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Allison L W- 07:17pm Oct 26, 1998 (1.)
Hi there. A lot of the responses to this situation were the
same -- they could basically be categorized into "answer
the door", "ignore it" and "see who it is
and then maybe answer it". However, it seems like more of
the French students said that they would answer the door, and
more of the American students said that they would ignore it.
In my dorm, I don't think I'd be too worried, but at home, I would
be afraid to answer the door in the middle of the night without
knowing who was on the other side. Maybe this is because the crime
is worse here than in France? Would someone in France feel unsafe
to open their door in the middle of the night?
agree with allison about not being afraid in our dorms.
i think that the security in the dorms are pretty good, but at
when you're at home in a big house and no one else is home, then
i would tend to feel unsafe. i think that americans on the whole
are distrustful of others which might explain why less americans
would open the door.
Salut à tous!
Je pense que la situation est à peu de choses près
la même des deux côté de l'Atlantique. Je n'ai
pas peur d'ouvrir ma porte en pleine nuit sur le campus, mais
ce n'est pas la même chose dans ma propre maison. Il est
même quasiment sûr qu je n'ouvrirai pas. Par ailleurs,
je ne suis pas convaincu que les français ouvrent leur
porte plus facilement que les américains en pleine nuit.
Je voudrais savoir si vous ne vous sentez pas en sécurité,
c'est à dire s'il y a beaucoup d'agressions. En France
le soir il y a certains quartiers à éviter lorqu'on
est seul, en effet dans ces quartiers il y a pas mal d'agressions
il arrive que la personne ressort quasiment nu, on lui a tout
volé. Ici dans le quartier de l'école il faut éviter
de sortir seul dans la nuit, par contre le jour il n'y a pas de
problème. Et vous ? Xav'
during the day i feel perfectly safe, but at night i'm a little
more alert and i don't feel as safe when walking around. our campus
is located right next to the charles river so there are always
a lot of people wandering around parts of campus that probably
shouldn't. i know that i don't get a lot of visitors past midnight
so if someone was at my door i would be a little scared.
I agree that our campus is perfectly safe during the day, and
like Nisha said, you have to be on guard a little more at night.
But I still think our campus is pretty safe at night. Maybe really
late at night (like after 2 am), I wouldn't want to be out by
myself, but usually, there are so many people out that it seems
pretty safe.
Hi
I would usually open my door at midnight if I knew who was coming. In many places in the US, people leave their doors unlocked 24 hours a day because they live in the country or in vewry small towns. The only night you shouldn't open your door at midnight is Halloween. You might have an egg thrown in your face if you do!!
Allen
Xavier,
It depends where you live. While I was studying in the Bronx, I was very careful about opening the door and travelling thru the streets at night. But Boston is a much safer city, so l'm comfortable any time of day or night.
Allen
Question for the French side, what do you guys think of self-defense?
WHat about opening the door and being ready for anything that's
there? What are the gun control laws in France like and is it
as big of a fuss as its here with NRA and alike? thnx kris
Yes I think the MIT campus is safe during the day and comfortably
safe at night. Still, I often find myself cruising across the
Harvard Bridge (back to Cambridge) at powerwalking speeds. I suppose
this tension isn't a good to for defending oneself. Here's an
anecdote I found amusing to hear but not to experience: My friend
who goes to University of Chicago (located in an infamously unsafe
part of town) got mugged on the subway twice by the same person!
--Cheers, Michelle
pour repondre a krzystof, la legislation sur la legitime defense
est beaucoup plus draconnienne qu'aux etats unis. Il est plus
difficile de parler de self defense en France dans le sens où
la constitution pense que seule la justice est habilitée
à faire la loi, et ceux meme dans les cas dangereux. Ainsi,
un policier ne peut vraiment tirer sur quequ'un que si celui ci
à dejà tiré. En outre il est strictement
interdit en France de porter une arme, la legislation est tres
precise et le port d'arme s'accorde tres precisement