[jrcii]

As someone who spent a lot of time in Congo -- you also don't get the full picture from the media or even State Department statuses. In the example of Congo, the problem area is limited to a couple towns versus a country that's the size of Western Europe combined, and even there it's pretty infrequent. To go by what you read, the whole country is in constant chaos.

[overcast]

I will agree the media like to blow a lot of things out of proportion. But you can not deny Africa has some serious problems that outsiders just aren't exposed to in any form daily. I'm glad you had a positive experience, but downplaying things has the opposite effect.

[point78]

With your methid of thinking the US should never be visited because of Detroit, Baltimore and Chicago.

[wil421]

Right, because those cities have genocides and civil wars going on from time to time.

[point78]

I know US media shoves propoganda down your throats, but you realize there are countries in Africa that are SAFER than the US right?

[CPLX]

Well... I mean...

[overcast]

To quote Jules from Pulp Fiction.

"ain't the same fuckin' ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fuckin' sport."

[pjc50]

Last time I ran the numbers, 70s Detroit was more dangerous than 70s Belfast, despite the ongoing low intensity civil war and frequent bombings of Belfast.