Comments on: Tit for tat: the American version

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:04:56 +0000

In reply to Irene S. Levine. Yes, that's true. I could take my cues from them.

By: Irene S. Levine

Irene S. Levine — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:57:45 +0000

America has too many guns!

Yes, violence is often random but it was so nice that you could be with a relative in Israel—it offers an extra dose of reassurance and makes a foreign-to-you place feel a lot less scary.

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 05:40:00 +0000

In reply to Janice Chung. Me neither. I've heard people are cancelling trips to France (not even just Nice) out of fear. It seems to me that more of us should go to France just to show that we won't be terrorized away.

By: Janice Chung

Janice Chung — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:58:03 +0000

Rachel, a really great (and sad) analogy. I’m feeling every place on earth has its dangers but I refuse to be swayed by fear (of most, but not all places).

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:53:28 +0000

In reply to Anita @ No Particular Place To Go. I heard about those travel warnings! Irony all over the place!

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:51:47 +0000

In reply to The GypsyNesters. Yep!

By: The GypsyNesters

The GypsyNesters — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:54:09 +0000

Hate to say it but that seems to be human nature. Your point about both statements being correct is the key.

By: Anita @ No Particular Place To Go

Anita @ No Particular Place To Go — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:09:02 +0000

We’ve often been asked (especially when we were traveling through Mexico, Central and South America) if we weren’t worried about our safety … I guess it’s all a matter of perspective. And I would have laughed out loud (if it weren’t so sad) when I read about the recent travel warnings issued by three countries (the Bahamas, Bahrain and the UAE) as well as the UK caution to their LGBT community about dangers when traveling to the US. Tit for Tat indeed!

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:55:18 +0000

In reply to Rebecca Hall (Bex). Yes, that's a good way to respond. Actually, I've heard people in the Netherlands talking about how they'd like to travel to the US, and the idea gets dismissed with "Yeah, but it's not safe in the US: too many guns, so maybe not."

By: Rebecca Hall (Bex)

Rebecca Hall (Bex) — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:51:04 +0000

Excellent post Rachel. I often get comments on my blog from Americans emailing me if it’s safe to come to Greece – and it saddens me as I feel that Greece is getting such bad press.
It is up to us internationally minded bloggers to write about the countries we visit in a truthful way – and you’ve done this in this post about Israel (I love the bourgainvillia in that alleyway – it’s beautiful!)

Also, it’s like me feeling I have to cancel my holiday to the U.S. in case I am shot at. Maybe you should phrase it to people like that, the next time you’re asked ‘Is it safe’