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Originally Posted by TeaAddict
Than I guess you never leave your house? <<
It's a very "personal" decision. Everyone is free to decide what they want to do. It's safe as long as you return safe and sound. However tell that to the 60 who got killed 10 years ago or to the 3 who got killed in Cairo recently etc etc.
I agree. The sticky wicket is: what do you do when "logic" says something is safe but your gut says otherwise. (BTW, The New York Times just had an interesting Op-Ed on this topic:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/opinion/24taleb.html) Me, I go, but it's hard to argue with a loved one's nerves.
I lived in Egypt for a year and felt incredibly safe. (Except for taxi rides -- yikes!) If one wanted to absolutely minimize the odds of getting whacked, I wouldn't go as part of a tour group (big groups seem to attract terrorists' attention), but even then, what are the odds?