One of my fears concerning robbery is what I might do to a thief If I caught
one. I hate theft so much, have a rather nasty temper, and would be tempted
to cause extreme bodily harm. That can land one in a lot of trouble in many
countries, especially if the thief is young. The best approach is to develop
local street smarts and avoid the confrontation. Some very good advice along
that line has been posted here. /jnm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of *- DORIS FANG -*
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:10 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Italy: Camera/lens advice
>
>
>
>
> 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. The differences are that Dirk knows the city he lives
> in, and that knowledge and familiarity give him a sense of security.
> It's a statistical crapshoot, and one can bias the odds in one's favor
> by practicing Olaf's recommendations (and others) and by famliarizing
> oneself with the area before arriving.
> A lot of people have an idyllic notion of travel, that it should all
> be like a trip to Disneyworld. It's not. It's a lot like where you live,
> only (for the most part --- in Europe) far safer. Like any other real-life
> situation, you're always taking chances, large and small. Probably the
> riskiest part of travel is the ride from one's home to the airport and
> back.
>
> *= Doris Fang =*
>
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