On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:25:54 -0400, you wrote: >Go on your own trek, Tom, quit following the rest of us on the internet! >Exploring the world is about doing it yourself, not just reading about it. > >And Julia, in response to your question about places not to go - we all have >different thresholds for risk. I posted that Afghanistan thing as a joke, >but certainly my risk threshold would keep me from traveling there in a van, >or in Iraq. Though even in those places, conceivably if I really had some >good reason to want to go there, I would consider it. [ edited ]
And, there's the Self Fulfilling Prophecy phenomenon. It applies even in this bedroom suburb we live in. (1) It's dangerous to go out at night! (2) Why? Because no one goes out at night. (3) Why don't they go out at night? Because it's dangerous to go out at night. (4) Ad nauseum.
Take Back The Night!!!!! :-D
>But please, folks, don't get kidnapped and murdered, okay? It's not worth >it! Yeah! What she said!
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