Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bubbles on June 29, 2015, 04:32:49 PM
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If you were due to go on holiday to Tunisa, would you go?
Definitely not!
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Dear Rose,
What about London, Glasgow, New York, Paris??
Gonnagle.
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I've been to Sousse, where this atrocity took place: a few years ago now, but still - it was still a shock :(
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In 2005 there was a terrorist attack on Sharm el-Sheik in which 80 people were killed. I went there for a holiday in 2007. The knowledge of the attack did not deter me.
There was a very high level of security on approach roads to resort areas but it did not intrude into the resorts.
I think that I agree with what I understand to be Gonners' point. These attacks may happen anywhere. The probability that any attack will take place is low - it's a risk you have to take.
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Evil doesn't recognise national boundaries. The big danger at present seems to be who they are targeting; and that puts Brits in the firing line, literally, wherever they happen to be.
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Evil doesn't recognise national boundaries. The big danger at present seems to be who they are targeting; and that puts Brits in the firing line, literally, wherever they happen to be.
Very true :(
People who are already in Tunisia or are due to go there in the very near future and who think that they should leave or cancel the trip are falling for a form of the gambler's fallacy, thinking that the same event will occur twice in a row in the same place. if Westerners generally are being specifically targeted then the risk applies across the board wherever Westerners are abroad - it's all about keeping the risk in proper proportion.
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If you were due to go on holiday to Tunisa, would you go?
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No....but that's only because I don't like beach holidays.
I'm still hoping to go to Egypt in November.
The terrorist can strike anywhere. If you want to avoid the situation, lock yourself in a safe room. Permanently.
Otherwise, you're still more likely to die in a car crash abroad than by a terrorist's gun.
That does nothing to ease the pain and horror of the next of kin or the injured, though.
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My husband's nephew and wife were due to stay in that hotel in Sousse in three weeks time. I suspect they might change their plans!
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My husband's nephew and wife were due to stay in that hotel in Sousse in three weeks time. I suspect they might change their plans!
Why do you suspect they might change their plans?
Because they fear another such attack?
Or because the resort has been tainted by this week's attack?
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My husband's nephew and wife were due to stay in that hotel in Sousse in three weeks time. I suspect they might change their plans!
Why do you suspect they might change their plans?
Because they fear another such attack?
Or because the resort has been tainted by this week's attack?
His mother told me last night!
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Not sure if I would go, I went about 100 years ago by car (in those days you could drive through Algeria), my only problem was the constant hassling. Back to the point, in general the Muslim world appears to be relatively ambivalent about Islamic terrorism, it seems the only real lever the west has is economics by withdrawing Tourism ( I accept it will hit innocent people economically) this might encourage them to be more forthcoming in fighting it.