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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - November 2012

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ajdown said:
Without trying to belittle Manter's awful experience, isn't it the right of everyone - regardless of gender - to be able to walk anywhere at any time without feeling threatened or being assaulted? Surely it's a "basic right" - although sadly often lacking - for all of us?
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You are absolutely right. I guess the point is that the size/weight/muscle disparity between men and women is so much greater- if this chap had stopped and decided to sort me out, I would have been in serious trouble, and I'm a big girl, and bolshie with it- that we internalise it in a different way. But don't think that takes anything away from the fact that everyone should be able to walk without fear.
 
Thankyou all, you're all lovely. I am fine... Top bruises, but I bruise v easily so I always make minor incidents look dramatic :) I am going to be like a demented child this weekend and follow the northerner round demanding treats :)
 
Manter said:
Thankyou all, you're all lovely. I am fine... Top bruises, but I bruise v easily so I always make minor incidents look dramatic :) I am going to be like a demented child and follow the northerner round demanding treats :)
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:)

Can I recommend you watch a good comedy too.
 
Badgers said:
Bit damp out there :(
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There was a lovely bit of Albert drinking crowd self-policing solidarity last night. Some idiot lobbed a bottle across one of the drinking tables in the back garden sending some pints spilling. The whole area immediately went quiet with several Albert regulars demanding to know "who threw that?". Others scanned the area for guilty looking types.

After a minute the culprit owned up, offered to replace everyone's drinks and all was well again.
 
Good work, Manter!
I've lived in London for around ten-eleven years now? And haven't had anything seriously nasty happen to me yet. Am getting more paranoid as time goes on. I don't know what I'd do in that situation and I'm a well packed fellow (with pies mostly, my poor stupid tummy :( ).
Hope you're okay, brave soldier! *salutes*
 
Glad to hear you're okay, Manter, and pleased that people stopped to help. It's a great excuse to be spoiled rotten by the Northener, I reckon.
 
ajdown said:
Without trying to belittle Manter's awful experience, isn't it the right of everyone - regardless of gender - to be able to walk anywhere at any time without feeling threatened or being assaulted? Surely it's a "basic right" - although sadly often lacking - for all of us?
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problem is it's not difficult to mug someone and very easy to vanish afterwards.


they keep doing it until caught by chance
 
Is Brixton as busy as it was last Saturday? I'm hoping horrible weather will have kept people in so if it's nice and empty, I'll go and do some shopping
 
Manter said:
I was having the same thought. Stuff I need to do, but ugh....if its busy....
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I went there last Saturday for the first Saturday in absolutely ages. Couldn't believe how busy it was. I reckon everyone's started their Christmas shopping early. It's not ever December :mad:

Unless it's like that all the time and it's been so long that I've just forgotten
 
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