Mike Carruthers

So this topic always concerns me a little bit because I don't want to come across as too alarmist and everyone has to be afraid of their own shadow because there's bad people out there and you could be a victim.

But on the other hand, there are bad people out there and you could be a victim.

So where's the line?

How do we stay vigilant without going overboard?

So you're the perfect person to ask this of.

Ever since I was little, my mother used to tell me, be careful.

Be careful.

Well, what does that mean?

What would I be doing differently if I wasn't careful?

And I don't know always what I'm looking for.

I wouldn't know a serial killer.

I don't care how vigilant I am until he tries to kill me.

I don't know that he's a serial killer and vigilance isn't going to help.

Well, that I think is so important because if you're walking down the street and you see somebody and it just gives you the creeps that there's something about this person, you don't owe anybody an explanation, including yourself.

If you feel it, you feel it and take the appropriate action and get on with your life.

Right.

But you wonder how many people go, oh, well, I really shouldn't feel this way.

I don't really have any evidence that there's a problem.

It's just a feeling I have.

But I agree.