As I always tell travelers who are planning to go to Central America with
me and are frightened by the news from that part of the world, read the
government warnings for where you live. If you paid attention to every
random drug killing or gang war, you would never leave your house. Just
use common sense. It's true that there is a lot of violence out there but
it is not usually aimed at you. The caveat would be if you are in a part
of the world where the majority of the people are targeting your particular
religion, gender, or ethnicity.
I am totally in favor of safe gun laws and background checks and I think
allowing people to carry automatic weapons into Wallmart is ludicrous. We
are surrounded by hunters here in SC but most of them know basic gun safety
and aren't aiming at people.
Tina
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 2:38 AM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am kind of with Scott here, although there are obviously places I will
> avoid; for example Muslim countries or, say, Eastern Ukraine are not high
> on my vacation list. But my son lives in Lansdale, PA right now, so on
> August 7th we are flying to Philadelphia to spend 3 weeks visiting him. If
> we didn’t, then we would not see him this summer, given the ridiculously
> small amount of paid leave that he gets (the standard 2 weeks).
>
> I shall do my best to avoid getting arrested, something I successfully
> avoided on previous US visits (pretty much an annual occurrence these days).
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> > On 13 May 2015, at 08:25, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > That should have read: "far more likely to be hurt in an accident". My
> > phone has a mind of its own tonight.
> > On May 12, 2015 11:23 PM, "Scott Gomez" <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> The chance of your involvement in anything like that are pretty
> >> vanishingly small. Just like my wife and I have been telling our
> families
> >> about our chance of being involved in problems here in Mexico.
> >>
> >> One of the best things one can do anymore seems to be to avoid
> television
> >> news. The constant drumbeat of what turns out to be mostly reports of
> only
> >> the worst about *any* area give a highly biased view that really doesn't
> >> represent reality.
> >>
> >> This is in no way to say that there aren't issues. There are. And they
> >> need to be fixed. But you're far more likely to due in assn accident
> near
> >> home than in any of the sort of things the need media like to blather on
> >> about. Giving in and avoiding travel is letting the fear-mongering
> assholes
> >> win.
> >> On May 12, 2015 5:25 PM, "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Trigger happy and brutal US police and random street violence are the
> >>> biggest reasons why we no longer have any intention of visiting the
> USA.
> >>> Previous happy visits to Portland, Maine, Portland, Oregon and many
> points
> >>> in between and beyond are a thing of the past. What would worry me is
> the
> >>> prospect of being flagged down for an alleged traffic infraction, being
> >>> tossed into a police cruiser or van and having my spine broken or body
> >>> bruised. Sounds crazy? It is a daily occurence being reported on CNN
> and
> >>> Canadian news media.
> >>>
> >>> On 5/12/2015 5:20 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 2nd amendment in action, again.
> >>>>
> >>>> Nathan Wajsman
> >>>> Alicante, Spain
> >>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
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> >>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog:
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> >>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
> >>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> >>>> YNWA
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> >>>> On 12 May 2015, at 21:43, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> One of the seniors is a member of our bike collective. We found that
> >>>>>> he has returned home and is okay, though I'll be he's a bit shaken
> up.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Ouch. It's been remarkably quiet this year, on the school shooting
> >>>>> front, but the threat is real. As a parent of two high-school
> >>>>> students, it's something that we tend to keep in mind and discuss
> with
> >>>>> our kids. It was a little close-to-home when I was still working in
> >>>>> Colorado. Had I moved my family out there, the high school that the
> >>>>> girls went to had a shooting itself, and was in the same district as
> >>>>> the most infamous one in recent decades. But where we live, the crime
> >>>>> level is already higher than average, and the threat level also above
> >>>>> average, so everybody takes it more seriously. The attitude of "it
> >>>>> can't happen here" is not our reality. It CAN happen here and we know
> >>>>> it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A couple of you know our own story, which I'm not at liberty to
> openly
> >>>>> discuss, but I'll just say that I take this kind of thing VERY
> >>>>> seriously, and our family has been directly involved in getting a
> >>>>> high-risk individual arrested and removed from the campus. There are
> >>>>> reasons why our house is under 24/7 electronic and video monitoring
> >>>>> and has multiple layers of security.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> When a student expresses fear or concern, DO take it seriously and
> >>>>> don't diminish his or her feelings. It's real.
> >>>>>
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