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Re:Violated: A traveler’s lost faith, a difficult lesson lea... by js2 on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @08:22AM (#2811803)
This family bicycled 26,000 miles over 43 months and didn't run into a single one of those nasty horrible people. Maybe they were extremely lucky, but I like to think you can't live your life worrying about the few nasty horrible people.

http://familyonbikes.org/blog/2011/01/isn’t-bike-touring-dan...

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Re:Violated: A traveler’s lost faith, a difficult lesson lea... by a3camero on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @11:21AM (#2812513)
For an alternative anecdote see this 2008 BBC article: "'World peace' hitcher is murdered". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7344381.stm

A woman hitchhiked through the middle east dressed as a bride to promote world peace and was murdered and raped.

Are either of these anecdotes indicative of people's experiences when travelling? No. Is there potential danger in relying heavily on stranger's good intentions? Perhaps.

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Re:Violated: A traveler’s lost faith, a difficult lesson lea... by ansgri on Thursday July 28, 2011 @02:31PM (#2818234)
People generally don't like outliers. If not-so-decent people see someone not like them (probably noticeably better), they would have a natural desire to make them harm. At least of envy.
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