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Old July 19th, 2005, 06:21 PM
PJ
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Hey, can anyone help convince my mom that I'm gonna be OK when I visit
India this fall? I'm going as part of a school program and don't plan on
doing any sightseeing alone. But she reads about suicide bombers and now
she's afraid I'll be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. I know
she loves me and just wants me to be safe and all. Help before she tells
me that I can't go.

PJ
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Old July 19th, 2005, 06:34 PM
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PJ wrote:
Hey, can anyone help convince my mom that I'm gonna be OK when I visit
India this fall? I'm going as part of a school program and don't plan
on doing any sightseeing alone. But she reads about suicide bombers
and now she's afraid I'll be caught in the wrong place at the wrong
time. I know she loves me and just wants me to be safe and all. Help
before she tells me that I can't go.

PJ



You are joking..aren't you?

Jan


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Old July 19th, 2005, 06:34 PM
Joseph Meehan
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PJ wrote:
Hey, can anyone help convince my mom that I'm gonna be OK when I visit
India this fall? I'm going as part of a school program and don't plan
on doing any sightseeing alone. But she reads about suicide bombers
and now she's afraid I'll be caught in the wrong place at the wrong
time. I know she loves me and just wants me to be safe and all. Help
before she tells me that I can't go.

PJ


You are far more likely to be hit by a car than a bomb. I would tell
you to tell her not to worry, but it will do no good. Find someone her age
(preferably a woman) who she trust and ask them to have a chat with her.

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Joseph Meehan

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Old July 19th, 2005, 07:51 PM
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:34:44 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
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You are far more likely to be hit by a car than a bomb. I would tell
you to tell her not to worry, but it will do no good. Find someone her age
(preferably a woman) who she trust and ask them to have a chat with her.


A car? In India, not really.

However, the bombings seem to happen in more industrialized countries,
not India.

In India, I would be more worried about drinking the water and/or
finding a good place to bathe actually than either cars or bombs.


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Old July 19th, 2005, 07:53 PM
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:21:55 GMT, PJ
wrote:

Hey, can anyone help convince my mom that I'm gonna be OK when I visit
India this fall? I'm going as part of a school program and don't plan on
doing any sightseeing alone. But she reads about suicide bombers and now
she's afraid I'll be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. I know
she loves me and just wants me to be safe and all. Help before she tells
me that I can't go.

PJ


I am assuming that you will be chaperoned if this is a school trip.

I certainly would not worry about suicide bombers though anything is
possible. The poverty in India is depressing, but there are many
wonderful things to see.

What is the purpose of this school trip? Will you be meeting up with
Indian people who live where you are going? Where in India are you
going? Much will depend on where you are going and what activities
you will be participating in.


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Old July 19th, 2005, 08:08 PM
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Ask in rec.travel.asia, although they may chatise you for not knowing
how to answer your mom. How can you commit to a country without
already knowing it's profound differences from such negative
stereotypes, which anyway apply to different regions? Maybe shock or
teasing works best - emphasize the uniqueness with this account of how
40,000 travelers per year used to be ritually strangled and robbed
the http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religi...features/thugs

A more likely but benign danger is that you'll lower your guard and
become agonisingly sick from food issues. So besides learning more
about Indian culture beforehand, also learn your own culture in terms
of food preparation science and food borne diseases. Learn the real
principles so you take them seriously, and not blissfully flake out and
expose yourself to the too common feeling of a hundred hot knives in
the bowels. That said, I was thrilled with my India visit.

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Old July 20th, 2005, 12:19 AM
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toto wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:34:44 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:

You are far more likely to be hit by a car than a bomb. I would
tell you to tell her not to worry, but it will do no good. Find
someone her age (preferably a woman) who she trust and ask them to
have a chat with her.


A car? In India, not really.


I was thinking about driving to the airport to go to India, but have you
seen the way they drive in India??


However, the bombings seem to happen in more industrialized countries,
not India.

In India, I would be more worried about drinking the water and/or
finding a good place to bathe actually than either cars or bombs.


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Joseph Meehan

Dia duit


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Old July 20th, 2005, 12:28 AM
Miguel Cruz
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PJ wrote:
Thanks for the advice, but I wasn't actually asking to be told to brush
up on my culture and the culture of India. There are random acts of
violence in India, and I do realize I have a better chance of getting
food sick, but my question is what to tell my mother to comfort her
without completely dismissing her fears.


You're posting from where, Oakland? Berkeley? The rates of serious violent
crime are far higher there than the averages in India. When you leave the USA
to go almost anywhere else you are immediately decreasing your chances of
being a victim of violent crime. Actually it starts when you enter the
airport, since almost no violent crimes occur there.

And your chance of being in a car crash is thousands of times higher than
being caught in political violence. This should be obvious from a quick scan
of the headlines if you haven't the time to go over the statistical
yearbooks.

Your mother is simply displaying an irrational fear of the unknown.

miguel
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