add at bottom :- On 04/06/2016, Steven Chamberlain <ste...@pyro.eu.org> wrote: > Steven Chamberlain wrote: >> Michael Prokop wrote: >> > "The U.S. Diplomatic Mission to South Africa informs U.S. citizens >> > that the U.S. government has received information that terrorists[...] >> >> *sigh* a similar notice was posted for UK citizens: >> https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/south-africa.atom > > Oh, and bear that in mind too if travelling to Germany! > Or to France, or Spain... > > https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/germany/terrorism > "There is a high threat from terrorism. Attacks could be indiscriminate" > > The UK's homeland threat level is "severe", so I actually may be safer > by travelling than not... > > Regards, > -- > Steven Chamberlain > ste...@pyro.eu.org >
You could add india to that list - https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/india/terrorism In fact there should be one more high-profile attack that should have been included in that list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Pathankot_attack While people are free to make their own minds, I would argue giving into irrational fear would let them (the terrorists) win even without firing a single shot. Incidentally, since the terrorist attacks have happened over a decade and more, air travel has only gone up, see http://www.statista.com/statistics/193533/growth-of-global-air-traffic-passenger-demand/ which means that apart from economic situations like the 2008-2009, people are traveling more for business or leisure, not less and unless some sort of real situation develops, we just have to trust ourselves, the systems that are in-place and just hope that things happen for the best. AFAIK there is no system or country that is fail-safe and nobody can give any such guarantees anymore, so yes, be aware of things around you but don't give into irrational fears. My 2 paise. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8 _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
