Is dog-napping the latest craze/moral panic?

[MyNameIsTerry]

I'm trying not to live in constant fear of all this and I'm still continuing to walk our dog on a daily basis.

I try to put it in perspective as there's plenty of other untoward things that might happen while I'm out on my daily walk, such as being mowed down by a bus, or a tree suddenly collapsing on top of me (and the dog), but I don't generally give those hazards as much as a second thought.

So would you say this thread was a general discussion based on reading a media story or an anxiety trigger framed as general discussion?

There's no shame in being triggered by this but I'm concerned we are talking about the topic when perhaps we need to be supporting you in dealing with how it made you feel.

[BlueIris]

I missed that part, Terry. Lenco, I'm really sorry.

For what it's worth, I live in a rough area and every time we get a knock at the door the anxious part of me is secretly terrified my husband or I will be stabbed or have a firework thrown at us.

[whispershadow]

It's just like how they breed animals to look a certain way. I remember seeing one poor dog in terrible distress in a BBC report. He had been bred to look cute but his skull was too small for his brain. It was truly an awful thing to see. This dog just kept trying to constantly scratch the pain in his head.

Thats awful :(

[whispershadow]

I missed that part, Terry. Lenco, I'm really sorry.

For what it's worth, I live in a rough area and every time we get a knock at the door the anxious part of me is secretly terrified my husband or I will be stabbed or have a firework thrown at us.

i hope you and your husband remain safe, Blue

[Lencoboy]

I missed that part, Terry. Lenco, I'm really sorry.

For what it's worth, I live in a rough area and every time we get a knock at the door the anxious part of me is secretly terrified my husband or I will be stabbed or have a firework thrown at us.

Yes, I totally understand the feeling, and I thank my lucky stars that we live in a fairly respectable area.

But it's thankfully very rare that people get stabbed, shot or have fireworks lobbed at them seemingly at random by strangers, as in the vast majority of fatal stabbing/shooting incidents, the perpetrators and victims tend to be known to each other, and usually at war with each other too.

[BlueIris]

This is what I have to keep on reminding myself. We did have a firework hit the door last year but I'm pretty sure we were just unlucky.

[Lencoboy]

This is what I have to keep on reminding myself. We did have a firework hit the door last year but I'm pretty sure we were just unlucky.

Perhaps the firework hitting your door last year happened by chance rather than specifically targeted at you and your property.

I can't imagine any of the local disaffected yoof in your area having the needle with you specifically in any obvious way.

[BlueIris]

Definitely just an accident, yes. We're very careful to get on with the neighbours because we've seen what happens to people who don't.

[Noivous]

Do you mean right now or historically?

I read recently lenso that in Tennessee alone they've just id'd a couple hundred missing kids. I believe this world has/is descending into an extremely ugly place in regard to children. Much of it due to the advent of the internet probably. Take the Jeffery Epstein case alone. He was into some seriously warped stuff with some extremely well known people. And I do not think he committed suicide.

[Lencoboy]

All in all there will always be something that causes fear and disquiet amongst the general populace.

Twas ever thus I suppose.