emily z- 01:27pm Mar 14, 2000 (#1 of 1)
It seems like more Americans said that they would not ignore
the stranger than the French. It really depends on the situation.
If I was alone on the streets of New York and this happened, I
would be very frightened. If I was on the streets of Lenox(which
I might add is a very small country town where we live) I would
be cautious but not scared. It really depends on the place. Do
you consider America as a dangerous place? I can imagine that
you think it is a corrupt and dangerous environment. For example
all the shootings that occured. I think that the shootings are
incredibly terrifying. It is sad that some people can let society
drive them to a point where they want to take revenge by taking
the lives of others and then their own. Something needs to be
done about these incidents. I also hope that this kind of thing
will never occur in my school. It is a very safe place. Now that
I have gotten completly off the subject of the stranger, I will
return to it. I think that for the most part, Americans have a
different standard on who's dangerous and who's not. We also develop
steriotypes on people. If a young women approached me at night
with a smile, I would think nothing of it. If an older man approached
me, I would be very frightened. Society sets standards and steriotypes
on people. I suppose it is that same thing in France. Is that
true?