> I couldn't understand why the children in question in Rome aren't rounded
up
> by police at the very least for not being in school.
Probably they're gipsies. I can assure you that any child in Italy is
obliged to go to school.
Regarding gipsies (who represent a serious pickpocket problem here), the
government want their children to go to school, but the parents refuse to
let them go, so the result is that they hang around in town in spite of the
law.
Police, somehow tries to grab them and send them to school, but after a
couple of days they're out again.
OK, maybe I was not clear.
Liz, you got ripped off by a taxi driver in Rome... this is not a problem of
safety. Any "REGULAR" taxi in Rome has a meter, so probably you chose a
private cab, or maybe the taxi driver himself was a dork. But this does not
mean Rome isn't safe, it just means that some romans cheat tourists.
I got the same problem the first time I visited London.
You are supplying examples of the risk anyone could encounter in a normal
big city: anyone can have problems in ANY big town (would you say that
London is safer than Rome? Or Berlin safer than Paris? or New York safer
than Amsterdam?), but Nairobi is another stuff.
What I was talking about is SAFETY. Try to walk around at night in Rome and
compare it to Nairobi. I know that, as almost any capital, anything CAN
happen (as it can happen in Paris, London, Amsterdam), but please DO NOT
compare any of these capitals to Nairobi.
In Nairobi you risk to be killed at night. In Rome or Paris THERE IS the
risk to be mugged or robbed, but my opinion is that it is not comparable IN
ANY CASE.
Talking about safety in Germany, I was also mugged in Berlin some time ago,
but I would NEVER say that Berlin is as dangerous as Nairobi. I was in
Nairobi not for such a long time, but I still remember the feeling of danger
when I leaved the hotel for a walk. People watching and TOUCHING at you,
some men following you in the streets... really it was scarying. And I have
visited other african capitals, so I don't get easily impressed only by
atmospheres.
Ciao
Maurizio
(I hope I was clear with my bad english)
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