So if he doesn't want to kill you ithaka, why would you carry a weapon? Why would you kill someone who had no desire to actually do bodily harm. Also, as I said, what would be the point of little me carrying a knife, if I started waving it around they would probably laugh and attack me for fun. Also, I can not drive to UAE due to the restrictive rules of Saudi Arabia. Also, I would never stop at a truck stop at night.

I was in Mexico,with the highest crime rate against tourists and sexual assault in the world, and I never carried a weapon, because any weapon I had on me could be used against me, I chose to use common sense instead and not go to places that were potentially dangerous. The same when I was in Veitnam. I will be going to India in December and I have no intentions of carrying a weapon.