Tiger Woods on Overseas Travel

Its not true risk that bothers people, its assumed risk. People dying by lightening strikes, car wrecks and lung cancer are far more common but don’t generate the news coverage that a lone anarchist does with a hand grenade. This is not a new thing either, news organizations have found it very profitable to package death, destruction and the misfortunes of others with commerical advertising.

So he sould take all that $100 million and give everyone in the world, mmmm, 5 cents each?

Check this out for Odds of Dying from lightening, plane crash, etc. I don’t see “terrorist” anywhere, but in 1999, this wasn’t an issue, at least not a public issue.

http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm

More people die from slipping in the shower than from terrorists.

Does that mean we should all stop taking showers?

Paul is 100% correct. Turn on any American news channel and you’ll see death and destruction everywhere. That’s what attracts American viewers, and they buy it hook, line, and sinker.

If a news station were to say, “On the top of the news tonight, it was sunny, warm, and everyone was fucken stoked!” nobody would watch.

That’s too bad. Being happy and optimistic about the world is the way to go.

The way I see it, if negative press keeps folks like Tiger home, so be it.

The true travellers will keep going to cool ass places like Bali and get it all to themselves, without any others jumping on the “I’m a world traveller” bandwagon.

It’s unfortunate, however, that so many people believe everything they see, read, and hear and don’t question that there may be ulterior motives (higher ratings, more advertisers, better local economy, etc.)

Jason
Waikiki, Hawaii

Paul - no, I don’t suggest he gives 5 cents to everyone in the world…but donate the 2 million dollar fee to a worthwhile organization.

Very good points Mary and Jason…Jason - when you said “If a news station were to say, “On the top of the news tonight, it was sunny, warm, and everyone was fucken stoked!” nobody would watch.” - I cracked up…very funny stuff.

Thanks for the comments…

Being happy, optimistic, friendly, helpful are still the norm, what still makes this world function. Sensationalism attracts the media and us, but only for a bit. It can’t be sustained and isn’t.

Tiger Woods has chosen and his choice influences many. His action also gives us an opportunity to reflect, and that’s positive.

The problem with a ‘worthwhile’ organization is that everyone has a different opinion of worthwhile. There are save the children, rain forests, whales along with multitudes of fringe causes. Which one is better is always a matter of personal opinion.

It’s really easy to point your finger at someone and say “You should give your money away” but people who start out philanthropists rarely ever get rich
I like to point my finger at the governments of the world. A few less bullets and bombs couldn’t be a bad thing.

Paul,

I agree with all three of your points. Good ones.

As a former resident of Dubai (lived there 19 years), it’s the safest place in the gulf, and all this hubaloo about the iraq war and not travelling to the uae is such paranoia because the uae is furthest away from the battleground as possible.

i lived there during the first gulf war and remember ppl being paranoid about it while watching cnn.

Tiger said it wasn’t safe to travel to that part of the world but I’m sure he wouldn’t hesitate to fly to Sweden to meet his girlfriend’s family, you know, with it not being safe to travel now.