Venga La Alegría and her ridiculous tips for reacting to an assault, which are more useful for assailants

Come Joy. (Capture Youtube/Venga La Alegría)

Come Joy. (Capture Youtube / Come Joy)

Come Joy It is a program capable of the unthinkable. One day they may feature a person allegedly speaking an alien language on national television, and another day give advice on how to react to an assault. Yes, as absurd as it may seem, that was what they did in the broadcast of January 18 of the current year. One of the evils best known by the inhabitants of the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico deserved a section in this famous program.

The section began with tips that already say it all: Do not carry luxurious cell phones, because in this way the assailants are “provoked” to steal, and you do not have to carry large sums of money. The recount of recommendations by Eduardo Tovar, representative of the Cispe training center, continued with two obvious things: remain calm and do not resist. How did it not occur to anyone before? Because when one is assaulted, it is normal not to get upset or, at least, to be surprised.

The section can be seen from minute 59:28

“You have to be aware that if you are on the street, you can suffer an assault”said the expert interviewed for the section, who also advised that the objects be delivered quickly and that what you have been asked for be delivered specifically —and do it soon, that is, you must get on the van with what you have been given. they can remove by hand, anticipate disaster, wow. The expert also maintained that one should not place oneself in the opposite places, which are the most dangerous, as if one could calmly choose a place to sit in a van, or in a truck, or in any other public transport.

The most ironic part of the matter is that these tips could even be more useful for the robbers who, after the explanations, already know which are the supposedly safest places for travelers and in which areas they should be located in order to raid the entire van; In addition to knowing that if they put pressure on the assaulted, they will deliver things faster, and they shouldn’t even think about taking time. According to these tips, if you are going to carry a “crude” cell phone so that the real one is not stolen, you have to know how to draw up a plan: do not take out your luxury cell phone and show the “chicharrón” from the beginning.

The expert stressed that danger is almost an insurmountable destination for the mere fact of going out: “Knowing that as soon as you leave your house it can happen to you, you are on public transport. If you have something valuable enough to lose your life , then don’t take it out.” And at this point, we can say that yes, it is true, taking valuable things on public transport is a risk, but often it is not a choice: How can someone be blamed for being robbed, and potentially injured or killed, just because they are carrying a valuable item?

People do not choose the contexts: they can carry a lot of money for some special situation, because they just got paid for the fortnight, because they are going to pay a medical expense, because whatever; someone can bring a high-end cell phone because he uses it for his work, because it supports his profession, or simply because he likes it, and for that reason he will not be guilty of being robbed. whatWhat is the need to normalize this insecurity and accept it as something that will happen yes or yes?

People are not to blame for being robbed. This should be repeated as many times as necessary. It is not about resisting, because the consequences are known —and many times it is not even enough to follow instructions to avoid physical harm—, but to refuse to accept the voices that try to camouflage violence on public transport as something normal: it is not and never will be, even though television fills our retinas with assaults of all kinds. Can someone choose not to leave work at night, the riskiest time? No. They are not elections. They are not things that are wanted or not. Fear and alarmism cannot be allowed to be the norm. Someone must take charge. But these pieces of advice appear in Venga la Alegría, and that says it all.

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Venga La Alegría and her ridiculous tips for reacting to an assault, which are more useful for assailants