incidents and accidents, hints and allegations

Maybe. I just have a hard time with something like:

And if you want an image of unsafety at-con, how's this one: a con-member alone, more than a couple of beers down, late at night so not many people are around, trying to climb the stairs to sleep off the night's excitement. If your heart doesn't clutch in fear at the noise of a stranger following her up the stairs, then you haven't thought through what "safety" means.

I mean, yeah, you'd want to be cautious and what-not, but my heart really doesn't come close to clutching in fear at that scenario. (Unless "following" implies deliberate, rather than coincidental, proximity...)