If I leave the keys of my car in the ignition and the door open is it my fault that you are a dishonest thief? If I wear a skirt you find provocative was I asking to be raped? If I go for a walk at dusk was I asking to be stabbed? The wrongdoing of others is wrongdoing and there is no mitigation of wrong just because we are in South Africa. In many countries in the world people live without constant fear of being attacked or having the products of their labour stolen from them. I was not asking for it when a majority of South Africans, truly against their own interests, twice and euphorically, voted for a man on whom lay very strong suspicion of criminality. Being born in South Africa should not leave one open to the charge of 'asking for it'. I have every reason to get upset if you steal from me. I should be able to leave my car in any state I wish and be able to rely on the rule of law and my fellow citizens' respect of that law.