> Icono Clast wrote:
>> My relevant boilerplate says:
>>
>> Your concern is unanswerable because an Earthquake could happen at any
>> instant. Fires happen. Cyclones, floods, tornadoes, tsunami,
>> hurricanes. Bad guys might be at the corner. If they're not involved
>> with someone else, they might want to get involved with you. You could
>> be mistakenly arrested and charged with a serious crime. Traffic
>> lights get out of order. People ignore STOP signs and lights. Safety
>> isn't anywhere. Danger is everywhere. What scares you might differ
>> from what scares me. Statistics indicate that your bathroom is the
>> most dangerous place you can be. Better watch out!
Hatunen wrote:
> But none of those involve deliberately placing yourself in a small
> closed environment less than a handspan away from a possible
> wrong-doer.
Excellent point.
Miriam Cohen wrote:
> Why is this so obvious to everyone except "Icono Clast"?
I'm aware of the dangers from personal experience, "Miriam". They are
to be neither discounted nor exaggerated.
> Well that was a completely irrelevant screed, do you have a point
Why, yes, "Miriam", I do. And it's a quite simple one:
Safety isn't anywhere. Danger is everywhere.
> California has not had more than it's "fair share" of serial
> killers who have chosen their victims from young women standing by
> roads with their thumbs out?
It happens. And by no means do I make light of it. But homes are
invaded, too, and people sometimes die when that happens. But if we
avoided doing things because someone got hurt doing it, we'd do nothing.
> I think what [the original poster] was trying to do for his little
> sister was really cool, trying to make sure she's safe in a
> foreign country and I thought he deserved an honest answer that
> hitch hiking is dangerous for young women and should never be
> attempted because some guy says it's safe when there's no way he
> can guarantee that.
I don't remember anyone saying that hitch-hiking anywhere is "safe".
Nor do I recall anyone saying that picking up hitch-hikers is "safe".
Whichever side one is at a particular moment, it ain't "safe". But so
is everything else one does.
Iceman wrote:
> Hitchhiking doesn't guarantee that you will be harmed or robbed,
> but it massively increases the risk that you will.
I wouldn't say "massively".
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