Reply #76: Imagine yourself as a criminal ...

[spin]

One of your buddies in crime comes over to visit you and says, "I saw this fat old fart walking through the Walmart parking lot last night, and he looks like he might have some cash. So I walk up to him, pull my knife and tell him to give it up. This old SOB pulls a gun on me. Surprised the shit out of me and he looked like he just might shoot me. I hate to say it, but I hauled ass. What the hell is this world coming to?"

You might decide that mugging people could be dangerous to your health.

You're a rapist and you see a potential victim in a parking lot so you walk up behind her as she is opening her car door and grab her. She resists and manages to escape your grasp by stamping her high heel into the top of your foot and elbowing you in the stomach. She tries once again to get into her car but you grab her hair. She turns and pushes a .38 snub nosed revolver in your stomach and pulls the trigger twice. As you fall to the pavement, she gets in her car and races off. You survive because she called 911 and the EMTs arrived in time, but you end up in jail. Years later, you are back on the street. Every time you think about raping another woman, your stomach starts to hurt.