"If someone gets their car nicked or their house broken into and their DVD player's gone, then you start an investigation, irrespective of the respectability of the victim"

Hmmmmmm...an interesting one. So, going back to the burglar parallel..

Doesn't my insurance become null and void if I've left my doors or windows open,though? I think it comes under lack of due care and attention, or some such jargon..?

Whilst it was still the fault of the burglar for breaking in, I would have made it easy for him to do, perhaps almost encouraging him to seize an opportunity, had those open windows or doors been on display for everyone to see.

Yes, the police would start an investigation, so would the insurance company, but they would also tell me that I was stupid to leave my windows and doors open in the first place, warn me about doing it again, and I would have learned a very hard lesson. And the insurance people would of course, decline any claim, stating that it was my fault in the first place.

Should we not be as watchful of our bodies, minds and souls, as we are of our material things?

The burglar still was the one who carried out 'the crime' but didn't I lay down a red carpet for him, guiding him in like a lighthouse? Yes, in an ideal world, I should be able to leave ALL my doors and windows open, put a spotlight on my house with a sign saying "This house is empty and OPEN" and still expect others to leave it alone, but....REAL life ain't like that, is it?

It used to be, once upon a time...now people have locks and bolts on their doors and windows, because they know that there are some pretty nasty people out there.

Dave, I did put a ;0) there, which, as you've told me so many times in the past indicated that I was merely having a gentle chuckle, as you do too.