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

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

I did not take offense to Maryanne's post, just pointing out
that
there is some safe places in the US too. Didn't you see my pun
at
the weather and the smiley face? I did not think that I was
being 
nasty at all.

Lynette

owens wrote:
> 
> Dear Lynette, Maryanne et al.;
> I don't take offense at Maryanne's post. I didn't take it as sterotyping
> the US.   I think it is interesting how things are different all over
> the world.  I'm lucky enuf to live in a small town environment, too.
> BTW, the press loves to exagerate.  They would have nothing to report if
> they only told the whole truth and the whole story.  They can do lots of
> damage.  A long time ago I lived in Santa Cruz.  Every several years
> schools of small fish, anchovies or something, would swim en masse up
> into the harbor and die.  It smelled like dead fish for a week or so,
> then went away.  The media reported this event(must have been a slow
> news time), and kept on about it. People thought the whole town stunk to
> high heaven and stayed away. Quietest summer I ever remember!  Finally,
> a man who owned a large restaurant right on the wharf called in the
> television cameras and showed the folks dining on the patio, interviewed
> them, and proved the smell was gone, it was safe to return.   The whole
> town suffered a huge loss in revenue that summer...difficult when a town
> relies on its seasonal tourist business to sustain itself year round.
> Katee
> >
> > 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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