John56 - Thank you very much for your true words!

I am not that good with statistics, so I just reply to that people-with-children-pretend-there-are-no-wolves part.
The person who wrote this text has very obviously no children, nor has he ever spoken with any parents. Or if he did, he did not listen.
Parents are aware of the wolves every single day. Always, and ever. And we would hate our children come to harm by them.
It starts by always having an eye on them. It proceeds to teachings like not to go with strangers, not to accept sweets from people they do not know, and we emphasize over and over that the only person who is allowed to decide if you want your private parts touched is YOU, and no one else.
It then leads to nervous parents sitting at home when the kids start going to the disco/out over night/on things like summer camp.
The row a kid gets for coming home 4 hours late in the middle of the night is not caused by evil parents not wanting the kids to have fun - it is caused by the horror scenarious the parents have kept replaying in their minds. Rape. Accidents. Wrong company - drug overdose. The possibilities are endless.
We worry about our kids all life long, and it is getting on their nerves sometimes, isn´t it... But it is done out of love. Or at least it should be.

Being a sheep in everday life is good and fine. But you underestimate the capability of parents for violence. The nice, pretty neighbour´s wife who would normally never do any harm to anyone might change her opinion about murder rather quick if she finds herself in a situation where it is "either kill the intruder or let him take your child´s life".

That said, I do agree that most "sheeplike" people, even the ones who harbour a bad attitude toward police/military, would run quickly to hide behind them if there is a dangerous situation and the risk of physical harm.

Kind regards
A.