interdictor: New Orleans

interdictor (

interdictor) wrote,
@ 2007-02-17 09:06:00

New Orleans
Crys and I are headed to New Orleans tomorrow for a week or so. Looking forward to some good food, a lot of fun, and getting some practice dodging bullets (9 Shot As New Orleans Starts Mardi Gras).

(Post a new comment)

	plural 2007-02-17 02:26 pm UTC (link)
	like you need more practice (Reply to this)

	center 2007-02-17 02:33 pm UTC (link)
	faster than a speeding... (Reply to this)

	have fun polyanarch 2007-02-17 02:39 pm UTC (link)
	Don't die! (Reply to this)

	k_kinnison 2007-02-17 02:44 pm UTC (link)
	Serpentine! Serpentine! (Reply to this)

	fltylilmudblood 2007-02-17 02:48 pm UTC (link)
	jesus christ shut up with it already. But please come spend some money :) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	olde_scratch 2007-02-17 02:58 pm UTC (link)
	I feel like I am missing something... I mean... I never get shot at. Dammit. Maybe I am living in the wrong city or something... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ikilled007 2007-02-17 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	9 Shot As New Orleans Starts Mardi Gras Shut the fuck up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fltylilmudblood 2007-02-21 12:22 am UTC (link)
	why are you so rude? I commented BEFORE the ninja edit link insert. being an asshole on the internet really shows your manhood. THANKS FOR SPENDING YOUR MONEY IN MY CITY. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	perfection1144 2007-02-17 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry I'm going to miss you guys. This last minute move has taken up all of my time. We'll catch you two in Florida sometime soon. (Reply to this)

	revned 2007-02-17 05:03 pm UTC (link)
	Unless you plan on walking alone on dark streets or buying crack from teenaged blacks, you'll go home lead-free. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	lds 2007-02-17 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	...because walking alone on dark streets is something no reasonable human being with an expectation of reasonable safety should ever want to do? If the list of things to avoid in order to stay safe is going to be that arbitrary, I think "living in New Orleans" and "visiting New Orleans" should be on it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	revned 2007-02-17 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	My point is that as long as you don't do anything stupid you'll be fine, not unlike visiting ANY city with a crime problem. Then again, I don't know why I have to explain myself to someone who's obviously never visited or lived in New Orleans. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phanatic 2007-02-17 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	My point is that as long as you don't do anything stupid you'll be fine, not unlike visiting ANY city with a crime problem. Right, because a violent crime rate 10 times higher than any other city in the country doesn't mean anything. You've just got to not do stupid things, like visit New Orleans. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pentomino
2007-02-18 07:34 am UTC (link)

A crime rate 10 times higher means: calculate the length of time yhou'd have to stay in the control city to get shot. Subtract one day to get the length of time you can expect to stay safely in the control city. Divide that number by ten to find the length of time you can expect to stay safely in New Orleans.

If the gun-toters of the Web are correct, then Paris is overrun by car-torching Muslims, and yet tourists come and go from there all the time. It's probably safe in the tourist areas, and also safe if you have a local contact who knows how to avoid danger.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tomcatshanger 2007-02-18 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	It's an amazing thing when folks believe in the "bad side of town" falacy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pentomino 2007-02-19 12:22 am UTC (link)
	That part of the argument was an afterthought, AFTER all the math. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Falacies infrogmation 2007-02-22 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I guess some folks also belive in the "bad part of the country" falacy too. I've met a number of people in Europe who say they'll never visit the United States because they don't want to get shot. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Falacies tomcatshanger 2007-02-22 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	Murder really does happen everywhere. (Reply to this)(Parent)

souptime
2007-02-17 06:27 pm UTC (link)

if you feel in danger
or, a little nervous
then just
zig zag

(Reply to this)

	otaku1 2007-02-17 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	hope you're packing (Reply to this)

	kyhwana 2007-02-18 02:10 am UTC (link)
	Don't forget the body armour! (Reply to this)

	pentomino 2007-02-19 12:34 am UTC (link)
	I wonder why everyone's so nervous about visiting New Orleans, but I have so many friends who fly in and out of Mexico like it's nothing, even as half its population has pretty much fled into the US. (Reply to this)

Mini Sitemap:

Username:		Create an Account Forgot your login? Login w/ OpenID
Password:
	Remember Me
	English • Español • Deutsch • Русский…