Re: RC: Why you shouldn't be afraid of Egypt soapbox

[Lynette Helgeson <helgeson@lansford.ndak.net>]

It goes both ways. You made it sound as if the US was a scary
and 
terrible place to live. Well there are places in the US that are
just as safe as where you live. We live in rural northern ND,
and
are lives are not any different then yours. Except we may get a
little
cooler then you. ;-) So don't stereotype the US because of the
rate
of crime within some of the major cities. 

Lynette

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani wrote:
> 
> Apologies for the post about safety in the Middle East yesterday. I realise
> it's not really endurance related unless you want to come here to ride or
> buy horses or something. <G>  But I've lived in my adopted country for over
> 12 years now and I do go bonkers when I see the damage that the press does
> to people's understanding of life outside of North America. I grew up in the
> US, and always accepted the conventional wisdom of the "free press" etc.,
> but after living outside the US for about 25 years I see that it is also
> free to perpetuate a lot of circulation-enhancing myths, and one result is
> that many Americans have become so fearful of foreign places.  I hate to see
> people who love Arab horses be afraid of Arab people.
> 
> Off the soapbox now,
> Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
> Cairo, Egypt
> gabbani@starnet.com.eg
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