting yourself at risk" group, there was my uncle (my dad's oldest brother) who was a "skirt chaser." He didn't see marriage (his or anyone else's) as any kind of impediment, if anything, it added to the spice of the game. He had an affair with his wife while she was married to her first husband, then cheated on her with many other women, finally having an affair with the wife of the man who, after his divorce, decided enough was enough and shot (and killed) my uncle with a deer rifle.<br /><br />Just unlucky I guess...Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-61463621852306767952015-08-21T11:34:43.021-04:002015-08-21T11:34:43.021-04:00I have also run across those who seem to attract m...I have also run across those who seem to attract misfortune and I tend to stay away from them lest some of their jinxed life should rub off on me. Another saying along the lines of McDermid is that you've got to be successful to be lucky and you have to be lucky to be successful. Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.com