Would you go on vacation to Europe next week? Specifically the UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was considering attending and presenting at a conference in Amsterdam this summer and would be travelling just with my 11 year old. There is a "substantial" risk of a terrorist attack in the Netherlands. Apparently their intelligence is aware that "Netherlands" is frequently mentioned in terrorist chat rooms. Just seems to me that an international conference with attendees around the world would be a sitting duck. Then there is the hassle of standing in long lines to go through multiple security checks at all the tourist places. I'm a single parent and don't want my child to become an orphan. I don't know, the idea of being in a large gathering of international attendees at a conference center in a country that has a substantial risk of a terrorist attack doesn't seem to be the smartest thing to do. Before I rule it out completely, I am going to look up whether there are several other international conferences in Amsterdam around the same time - if so, then the risk is lower. If this is the only one, I won't be attending. It's a little different when you are actually faced with the decision and when you have a dependent.

paralysis of analysis

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was considering attending and presenting at a conference in Amsterdam this summer and would be travelling just with my 11 year old. There is a "substantial" risk of a terrorist attack in the Netherlands. Apparently their intelligence is aware that "Netherlands" is frequently mentioned in terrorist chat rooms. Just seems to me that an international conference with attendees around the world would be a sitting duck. Then there is the hassle of standing in long lines to go through multiple security checks at all the tourist places. I'm a single parent and don't want my child to become an orphan. I don't know, the idea of being in a large gathering of international attendees at a conference center in a country that has a substantial risk of a terrorist attack doesn't seem to be the smartest thing to do. Before I rule it out completely, I am going to look up whether there are several other international conferences in Amsterdam around the same time - if so, then the risk is lower. If this is the only one, I won't be attending. It's a little different when you are actually faced with the decision and when you have a dependent.

paralysis of analysis

wrong use of term. look it up.