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So your bike was stolen. Will that really affect your life? You need to spend 500 DKK on a new one.

Someone threatens you with force: That will affect you. Even if nothing happened physically. You wish you can get rid of that experience for 50.000 DKK for the rest of your life.

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How are these necessarily mutually exclusive? Also, 500 DKK or any possession could mean way more than a dumb threat.

Aah see that's the point isn't it. In order to deal with the larger stuff, police has been complete removed from the streets of most cities. If you're physically attacked, in Denmark, the police won't be anywhere near you.

Most likely, yes, they will find the people who attacked you, but you where still attacked.

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