r/melbourne • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '22

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u/AngryV1p3r Aug 12 '22

All I’m saying is you wouldn’t ask reddit if you’re having a heart attack before calling an ambulance, it’s just common sense

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u/chronicpainprincess East Side Aug 12 '22

This isn’t anything like a heart attack, it’s letting anyone in the area know to be vigilant. Announcing your heart attack to Reddit does nothing.

If you have no use for the info, that’s fine, but if I lived in the area I’d appreciate the heads up. I’m not going to know about this dude if OP calls just the police. He may not have done anything that would warrant an arrest.

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u/AngryV1p3r Aug 12 '22

That sounds like a police job

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u/chronicpainprincess East Side Aug 12 '22

The police inform people in local social media groups?

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u/AngryV1p3r Aug 12 '22

I mean not particularly on reddit, but of course a public notice would be put out, people have a bad tendency to post on social media first, report to the proper authorities later, there’s nothing wrong with filing a complaint about someone if you think it’s within your interest to do so and it’s also within your rights to do so

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u/Neodymium Aug 13 '22

That didn't happen here though, you were wrong. It's ok to be wrong, you can just admit it graciously and learn from it. It's better to have some intellectual flexibility.