13 year old girl assaulted on Mount Ainslie

We got taught a valuable lesson in school: kick em in the nuts and run.

Terrible thing to happen – but reading that police report, things don’t add up.
If she had fought and struggled (obviously knowing what the outcome could have been) to get away, why was she found by a passerby face down on the ground?

If you had fought and struggled to get away from attackers, you would keep running to a safe environment, not a short distance away in a vulnerable position like that.

Hope nothing worse has happened!

p1 said :

I-filed said :

I think it’s OK for parents to let their children head up Mt Ainslie unaccompanied – provided it’s when the track is busy and people will notice them. Only yesterday I kept a vague eye on a kid of about 13 who appeared to be on his own. Ideally of course the kid would have had a friend with him.

Sigh This saddens me a lot. I know I would also keep a casual eye on a lone 13 year old I saw in the bush – I wish I didn’t feel the need. From about 8 I used to roam the scrub in Aranda and on Black Mt for many hours (usually with a friend admittedly) and have never really thought twice about it.

As a child, we were taught one golcen rule was to always go in company. What happens if you’re bitten by a snake? If you’re alone, you could very well die. If you’re with somebody, you will almost certainly not die (unless you do something stupid like try to run home as fast as you can).

It’s actually all about education: we live in such a nanny state that people have backed right off from educating their children properly, and when something goes wrong, there’s always somebody else to blame.

colourful sydney racing identity said :

Zeital said :

This is why young kids shouldn’t go walking around by themselves…… fail spelling

There are countries where women, young and old, are not allowed to walk around by themselves. I f you would like to live in such a society, please move to one.

And we live in one that has people attack 13 year old kids for no good reason
I admit I also used to go out and about by myself as a kid but I always try to go with someone now because of things like this even though I am an adult. I just don’t trust places that are quiet like a track with no one else walking on it ‘if’ I ever had kids I would always have someone go with them it’s just the way it is now

Hosinator said :

intaba said :

So true, I can’t believe this girl made herself get attacked. The family should hire someone to walk their dog instead of letting their high-school age kid take on some household responsibility.
PS It’s ‘themselves’.

So it’s her fault that she was the attacked, rather than being the victim she’s somehow provoked this incident.

I think you may have missed the obvious (to some) sarcasm by the poster there.

Hosinator said :

intaba said :

So true, I can’t believe this girl made herself get attacked. The family should hire someone to walk their dog instead of letting their high-school age kid take on some household responsibility.
PS It’s ‘themselves’.

So it’s her fault that she was the attacked, rather than being the victim she’s somehow provoked this incident.

Hmmm, I think someone’s sarcasm detector is either non-existent or not functioning at the time of reading.

intaba said :

So true, I can’t believe this girl made herself get attacked. The family should hire someone to walk their dog instead of letting their high-school age kid take on some household responsibility.
PS It’s ‘themselves’.

So it’s her fault that she was the attacked, rather than being the victim she’s somehow provoked this incident.

The fact that someone tried to grab a kid in at one time out of 24 hours in Sydney, a city of 3 million people, proves nothing about public safety.

Agree with PPs who say that the more people are out and about, the safer we all are.

I-filed said :

I think it’s OK for parents to let their children head up Mt Ainslie unaccompanied – provided it’s when the track is busy and people will notice them. Only yesterday I kept a vague eye on a kid of about 13 who appeared to be on his own. Ideally of course the kid would have had a friend with him.

Sigh This saddens me a lot. I know I would also keep a casual eye on a lone 13 year old I saw in the bush – I wish I didn’t feel the need. From about 8 I used to roam the scrub in Aranda and on Black Mt for many hours (usually with a friend admittedly) and have never really thought twice about it.

I-filed said :

I think it’s OK for parents to let their children head up Mt Ainslie unaccompanied – provided it’s when the track is busy and people will notice them. Only yesterday I kept a vague eye on a kid of about 13 who appeared to be on his own. Ideally of course the kid would have had a friend with him.

Hmm, maybe he did, she was walking her dog.

I think it’s OK for parents to let their children head up Mt Ainslie unaccompanied – provided it’s when the track is busy and people will notice them. Only yesterday I kept a vague eye on a kid of about 13 who appeared to be on his own. Ideally of course the kid would have had a friend with him.

Zeital said :

This is why young kids shouldn’t go walking around by them selfs……

In a practical sense yes but gosh society has reached a sad state when you basically can’t go anywhere anymore for fear of attack.

Unfortunately society has reached such a stage, this (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/girl-escapes-attempted-abduction/story-e6frf7jx-1226246549587) happened in Sydney yesterday. Man and a woman in a car tried to abduct a 10yr old girl.

Disgusting pieces of excrement. I wish i was there and saw this. They would never do it again. wtf goes through some peoples minds???

colourful sydney racing identity said :

There are countries where women, young and old, are not allowed to walk around by themselves. I f you would like to live in such a society, please move to one.

You mean like, Ainslie?

Im wondering reading this story, what happened to the dog? I would have thought the dog would have jumped to the defence of its owner given the situation.

Shame it wasn’t a big, vicious dog.

Terrifying .. Am a regular user of the track, so this is very scary. I like to think of Canberra as a place where young people can be safe while walking their dog ..

Not a nice thing to happen at all. Hope she is okay and they catch the creeps. I hope she comes out of this incident okay, can be a scary thing for someone to go through.

Zeital said :

This is why young kids shouldn’t go walking around by them selfs……

They should be able to though.

Poor girl. Hope she is OK.

Zeital said :

This is why young kids shouldn’t go walking around by them selfs……

There are countries where women, young and old, are not allowed to walk around by themselves. I f you would like to live in such a society, please move to one.

It sounds like she dealt with it incredibly well. Brave girl.
I hope she is alright.

Zeital said :

This is why young kids shouldn’t go walking around by them selfs……

So true, I can’t believe this girl made herself get attacked. The family should hire someone to walk their dog instead of letting their high-school age kid take on some household responsibility.
PS It’s ‘themselves’.

This is why young kids shouldn’t go walking around by them selfs……