If you've not seen this already, you should do so.

[compilerbitch]

I'm leaving this as a public post because I want people to see this. For reference, that could very easily have been me, many times at school, and once, on a train from London to Oxford in 1997. I survived. This is a reminder that not everyone is so lucky.

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[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Yah, situational awareness comes at the top of any sane list of things that help you against that kind of threat.

I have little to no use for real full-blown pacifism, and LOTS of use for people who resort to violence only when pushed to it. And especially for the ones who then do it right :-).

I'm afraid I *do* gloat a little when I hear of an attacker injured or killed by their intended victim; extra points if it's a hate-crime scenario.