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Originally Posted by Patricia
Ah, but we are fortunate in having a choice about where we live and where (or whether) we travel.
Many of the inhabitants of Mumbai, Afganistan and Iraq are either too poor to travel, or other countries are reluctant to accept them.
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Very true, unfortunately, when people who live in hot spots and war zones travel, we call it "being a refugee." I'm not certain they have a choice in the matter either way.
I feel incredibly fortunate that I live in a country that is relatively speaking at peace within its borders. And, yes, I absolutely get the irony in that, considering that the wars in Afganistan and Iraq were, for all intents and purposes, started by the US.
But really, having a figurative bullseye painted on your back makes me want to hunker down, put a fire in the fireplace, pick up a good book and a glass of good wine, wait for a cat to curl up in my lap, and stay the hell put.