Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Most people are decent, but...

(Hat tip: Gateway Pundit)

Ms Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo was hitch-hiking from Milan to Israel and the Palestinian Territories with a fellow artist on their "Brides on Tour" project. She had said she wanted to show that she could put her trust in the kindness of local people.

The problem is, while the vast majority of people you run into in most places will be kind, decent, and law-abiding, some fraction won't.  If you're going to put your life in the hands of a series of strangers, <b>all</b> of them have to be worthy of trust.  In order to wind up dead, <b>only one</b> has to be unworthy of trust.  If you play the odds for long enough, sooner or later, you will encounter one of those few.

Or as the artist's sister puts it:

"Her travels were for an artistic performance and to give a message of peace and of trust, but not everyone deserves trust,"

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