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WCDT Strips 3241 - 3245 (13-17 June 2016)
Neko_Ali:
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--- Quote from: chaospersonified on 19 Jun 2016, 13:29 ---I've absolutely seen people do what Renee thinks Clinton is doing,
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You've seen people who are involved in a disaster immediately take advantage of other victims as their response?
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Yes. Just a few months ago a police officer was given a slap on the wrist for sexually assaulting an accident victim instead of helping her. There are plenty of cases of people who make it their business to bilk people who have just been through a tragedy. Have you never heard of the term 'ambulance chaser'? And that's mild compared to those who will bully and use the lack of knowledge of people who have been through disasters to accept a lower claim that they are due in the insurance industry, or just people who will see those reeling from disaster as easy marks. It's all to sadly common.
DSL:
Stipulated: There are people who take advantage of people who.have been through a traumatic situation.
Stipulated: Clinton has been presented to the readership as wanting to help.
Renee knows nothing of Clinton or his motivations and has been shown to be suspicious of them and does not trust her friend Brun's read of them.
Renee has reasons for her suspicions. We don't yet know what they are or whether they would make sense to us. Whether they do or don't, or even whether Jeph explains them, they are what motivates her, and she is acting on them. People who are not fictional characters also do this. All. The. Time.
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 19 Jun 2016, 15:30 ---
--- Quote from: chaospersonified on 19 Jun 2016, 13:29 ---I've absolutely seen people do what Renee thinks Clinton is doing,
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You've seen people who are involved in a disaster immediately take advantage of other victims as their response?
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Beginning with pretending be helpful, yes.
I live in a place that gets hit by hurricanes pretty often. We're never hit too bad, directly, but people come here after their homes get destroyed. I can think of a few abusive relationships that started with 'Oh, you poor thing, come live with my family for a few months until everything gets settled.'
chaospersonified:
Never starts out abusive. Sometimes ends up that way, though. Certain people will take advantage of innocents at their most vulerable.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 19 Jun 2016, 16:53 ---
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 19 Jun 2016, 15:30 ---
--- Quote from: chaospersonified on 19 Jun 2016, 13:29 ---I've absolutely seen people do what Renee thinks Clinton is doing,
--- End quote ---
You've seen people who are involved in a disaster immediately take advantage of other victims as their response?
--- End quote ---
Yes. Just a few months ago a police officer was given a slap on the wrist for sexually assaulting an accident victim instead of helping her. There are plenty of cases of people who make it their business to bilk people who have just been through a tragedy. Have you never heard of the term 'ambulance chaser'? And that's mild compared to those who will bully and use the lack of knowledge of people who have been through disasters to accept a lower claim that they are due in the insurance industry, or just people who will see those reeling from disaster as easy marks. It's all to sadly common.
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By "involved", I meant "another victim". Which Clinton was, even though he didn't suffer the major losses that Brun did.
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