Does Terrorism put you off travelling?

Andy From Sligo

Sorry if the subject has been discussed before on here - but has the increasing Terrorism in the world put you off going on holiday to places, has it made you think twice or are you the type of person that believes if it puts you off you are playing into their hands and you will be giving in because thats exactly what they want to do , install fear into the general public and all that .

Our family is divided, I believe that even with foiled attempts and extra security I still wonder is it really worth it putting your life in danger if its something that you dont have to do - my family say, if you think like that you wouldnt go anywhere - but I am more like cautious and until I start seeing real hard evidence that ISIS is being wiped out and eradicated (sometimes it seems like they are more intelligent than the security services and are getting more and more ruthless) then we should all be more afraid and careful of where we go - its no good being involved in an incident and saying afterwards that on hindsight I would have been better off staying at home.

5starpool

No

Lovely Bloke

No, I booked and went to Brussels after the attacks there, and I'm going to book Nice during the week.

Its dead Jim

Nope, considering the odds of being in a terrorist attack I would never leave the house if it bothered me.

Sh1tbag OToole

No. Airport security does put me off though

Air travel was better in the 90's

No

failinis

Nope, going to London and Berlin later this year (not by choice) but not concerned about it. Bad things happen everywhere and you can not stay hidden at home.

Samaris

Nope.

mosstin

Andy, there's a greater chance of being attacked in, say, Sligo than there is being caught up in a terrorist attack. Worry not.
Where are you from?

YFlyer

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

No, I booked and went to Brussels after the attacks there, and I'm going to book Nice during the week.

Their influencing your flight destinations.

buried

No way. Honestly mean that. To hell with all those fundamentalist pr!cks. By ignoring their fear & hate-filled ideology you are p!ssing down their throats

Arsemageddon

No. You're more likely to get the head boxed off ya walking around Sligo than being killed by a jihadi.

timthumbni

tbh It would put me off travelling to turkey, Tunisia, Morocco etc but I know that's silly.

Especially as France, Germany etc seems to be the same. I grew up in NI during the IRA bombing campaign and tourists were afraid to come here (and still are sometimes)

Bombs and terrorism aren't romantic. Europe will have to get used to it for a while. In NI we had it for 30 years.

54and56

No way. Currently in France and going to Madrid in Octobe with the family. To stop traveling is to give in to these mutua fcukers.

NEVER NEVER NEVER

Surreptitious

No. Heading off on holiday soon.

Shint0

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fg1406

No no no. I'm not changing anything about my life for those p***ks. I was in Amsterdam when Bataclan happened, And visited Brussels, Nice and Munich this year. It won't stop me visiting a few more cities before the year is out. Oh wait, I've made it seem like I should be on some watch list now.

Andy From Sligo

becoming a daily event now. soon be a twice daily event way its going

Hope many people brush up on their Koran before they jet off and can recite it word for word, just in case like - it may just save your life!

failinis

I remember last year I was in London with someone for a few days who refused to use the underground. And we had to travel about a lot. I chose to leave them and use the underground.
They spent the whole time using buses.
Its just sad when people refuse or cancel plans just because of attacks. It is what most terrorist groups do - in the name.

roy rodgers

We are off to turkey in September. I doesnt bother me as there was a war in ireland at the time when i was growing up BUT the wife is putting her heels in and doesnt want to.
Looks like a happy holiday for me on my own

Arsemageddon

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

becoming a daily event now. soon be a twice daily event way its going

These events are not happening daily

Jesus.

No but I've never gone to sh1t-hole Countries anyway. No offence to Africa/Asia etc but I'd never go there. Too much shyte

Andy From Sligo

to all who are not fazed by it (or are being defiant) and not changing any plans will you be more jittery when your over in these places if you hear some un-ordinary noises or start to see increase in army or something not 'feeling right' ? - or seeing foreigners with rucksack on looking suspicious? or just suspicios looking people acting weirdly? - would recent events make you feel like this?

failinis

Andy, you are a right one for theses threads sometimes.

Arsemageddon

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

to all who are not fazed by it (or are being defiant) and not changing any plans will you be more jittery when your over in these places if you hear some un-ordinary noises or start to see increase in army or something not 'feeling right' ? - or seeing foreigners with rucksack on looking suspicious? or just suspicios looking people acting weirdly? - would recent events make you feel like this?

That's the problem with other countries, they're full of bloody foreigners!

FortySeven

I've canceled my week in Syria.

Andy From Sligo

Arsemageddon wrote: »

That's the problem with other countries, they're full of bloody foreigners!

yeah - but are they suspicious looking foreigners?

Arsemageddon

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

yeah - but are they suspicious looking foreigners?

I think anyone not from my parish looks suspicious.

s4uv3

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

to all who are not fazed by it (or are being defiant) and not changing any plans will you be more jittery when your over in these places if you hear some un-ordinary noises or start to see increase in army or something not 'feeling right' ? - or seeing foreigners with rucksack on looking suspicious? or just suspicios looking people acting weirdly? - would recent events make you feel like this?

All week in work (healthcare in Ireland) I heard "un-ordinary noises", things "not feeling right", "foreigners with rucksacks", and generally people "looking suspicious".
Did it make me quit my job and fcuk off home to hide in a wardrobe? No. No it didn't. There are any amount of lunatics within a couple of miles of any of us right now.
I'm going to Berlin on holidays in September to get away from the madness of daily life

Stephen15

Never really been put off travelling but I was in a place in Italy there seemed to be a large coach tour of Isreali tourists beside us which got me a little anxious fearing that I could be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Brasros

Andy From Sligo wrote:

Sorry if the subject has been discussed before on here - but has the increasing Terrorism in the world put you off going on holiday to places, has it made you think twice or are you the type of person that believes if it puts you off you are playing into their hands and you will be giving in because thats exactly what they want to do , install fear into the general public and all that .

