Re: Cycling in Poland

On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 14:17:50 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 7/4/2024 2:07 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 12:33:04 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 7/4/2024 11:23 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 11:02:24 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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https://nypost.com/2024/07/04/opinion/on-bike-ride-from-auschwitz-polands-warm-welcome-for-jews/

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  From that cite:
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"Poland today is “the safest place for Jews in Europe,” as Queens-born
Jonathan Ornstein, the powerful speaker who built and leads the JCC
Krakow, put it.
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The contrast with the New York I’d left behind was unavoidable.
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The same evening we gathered for dinner, anti-Israel protesters
stormed a Democratic Party fundraiser near Madison Square Garden —
just another assault in the ongoing series of such actions in a city
where antisemitism has become all too apparent.
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Jewish people should carry guns in some places.

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Absolutely.
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I was a big fan of Meir Kahane ('Never Again', 'Every Jew a
.22') over 50 years ago. He was ahead of his time and much
missed.
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/us/adl-antisemtism-2023-audit-reaj/index.html

 
I know..  I wouldn't go for a 3 AM walk in most parts of Chicago, even
with a gun. I think I feel that way about most, maybe all big cities.
Tampa, Orlando and Miami included, St Pete, most definately included.
That's not to say the suburbs are safe.  I lived for a while on my
boat in Bradenton. I had my car broken into there. I chased an
intruder off my boat in St. Pete Beach. I had better luck in a marina
in Ruskin, but the boat in the slip next to me in Tarpon Springs got
broken into.

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At one time I was in North Lawndale Chicago from time to
time. Wouldn't think of going there unarmed, then or now.
Fortunately I no longer have any reason to be there.
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In my daughter's neighborhood, Rogers Park, there are
drive-bys now and a spate of recent murders at her nearby
subway station
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https://cwbchicago.com/2024/06/another-man-murdered-near-howard-cta-station-2nd-in-8-days.html
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but in risk assessment that risk is lower than a vengeful
prosecution for carrying w/o IL permit.
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Incarceration for violent criminals has become politically
undesirable among The Powers That Be:
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https://cwbchicago.com/2024/07/uptown-man-opened-fire-on-a-busy-street-corner-while-on-an-ankle-monitor-for-another-gun-case-prosecutors-say.html
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https://cwbchicago.com/2024/07/migrant-bit-chicago-cop-twice-during-arrest-while-on-pretrial-release-for-biting-another-cop-prosecutors.html
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or the same in any metro area overnight news.

There's been several comments on RBT about considering benefits vs
detriments.

I understand that the chances of me actually needing a gun on my walks
or on my rides are very small, so the benefits of me carrying a gun
are also very small, but on the other hand, there are no detriments...
none at all.