Naïveté and Wishful Thinking and Blunt Force Trauma

From The Other McCain we get a story of magical thinking. ‘Building a Deeply Inclusive Culture’

26-year-old Pava Lapere was a "tech entrepreneur" committed to "building a deeply inclusive culture." She was murdered when she apparently let a convicted sex offender into her apartment building because he acted as though he had forgotten his keys.

Say that again. She let a stranger into her building in one of the most dangerous cities in America. Why? Because to not do so would have seemed racist. It may have seemed racist, but in reality it would have been prudent.

Reality is true even if you don't want it to be. I wouldn't let a stranger into my apartment building - when I lived in apartment buildings - no matter the race. And that was decades ago. Magical thinking includes things like, "most people I meet are good, so I don't need to worry about criminals."

Standing against “systemic racism” is all fine and good, I suppose, up until the moment you die from blunt force trauma because a convicted sex offender, who was sentenced to 30 years, gets out of prison early under a “criminal justice reform” law that gave him “good time” credits

There is much more from The Other McCain, including his thoughts on why the police didn't warn anyone about this guy, when he apparently assaulted a woman and tried to murder a couple days before this incident. You should click thru.

I have mentioned many times that in our Blue Cities you will find The State of War as described by Hobbes' in his book Leviathan. And that brings up the US Marine Corps Rules for Gunfighting.

24. Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

I think that how Pava Lapere's life ended could be described as "nasty, brutish, and short." At 26 years of age, her life was certainly short.

The reality of cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, etc. are that criminals of all colors are being allowed to operate without fear of police or government. You may not like that, and you may not think that is the way "things are supposed to be," but reality is true whether you like it or not.