Originally posted by Cataholic
Why would I unnecessarily place my self at risk?
The problem is that the question "What is risky" cannot be answered easily. The risk in NY was bigger at September 10th than any day after September 11

Of course you can decide only to stay in rural areas - you can get your risk down that way.

But any visitor to spectacular cities, like New York, London, Paris, Istanbul, Rome (the vatican?), Madrid etc. takes a risk these days. On the other hand, that risk is not very concrete. And to my opinion the risk is not higher than the normal risks involved in travelling, like a plane crash due to technical problems or the risk of a car accident.

Terrorists have been planning to attack smaller events like the Strassburg (in Alsace in France) Christmas Market. And in Germany we start to get worried about the World Football Championship next year. If we have to plan all our activities under the thought "what is going to happen there?" I would feel too restricted.

Of course even if you would disagree with me, I would never stop talking to you