If you read Garys American Republican ramblings on this board, you would know why I made that joke. But I will say this, you keep talking about Russia or other countries like it cant happen in America. Sorry but you're both wrong!!!!

The idea of not walking along...well lets see, would you walk alone in downtown Chicago??? Russians may carry knives for protection but in America you have to pack a .357 magnum and be Dirty Harry.

Listen, maybe Ive just been lucky, but Ive travelled to many poor countries, including the Ukraine, and I just used common sense that I learned in American ghettos.

For example, you make sure you have decoy mug money. For those never mugged in America, thats a small amount of money you keep in your wallet to throw at the attackers. Meanwhile, the loot is somewhere else. I cant give you all the tactics on this board but suffice it to say, you can easily apply what you learn living in any big American city abroad. ITS NO DIFFERENT!!!

Thats my point. Would I walk at night in the Ukraine which has few street lights? No. Would I carry a wad of cash in my wallet? No. Do I get totally pissed and stagger home in a dark area. No.

Common sense Gary. As I said, go back to Alabama. Maybe you guys are a bunch of wimps that had mummy dearest serve you breakfast in bed. In that case, stay at home and DON'T TRAVEL.