Have being to North Africa and middle East on many occasions in the past but since Isis I wouldn't even consider in going.

Noveight

Not in the slightest. I've never been overly interested in travelling myself, but terrorism wouldn't deter me from considering it.

Andy From Sligo

nearest I have come to be jittery was years ago with the troubles up in NI we liked to regularly go to Belleek Market, once we were up there about an hour when helicopter started flying low and the army came out of no-where and walked up the street looking shifty and vigilant - I decided it was time for us to go home!

Laphroaig52

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

to all who are not fazed by it (or are being defiant) and not changing any plans will you be more jittery when your over in these places if you hear some un-ordinary noises or start to see increase in army or something not 'feeling right' ? - or seeing foreigners with rucksack on looking suspicious? or just suspicios looking people acting weirdly? - would recent events make you feel like this?

Jitter my arse.

I was in Brussels airport when that stupid thing happened in March.
I've been back there three times since.

I've spent 60 years looking at "suspicious looking people acting weirdly" all over the world. Feck 'em.

Some nice beers in Brussels though...

Your Face

Well my package holiday to Syria is looking doubtful.

wil

mosstin wrote: »

Andy, there's a greater chance of being attacked in, say, Sligo than there is being caught up in a terrorist attack. Worry not.
Where are you from?

Arsemageddon wrote: »

No. You're more likely to get the head boxed off ya walking around Sligo than being killed by a jihadi.

FortySeven wrote: »

I've canceled my week in Syria.

That's it.
I've cancelled my week in Sligo

Andy From Sligo

Your Face wrote: »

Well my package holiday to Syria is looking doubtful.

was it cheap?

Andy From Sligo

wil wrote: »

That's it.
I've cancelled my week in Sligo

i saw a muslim family walking round sligo once , they looked grand sure

FortySeven

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

i saw a muslim family walking round sligo once , they looked grand sure

The first interesting thing in Sligo in 20 years.

Andy From Sligo

FortySeven wrote: »

The first interesting thing in Sligo in 20 years.

a bit o culture wha!

Doge

I find it a bit unnerving the fact my planned meeting point for my trip to Munich in less than 3 weeks time is literally only meters away from where todays attack happened.

boobar

Some countries I wouldn't visit e.g Syria obviously.

But for the most part unless there are official warnings to avoid unnecessary travel, I'll go about my business.

wil

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

i saw a muslim family walking round sligo once , they looked grand sure

I saw a Sligoman wandering around Dublin once. He was grand when he was sent back to his own county.:D

B.A._Baracus

Terrorism cannot put you off going to a country and living your life. To hell with terrorists, you cannot live in fear.
That said, it isn't like it's a daily event either. Imagine if in London they get hit 7 times over the next 7 days and the group responsible says it'll happen for another 7 days... then yeah. I wouldn't exactly be going to London for a romantic weekend with the girlfriend.

As it stands these terrorists use these attacks to spread fear or at least try to.

Andy From Sligo

boobar wrote: »

Some countries I wouldn't visit e.g Syria obviously.

But for the most part unless there are official warnings to avoid unnecessary travel, I'll go about my business.

but a lot of these countries are at probable/highly risk of attack ....and people are still going to visit and holiday there - thats like saying to someone 'there is a hungry lion in that room over there' and people purposely heading towards that room.... to be eaten alive ... a bit foolish that

Andy From Sligo

sugarman wrote: »

No.

Theres more chance of my plane going down than there is being caught up in an attack.

Saying all that, id my wits about me in France last month knowing it was going to be a target again, knowing it was a case of where and when, not if.

whats it been something like 5 attacks in 18 months in France? ... I wont be visiting any time soon i think ...

Andy From Sligo

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

.... I wouldn't exactly be going to London for a romantic weekend with the girlfriend..

London? romantic weekend??? - dont you mean Paris or something

Andy From Sligo

I think if I went away now I would go - "Phew! , great plane didnt get blown up or hijacked!" -and then sigh of relief ... and thats even before worrying about me holiday!

The Pheasant2

No; that's exactly what they want. When we allow their terror to curtail our daily lives they've won.

Andy From Sligo

ah they've won/are winning already ... ive no doubt sometimes that they have more intelligence than the intelligence security and i feel they are at least one step ahead most of the time - sure a load of attempts have been foiled and we should be thankful for that , but i wont feel properly that we are winning in the war against terror until virtually all terrorist attacks are wiped out. they are ruthless buggers as well, dont mind dying for their religion/ideology dont care who they harm/maim in the process, have no fear are on a mission and like a dog with a bone, dont care who they kill, even if they kill one/some of their own in the process.

no good not being frightened or defying them or telling them that your not frightened its not gonna stop them doing what they are doing any more than they are doing it.

Sure a lot of people who carry out a lot of these attacks are even known to the authorities - they just let them go, and dont even keep tabs on them

nhunter100

Something is going to be the cause of my death, ****ed if I'm going to spend what is left of my life worrying what it maybe. Go go where you want, do what you want ( legally), we're here for a good time not a long time.