greg~judy wrote:I must have had some shit luck, or made bad choices in Arica. I'm also pissed at whats been going on in Pichilemu during the summer lately. Out of control. And it's total excess of drugs and booze rooted. I have kids, I hate the influence of drugs on this society...its gotten worse. Not nearly as bad as some locals but defenitely worse.
g~j think that first part is really accurate seawolf...
Just a matter of wrong place - wrong time...
This phenomenon happens quite a bit - then people tend to make inaccurate projections and generalizations, far beyond what might be the actual situation.
Another example of those fallacies and biases, that g~j have beaten around other posts.
It all gets down to perception of risk...
[we'll try to keep it short~simple here].
One of the hats g~ wore (for about 16 years) was in the field of "risk management"
This was not the financial side many might associate... but the physical side...
The stuff that will really hurt you and kill you.
Viewed as a professional, we can only say that the large majority of folks have very little understanding of where "risks" in their life really lie.
Hey... take a bunch of less-than-accurate views foisted by the fear-mongering media, then add a dose of hearsay and urban legend, plus a smattering of flawed interpretation based on less-than-critical thinking... mix it all into the risk~decision stew...
Whaddya get?
Unfortunately, many risk~decisions based on a flawed paradigm.
At the risk of boring some... it gets down to "paradigm paralysis" - which is akin to another animal called "confirmation bias".
Hey... g~ could wax poetic on this stuff for pages
But let's keep it in context...
If anybody makes some decision about "risks" - as to where to go or live in Chile (or anywhere)
Based on such demonstrably false paradigms... well, there are lots of grains of salt in that old shaker.
Most folks have no concept that it ain't the "drug addict" in Arica, or anywhere, that's gonna cause you harm...
Proviso... unless they are stupid enuff to walk out of a bar, half smashed, late at night, in the wrong part of town, flashing their cash and golden rings... and "ASK FOR IT"
It's the entirely mundane things that offer "risk" to people... time and time again.
Like not looking left and right before you cross the street and get hit by that big freak'n bus.
Case in point... the tragic accident recently in Santiago.
Hey... petty and opportunistic theft is one thing - this can happen anywhere, if a person is not "mindful" of the situation they are in.
g~j, over 13 years of traveling and living in some pretty rough~remote places, have been "victims" of such theft perhaps 3 or 4 time - mostly our own damn fault - and in the long run, pretty inconsequential.
Petty theft and property damage notwithstanding...
g~j defy ANYONE to show proof that any expat here in Chile has suffered injury or death from a "drug addict"
Here in Arica... or anywhere else.
Prove us wrong - if you can... then put it into a statistical analysis, and a broader geographic sample... for the BIGGER picture.
Whew... that was a long one... g~j now need a good dose of their evening drug of choice
Salud, allchileans
Maybe its the typical psycho babble style, and authoritative tone, of your response, which is fascinating as usual, but it sounds like you're giving drug addicts a pass, and placing the entire responsibility on me for parking in a public space mid day.
g~j sound like a defense attorney.
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