WARNING~ Pass this on...

Ron Smith · 11-27-2012, 03:33 PM

I've heard they are primarily targeting Women. Tell your Wives and Daughters about this...

mrerick · 11-27-2012, 04:40 PM

Ron,

I tend to check out any of this stuff on snopes.com...

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/carjack.asp

In the personal security classes I teach, I go over situational awareness in parking lots and other public places.

It's best to be on "yellow" level alert at all times. That means you're aware of your surroundings; who is present and take action when you feel uncomfortable for any reason. "green" level would mean you're oblivious to your surroundings - which is how many people go about the world...

John Sabato · 11-27-2012, 05:18 PM

Anytime I see words like "Keep this going and tell all of your family and friends" I immediately do a rumor/scam check with snopes or other similar website... Good Catch Marc.

Ron Smith · 11-28-2012, 09:39 AM

Marc, Yes... I've since discovered it is false. My apologies for posting it.

Ron

LWaali · 11-28-2012, 11:34 AM

(please read this with the ironic humor it was intended)

Even if it were true.. I have to say my first reaction is always a bristling to " tell your wives and daughters" or "especially women" etc.. am I the only woman here? Do you think that women do not look at their car before getting into it? Does no female besides myself always look at tires and windows as walking up to the car (maybe my family is the only people that live an hours drive from the closest gas station?) Do not small stature men deserve to be made aware of these things? Even big guys act mind-numb is a good looking women were to walk up to them (as she flips an asp upside his head). I would be more worried about my dad getting jacked (if he could still drive) then my mom.. mom is on oxygen and would swing her bottle at the poor fool who would jump her. I suppose we are lucky that most men forget the tempers of women and as such think of them as weaker or less protected.. if they remembered our tongues, tempers, and ability to react, we would all be single.

alanint · 11-28-2012, 12:49 PM

We also want to avoid shooting those people who go around sticking fliers under our windshield wipers, annoying as they are....

11-27-2012, 03:33 PM	#1
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	WARNING~ Pass this on... I've heard they are primarily targeting Women. Tell your Wives and Daughters about this... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

11-27-2012, 04:40 PM	#2
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,907 Thanks: 1,374 Thanked 3,108 Times in 1,509 Posts	Ron, I tend to check out any of this stuff on snopes.com... http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/carjack.asp In the personal security classes I teach, I go over situational awareness in parking lots and other public places. It's best to be on "yellow" level alert at all times. That means you're aware of your surroundings; who is present and take action when you feel uncomfortable for any reason. "green" level would mean you're oblivious to your surroundings - which is how many people go about the world... __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

11-27-2012, 05:18 PM	#3
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,153 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Anytime I see words like *"Keep this going and tell all of your family and friends"* I immediately do a rumor/scam check with snopes or other similar website... Good Catch Marc. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

11-28-2012, 09:39 AM	#4
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Marc, Yes... I've since discovered it is false. My apologies for posting it. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

11-28-2012, 11:34 AM	#5
LWaali User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Washington State Posts: 99 Thanks: 67 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	(please read this with the ironic humor it was intended) Even if it were true.. I have to say my first reaction is always a bristling to " tell your wives and daughters" or "especially women" etc.. am I the only woman here? Do you think that women do not look at their car before getting into it? Does no female besides myself always look at tires and windows as walking up to the car (maybe my family is the only people that live an hours drive from the closest gas station?) Do not small stature men deserve to be made aware of these things? Even big guys act mind-numb is a good looking women were to walk up to them (as she flips an asp upside his head). I would be more worried about my dad getting jacked (if he could still drive) then my mom.. mom is on oxygen and would swing her bottle at the poor fool who would jump her. I suppose we are lucky that most men forget the tempers of women and as such think of them as weaker or less protected.. if they remembered our tongues, tempers, and ability to react, we would all be single.

11-28-2012, 12:49 PM	#6
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	We also want to avoid shooting those people who go around sticking fliers under our windshield wipers, annoying as they are....