Do men need a license to be allowed socialise (MOD NOTE IN OP)

I'm not sure we are living in a safe period of history. We are only safe 'cos there's cameras everywhere and criminals get caught by the most ingenious means. Can you imagine what society would be like if we had the equivalent of a Medieval police force? No street cameras, no fingerprinting, no genetic analysis...

Well, in the Sam McConkey interview, on which this thread is based, one of the panelists suggested that if a man is walking at night, alone behind a woman or sees a woman walking towards him, maybe he should cross the street to make sure she knows he's not a threat. I see that as something I certainly could do but I don't think I have any intention to do it. I'll probably just continue to walk and mind my own business in the way I've always done.

I won't take offence if the woman wants to cross the road, that's her choice and if it makes her feel happier, she's entitled to do it. But I'll just mind my own business and walk as normal.

Exactly he shouldn,t of kept getting out. After he was convicted of manslaughter the family of the victim themselves stated if hadn,t of being out on suspended sentence and was serving the time he was supposed to serve rather then suspending the rest of his sentence for his conviction for assault the manslaughter case wouldn,t of happened the lenient system we have I blame 100%.

I myself have done this before, as I didn't want the woman to possibly feel uncomfortable or frightened.

I can well understand a female feeling uncomfortable/frightened at night in a secluded area should she come into contact with a man.

It's just a natural feeling/reaction I'd imagine. Bottom line is that vast majority men won't strike, but women cannot know which ones these are, hence they have to be thinking that it can be any man.

Males can feel it as well if they are out and encounter a male(s) when dark and in a secluded area.

I'm not trying to be subtle, I'm trying to understand your point of view. Not sure why youre guarded about your perspective, it's an anonymous chat forum after all. You gave an answer and i asked follow up questions.

I think it's pretty normal to challenge beliefs even beliefs handed down form our parents. Not sure what you think my agenda is, I'm just asking questions because I have heard some suggestions relating to this whole topic and I have heard some which are ridiculous, some which are doable but I don't think I'm going to do them.

I'm wondering if there's anything that I'm going to change in relation to this. I want to examine my own beliefs and behaviours and see if there's something I'm happy to do differently and I'm using a chat forum to do it. Seriously, it's not a conspiracy or a trap. It's just a chat. Really don't know why you're being defensive.

One night I ran across the road to avoid an interaction with a woman, but I ended up frightening the bejasus out of another woman on the opposite side of the road. You can't win.

Yes, serial killers have become almost a thing of the past. The logistics of being an undetected serial killer in todays world I’d imagine would be mind boggling. The past was a darker place far more comfortable for them. Same for governments too there were far more State level brutal atrocities carried out in the early 20th century than the latter half when the TV camera was ubiquitous.

Very valid point - a man, shot dead at his front door with his wife and kids only meters away. No vigils, virtually no condemnation from the public.

What happened to this poor girl is absolutely tragic, no one (man, woman or child) deserves it. But to open the flood gates and use this tragic situation as an opportunity to vilify and demonise all men in the country for this is unacceptable. Its unashamed bandwagoning by the feminist brigade who seem to be licking their lips with this.

Remember one thing, we're all someones father, brother, uncle, son. Not all men are the filthy, lecherous cretins we're all being made out to be by the media and various feminst spokeswomen.

There is not much you can do really. Even if there are no men around women will be in fear that one will show up. Unfortunately even if all the street whistling and comments stop, that will have zero impact on the actions of the really dangerous men who will physically attack. It’s going to be extremely difficult to resolve.

It is utterly unacceptable that our "justice system" frees persistent (often persistently violent) offenders to continue flagrantly ignoring the law. This is the real root of our law and order crisis.

This character should have been inside for a very long stretch, a very long time ago.

When will it be recognised that individuals with multiple offences - sometimes it hundreds of convictions, are hopeless cases and simply do not respect the law or empathise in any way with their victims. And that the only way to tackle this is to force these people to respect the law by imposing adequate punishments and removing them from society until the lesson is learnt.

Sure. I just hoped you'd thought about your opinion to the extent that you could explain them rather than simply restating them.

But shur, it's just a chat forum. I don't expect you to have reasoned opinions, I just hoped you might have been willing to give your opinions some thought. But, there's no law that says opinions have to be reasoned. No harm, no foul.

From the article: "However, this year IMD is focused on positive male role models so perhaps this is a good time to explore exactly what one of those looks like."

But that means we all have to stop being psychopaths and become decent people. Nah...