Actually, the point is that you don't know whether the following is deliberate. If it's not, whatev, somebody else on the staircase. If it is, then we have an unsafe situation on our hands. As an ordinary observer, it's impossible to know what the follower's intent is.
People who have never had to think seriously about their own safety will tend to assume the following is not deliberate, and not understand that the situation is potentially dangerous. It's not the actuality of danger I'm describing, but the potential for it, and the perception of that potential. A lot of people have the luxury of never considering that potential.
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Date: 2008-04-23 04:14 pm (UTC)People who have never had to think seriously about their own safety will tend to assume the following is not deliberate, and not understand that the situation is potentially dangerous. It's not the actuality of danger I'm describing, but the potential for it, and the perception of that potential. A lot of people have the luxury of never considering that potential.