>>1000148>I was relating a story my friend told meI don't think any of us believe that it 'happened to a friend of mine'.
>He had to consider calling the cops on the dude. I don't think he would done so if it wasn't serious.That's just what people say to make their hurt feelings seem serious. People use red flag words and exaggerate their fear to attempt to take the victim role when the truth wouldn't support it.
Plenty of them actually call the cops too, it doesn't usually go very far but they can fuck people over for a while by trying to make someone's justified anger seem like violent rage. It's a really common tactic by people in the wrong about something.
When I hear "I was considering calling the cops", I immediately interpret it as "I don't like being shouted at even when I've done something to deserve it".
>He wasn't going to not pay for the damage if that were to be the caseYour actions were exactly the same as someone who was going to do a runner and not pay for it and deny everything when asked to pay for it later. The driver was quite justified in wanting to get it handled immediately. I would too.
>How is it victim blaming? The driver shouldn't have been using the car for uber in the first place. That's illegal and irresponsible.It's neither. It's some sort of breach of contract with the hire company but that's not a criminal offence and it's not irresponsible because that alone doesn't create any problems for you.
You're just trying to relate an unrelated fault of the victim to make it seem like the damage you did is somehow their fault because...who the fuck knows but that's how the logic of victim blaming works. If a victim isn't a perfect angel in every aspect then they deserve what happens to them in the rest of their life?
The ownership/rental arrangement of the car had zero to do with you cracking the windshield.
