At 12:09 PM 1/26/01 -0500, Doris Fang wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Olaf Greve wrote:
About what Dirk had previously written:
>
> >Man, after reading all this theft stuff, hell if I'm ever going on a trip
> >to Italy. I'll watch the video, thanks. I feel a heck of a lot safer in
> >Wash, DC than I would anywhere in Italy, despite all the data about bad
> >stuff happening in DC.
>
> Well, this is _exactly_ the kind of feeling/fear I was trying to
prevent by
> typing the above :)
> What I meant to say as a one-liner is: When traveling in places you don't
> know, be aware of the possibility of getting robbed, but DON'T let your
> concerns spoil your vacation.
IMO, A lot of these fears are ethnocentric. The fear that things are
meaner "over there", when in reality, they're far more likely to happen in
Washington D.C.
I'd second that. Last trip to Paris, my wife and I ran into a charming
young man and woman from San Francisco -- both in their late teens or early
twenties -- who were rather paranoid about Paris. In particular, they were
worried about the safety of Paris' Underground. "Do you two ever take the
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) at home?" I asked. "Sure, all the
time." "Well, Paris' Underground is a LOT safer than the BART." "Oh..."
Garth
"Q: What's long and hard on a Canadian?
A: Winter."
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