*** Official Politics Shitposting Thread ***

[BananaStand]

If I notice someone following me, I will change course immediately/in a dissimulated manner just to see if they continue following. I may even stop in my tracks and see if they continue walking along. Or not.

It's inevitable that at some point there will be a confrontation if they get made.

I am aware of my surroundings at all times when on the move, Ong

You sound like a a batshit gun-toting psycho from the American south.

[OngBonga]

If I think I'm being followed, I'll walk faster and plan a route that allows me to determine if I am indeed being followed, ie take a right, then a left, then a left, knowing that a local going the same way would have just gone straight on at the first turning. If I'm unfamiliar with the area, then my pace will be even more brisk. I'm only thinking about confrontation if the fucker is too close for me to evade.

I get that if someone is changing direction with you, and it's clear there's no innocent reason for it, then we have a problem. But any sane person would try to get away from that situation, especially in a country where guns are widespread. And I still don't see how it can be illegal to "follow", from a purely practical point of view. It's near impossible to prove that someone is following, rather than walking in the same direction as.

[Jack Sawyer]

If I think I'm being followed, I'll walk faster and plan a route that allows me to determine if I am indeed being followed, ie take a right, then a left, then a left, knowing that a local going the same way would have just gone straight on at the first turning. If I'm unfamiliar with the area, then my pace will be even more brisk. I'm only thinking about confrontation if the fucker is too close for me to evade.

The point is everyone is different Ong. Therefore, reactions will differ wildly. It's important to avoid such situations LDO.

I get that if someone is changing direction with you, and it's clear there's no innocent reason for it, then we have a problem.

Thank you, that is what I have been saying all along

But any sane person would try to get away from that situation, especially in a country where guns are widespread.

I don't think like an American, as such the widespread firearm thing is completely nonsensical to me

And I still don't see how it can be illegal to "follow", from a purely practical point of view. It's near impossible to prove that someone is following, rather than walking in the same direction as.

That's the problem. However, that's why I would do the deliberate movements. It is very easy to make it out that way. The question is, once you made them, what follows?

[Jack Sawyer]

You sound like a a batshit gun-toting psycho from the American south.

And that's without a gun, Imagine that.

This is only when people decide to follow me on the street for no reason

Also, so now since your strawmen attempt failed you go straight to ad hominem?

LOL

[BananaStand]

Also, so now since your strawmen attempt failed you go straight to ad hominem?

Stop using those terms like you know what they mean

[Jack Sawyer]

Stop using those terms like you know what they mean

Only when you stop attempting these, high iq Banana