Sitting in the sun on Saturday, idly half-watching the morris dancing, and two women came and sat next to me. They were obviously friends, one visiting the other for the weekend perhaps. One was telling the other about her daughter.
She had come to her mother and said how glad she was that she hadn't had a gap year. She had wanted to go to Cambodia.
Her mother had told her, "I'm just going to say two words to you. AIDS. And, rape. Look at you - if you go out there you are going to be first in line to be raped and murdered".
When did we all get so scared and selfish? Is it the effect of mindless television or the rantings of the Daily Beast? What has happened to curiosity and an open mind and a sense of adventure?
If these are the kind of people left behind, I'd rather take my chance in Cambodia.
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