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Spring Break - Risky Behaviors, etc.

Gryffindorian

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I was watching the news yesterday, and one network was doing a special segment on spring break in Daytona Beach, FL. There was a report that six women (presumably college students) were raped in Daytona Beach.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20000708-504083.html

Well, I guess this type of incident isn't new. Many college students get wild and crazy, doing sex, drugs, and alcohol. (Sadly, I never went on spring break, having done most of my academics as a working adult). Do you believe these people are engaging in risky behaviors, or are they just out having fun? There are apparently predators on the loose, lurking to take advantage of young, drunk women (or even drug unsuspecting ones), steal people's money, etc.

Students ought to exercise good judgment and common sense, but it's hard when they lose their inhibitions.
 
I never went anywhere on Spring Break. I just didn't see the point- people get drunk and have sex, I could do that at home! :p
 
I'd love to go to Daytona Beach on Spring Break. Not only would I protect the women from potential rapists, but maybe they'd be so enthralled with my manly chivalrous nature, they'd invite me out to party with them all. night. long, (all night), yeah, all. night. long, (all night), all right, (all night), all. night. long., (all night), yeah, (all night), all night long, (all night), all night, (all night). Dededededededede, dedededededededo, dedededo, dededededededeet!
 
A lot of fun things include risks, but they can be minimized with good common sense.

I'm on spring break right now and it's craaaaazy! I'm packing up and moving to Chicago! Party at my house!
 
I think if women are getting raped, then yeah, there is likely some "risky behavior" involved. Getting fucked up around a bunch of strangers isn't a good idea no matter who you are.
 
I never went to any of those wild places for spring break. Just didn't appeal to me. It does sound like the sort of thing where you can get into big trouble if you aren't careful.
 
The key is to always travel with a safety net around you, namely a group of trusted friends where at least a couple are willing to remain sober (you can trade off each day) and keep an eye on everyone in the group.

I would recommend not doing these things in general, but at least if you have that safety net with you it can minimize the risk.

- Don't drink or do drugs to the point of unconsciousness or complete loss of situational awareness.

- Don't drink or do drugs and drive.

- Don't accept drinks from complete strangers or people you just met, even if they seem nice, unless you have that safety net around you to make sure you're not going to be escorted out if you suddenly get dizzy or become unconscious.

- Don't go off with anyone you just met privately, even to have sex. Have a friend wait outside the room where they can hear you if there are any problems. Yeah, it sounds intrusive, but it's better than the alternative.

You should always have your cellphones charged and ready and know the local hospitals.

And don't ever be embarrassed to report anything. I don't care what reckless things you did on Spring Break, it doesn't ever justify being assaulted or raped.
 
Locutus of Bored said:
The key is to always travel with a safety net around you, namely a group of trusted friends where at least a couple are willing to remain sober (you can trade off each day) and keep an eye on everyone in the group.

I would recommend not doing these things in general, but at least if you have that safety net with you it can minimize the risk.

- Don't drink or do drugs to the point of unconsciousness or complete loss of situational awareness.

- Don't drink or do drugs and drive.

- Don't accept drinks from complete strangers or people you just met, even if they seem nice, unless you have that safety net around you to make sure you're not going to be escorted out if you suddenly get dizzy or become unconscious.

- Don't go off with anyone you just met privately, even to have sex. Have a friend wait outside the room where they can hear you if there are any problems. Yeah, it sounds intrusive, but it's better than the alternative.

You should always have your cellphones charged and ready and know the local hospitals.

And don't ever be embarrassed to report anything. I don't care what reckless things you did on Spring Break, it doesn't ever justify being assaulted or raped.
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This is awesome advice. When I was in my early twenties I used to party like a brain dead lab monkey. And if it wasn't for having some really good friends around to keep me from doing something stupid, I would probably not be alive right now. Of course I returned the favor. That is also the key.

But I did have a pretty big wake-up call when I was in high school about this kind of thing. Spring Break my senior year, a football player in my class got himself trashed one night and decided to jump from his hotel balcony to another one adjacent. (He liked some girls over there and his friends dared him to do it.) Needless to say he didn't make it and fell four stories, breaking his back. The promise of a sports career and football scholarship were obliterated in a matter of seconds. After that, I was very cautious when I partied. You never know if you are going to make the wrong choice at the wrong time so a safety plan is always a must.
 
I always love it how many young people--16-20yo--complain that they're treated like kids, and that they're not kids.

No, they are not kids.

So why do so many of them, when given their first real chance to show just how adult they can be, act like idiots and worse than children? You wanna be treated like an adult? Act like one. You wanna get drunk and rowdy like a teenager? Then you'll be grounded--possibly in jail, since you're not a kid anymore.
 
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I went and got drunk and had sex at the beach last spring break... but was safe about it. I know better than to go across town to some random party with 50000 people.
 
There are bums that roam up & down the beach all day, looking for items that people have left lying there while they go walking or swimming, and the bums steal the stuff.
I actually met one once, who would frequent a little place I used to go to. He had a bunch of stuff and gloated he got it all (I had no proof, so calling a cop was useless). He even told the owner he bet he could take the large umbrella out front. Later on, he showed off the umbrella to me (I didn't report that because I knew he'd return it -- it was just the "Dare" to take it aspect, and surely enough he the umbrella returned).


Spring Breakers here act like filthy trash. They get wasted, hang out of car windows, listen to godawful music or ear bleeding levels, and because they are drunk, they got to pee often, but "cruising the strip" involves -- with the crammed traffic -- going 2 MPH for half an hour, so they hop out and right in front of people pee in hte bushes (men and women). some even shit. And on the opposite side of stream of cars of people watching them, home owners and rental people.


We've had a few fall off balconies and die. One was trying to get a girl's attention. He fell to his death. We had two grown up couples arrested here a few days ago for throwing water balloons down at people in a hot tub.


I remember reading in the local news paper a few years back how this one hotel in a neighboring city that forbid younger vacationers from renting there, relented and let in a small group which they thought were "okay". A few days later they were kicked out and arrested. They kids dragged in traffic signs one night after stealing them.
 
Locutus of Bored said:
The key is to always travel with a safety net around you, namely a group of trusted friends where at least a couple are willing to remain sober (you can trade off each day) and keep an eye on everyone in the group.

I would recommend not doing these things in general, but at least if you have that safety net with you it can minimize the risk.

- Don't drink or do drugs to the point of unconsciousness or complete loss of situational awareness.

- Don't drink or do drugs and drive.

- Don't accept drinks from complete strangers or people you just met, even if they seem nice, unless you have that safety net around you to make sure you're not going to be escorted out if you suddenly get dizzy or become unconscious.

- Don't go off with anyone you just met privately, even to have sex. Have a friend wait outside the room where they can hear you if there are any problems. Yeah, it sounds intrusive, but it's better than the alternative.

You should always have your cellphones charged and ready and know the local hospitals.

And don't ever be embarrassed to report anything. I don't care what reckless things you did on Spring Break, it doesn't ever justify being assaulted or raped.
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This should be on a poster. Or tattooed in reverse on every kid's head so they see it whenever they look in the mirror.
 
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