we want to belive that human violence is somehow beyond our understanding,

because as long as it remains a mystery,

we have no duty to avoid it, explore it, or anticipate it.

We feel no responsibility for failing to read its signals,

if there are non to read.

We can tell ourselves that violence just happens withou warning

and usually to others.

But in service to these uncomfortable myths,

victims suffer and criminals prosper!

{Gavin de Becker: The gift of Fear. Leading Criminologist}