tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268065087325312482.post7681654026144891327..comments2024-03-18T11:13:38.375+00:00Comments on The Travels of a Curious Old Man: A Remarkable Story of a Khartoum Taxi DriverDandlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09052898429931812213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268065087325312482.post-80004882182928680242015-08-18T08:01:05.351+01:002015-08-18T08:01:05.351+01:00Thanks Alison, Adam Gopnik's story from the BB...Thanks Alison, Adam Gopnik's story from the BBC website is a good one with some obvious similarities. It supports my argument that the world is a better place than we often take it for and our fellow human beings are largely honest and decent. He makes a point I did not make because I wrote my piece before the current political climate arose, 'Fear of the Other' is a pernicious influence on our society and is heavily promoted by some politicians and large parts of the press - and it tends to evaporate when you meet the Other face to face and discover they are not so Other after all.Dandlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09052898429931812213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268065087325312482.post-83754469778940008962015-08-17T19:06:46.912+01:002015-08-17T19:06:46.912+01:00A great story! Another good story - http://www.bbc...A great story! Another good story - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33731981 Not to upstage yours, but just because it is another story of a taxi driver demonstrating the kindness of strangers, that I have read recently.alisonnoreply@blogger.com